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Loss in Year Fire Occurred
|
Adjusted Loss
in 2015 Dollars
|
|
1. Oakland Fire Storm
(wildland/urban interface)
Oakland, California
October 1991
|
$1.5 billion
|
$2.6 billion
|
|
2. The Southern California Firestorm*
San Diego County, California
October 2007
|
$1.8 billion
|
$2.1 billion
|
|
3. "Cerro Grande" Wildland Fire
(wildland/urban interface)
Los Alamos, New Mexico
May 2000
|
$1.0 billion
|
$1.4 billion
|
|
4. "Cedar" Wildland Fire
Julian, California
October 2003
|
$1.1 billion
|
$1.4 billion
|
|
5. "Old" Wildland Fire
San Bernardino, California
October 2003
|
$975 million
|
$1.3 billion
|
|
6. Southern California Wildfires of November*
Sacramento, CA
November 2008
|
$800 million
|
$882 million
|
|
7. "Laguna Beach Fire"
(wildland/urban interface)
Orange County, California
October 1993
|
$528 million
|
$866 million
|
|
8. Wildland Fire*
Florida
May–June, 1998
|
$395 million
|
$573 million
|
|
9. Forest Fire
Cloquet, Minnesota
October 1918
|
$35 million
|
$549 million
|
|
10. "Paint Fire" Goletta
Wildland/Urban Interface
Santa Barbara, California
June 1990
|
$237 million
|
$430 million
|
*Includes multiple fires.
Source: NFPA’s Fire Incident Data Organization data base and NFPA archive files.
Updated: 6/16