# 2019 California wildfires

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]]
By the end of 2019, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, 7,148 wildfires were recorded across the U.S. state of California, totaling an estimated of 277,285 acres (112,213 hectares) of burned land. These fires caused 22 injuries, 3 fatalities, and damaged or destroyed 732 structures. The 2019 California fire season was less active than that of the two previous years (2017 and 2018), which set records for acreage, destructiveness, and deaths.
In late October, the Kincade Fire became the largest fire of the year, burning 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) in Sonoma County by November 6.
Massive preemptive public safety power shutoff events in 2019 were controversial. Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric preemptively shut off power to 800,000 electric customers to reduce the risk of wildfires by preventing electrical arcing in high winds from their above-ground power lines. While large areas were without power for days, people in fire danger areas had trouble getting information, and life support equipment would not work without backup power.

## Early projections

Fire behavioral experts and climatologists warned that heavy rains from months early in the year had produced an excess of vegetation that would become an abundance of dry fuel later in the year as the fire season gets underway. According to the US Forest Service and US Department of the Interior officials, early projections indicated that the fire season would possibly be worse than the year prior, stating that "if we're lucky, this year will simply be a challenging one." This assessment was written on the basis of noting that the state has recently been seeing consistently destructive fires more often than ever before.

## Wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties:
| Name | County | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes |
| Refuge | Kern | 2,500 | May 7 | May 9 | 1 structure destroyed |
| Boulder | San Luis Obispo | 1,127 | June 5 | June 5 | |
| Sand | Yolo | 2,512 | June 8 | June 17 | 7 structures destroyed, 2 injuries |
| West Butte | Sutter | 1,300 | June 8 | June 10 | |
| McMillan | San Luis Obispo | 1,764 | June 12 | June 14 | |
| Lonoak | Monterey | 2,546 | June 25 | June 26 | Downed PG&E power line was the cause |
| Rock | Stanislaus | 2,422 | June 25 | June 27 | |
| Cow | Inyo, Tulare | 1,975 | July 25 | October 11 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Springs | Mono | 4,840 | July 26 | October 7 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Tucker | Modoc | 14,150 | July 28 | August 15 | Unintentionally caused by vehicular traffic along California State Route 139 |
| W-1 McDonald | Lassen | 1,020 | August 8 | August 11 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Gaines | Mariposa | 1,300 | August 16 | August 20 | |
| Mountain | Shasta | 600 | August 22 | August 26 | 14 buildings destroyed, 7 damaged and 3 people injured |
| Long Valley | Lassen | 2,438 | August 24 | August 27 | |
| R-1 Ranch | Lassen | 3,380 | August 28 | September 5 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Tenaja | Riverside | 1,926 | September 4 | September 14 | |
| Walker | Plumas | 54,608 | September 4 | September 25 | 9 structures destroyed |
| Taboose | Inyo | 10,296 | September 4 | November 21 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Lime | Siskiyou | 1,872 | September 4 | September 19 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Middle | Trinity | 1,339 | September 5 | October 5 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Red Bank | Tehama | 8,838 | September 5 | September 13 | Caused by lightning strike; 2 buildings destroyed |
| South | Tehama | 5,332 | September 5 | October 11 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Lone | Modoc | 5,737 | September 5 | September 13 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Springs | Mono | 4,840 | September 6 | September 23 | Caused by lightning strike |
| Briceburg | Mariposa | 5,563 | October 6 | October 24 | 1 structure destroyed |
| Sandalwood | Riverside | 1,011 | October 10 | October 14 | Trash in a garbage truck caught fire and spread to nearby brush 74 structures destroyed, 16 structures damaged, 2 civilian fatalities |
| Caples | El Dorado | 3,435 | October 10 | November 1 | Caused by a controlled burn that went out of control |
| Saddleridge | Los Angeles | 8,799 | October 10 | October 31 | Unconfirmed cause, but reported that high-voltage SCE transmission line malfunctioned near point of origin 25 structures destroyed, 88 structures damaged, 1 civilian fatality, 8 firefighter injuries |
| Kincade | Sonoma | 77,758 | October 23 | November 6 | Caused by electrical transmission lines located northeast of Geyserville owned and operated by PG&E 374 structures destroyed, 40 structures damaged, 0 reported deaths, 2 firefighters injured |
| Tick | Los Angeles | 4,615 | October 24 | October 31 | 22 structures destroyed, 27 structures damaged |
| Getty | Los Angeles | 745 | October 28 | November 6 | Caused by a tree branch that fell on a power line during high winds 12 homes destroyed, 5 homes damaged |
| Easy | Ventura | 1,806 | October 30 | November 2 | Threatened the area near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley and 3 buildings were destroyed |
| Hillside | San Bernardino | 200 | October 31 | November 14 | 6 homes destroyed, 18 homes damaged |
| Maria | Ventura | 9,999 | October 31 | November 5 | Brush fire broke out at around 6:15 p.m. October 31 on South Mountain in Santa Paula |
| Ranch | Tehama | 2,534 | November 3 | November 15 | 3 injuries, acreage reduced from 3,768 due to better mapping |
| Cave | Santa Barbara | 3,126 | November 25 | December 14 | Caused by arson, acreage reduced from 4,330 due to better mapping |

### Other fires

Three people were injured during the Moose Fire (August 12–17). Two people were injured and four structures were destroyed during the Country Fire (September 3–6). Four people were injured during the Lopez Fire (September 21–27), and one during the Electra Fire (September 25). A small brush fire ignited in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles County on October 21. The fire burned 42 acres (17 hectares) within a few hours, forcing the evacuation of 200 homes. Three firefighters suffered injuries, while one civilian was treated for respiratory illness.