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Rim Fire

The Rim Fire was a massive wildfire that started in a remote canyon in the Stanislaus National Forest in California's Tuolumne County. The fire ignited on August 17, 2013, amid the 2013 California wildfire season, and burned 257,314 acres (402 sq mi; 104,131 ha; 1,041 km2) in largely remote areas of the Sierra Nevada, including a large portion of…

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Location
Sierra Nevada, California
Burned area
257,314 acres (104,131 ha; 402 sq mi; 1,041 km2)
Cause
Illegal camping fire
Cost
$127.35 million · (equivalent to about $168.6 million in 2024)
Date
August 17 (17-08) –September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)(21 days) · August 17 (17-08) – · September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06) · (21 days)
Deaths
0

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  • Drought 2012–2013 North American drought

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Rim Fire

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Triples130
Avg. degree1.97
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Rim Fire

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related to Closures and evacuations · 42
Rim Fire → Aid System, At, Big Oak Flat, California Law Enforcement Mutual, During, Extensive, Forest Service, Fresno, Groveland, Highway, Highways, Jonathan Rodriguez, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Command Posts, Law Enforcement Officers, Mariposa County Sheriff's Offices, May, Merced, Miwuk Village, November
related to Forest Service recovery and reforestation projects · 19
Rim Fire → Black-Backed Woodpeckers, Decision, Forestry, However, In, Instead, Its, Many, Native, On August, Other, Record, Rim Fire Recovery Project, Salvage, Skalski, Stanislaus Forest, Susan Skalski, The, The Forest Service
related to August 17 · 16
Rim Fire → Air, An, August, By, Clavey River, Firefighters, Highway, It, PDT, Rim, Rim Fire's, Stanislaus National Forest, The, The Rim Fire, Tuolumne River, World
has effect · 15
Rim Fire → Alameda Counties, August, Bay Area, California, Commission, Hetch Hetchy, Jerry Brown, Monday, O'Shaughnessy Dam, On August, San Francisco, San Francisco Public Utilities, San Mateo, The, The Rim Fire
related to Post-fire science · 8
Rim Fire → California, Clarkia, Forest Service, Researchers, Spotted, The Forest Service, The Rim Fire, There
related to External links · 5
Rim Fire → Archived, California's Rim Fire, NASA Earth ObservatoryRim Fire, Nighttime View, Wayback Machine
related to Legal proceedings · 5
Rim Fire → California, Columbia, Emerald, Keith Matthew Emerald, The
Date · 4
Rim Fire → (21 days), August 17 (17-08) –, August 17 (17-08) –September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)(21 days), September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)
Structures destroyed · 3
Rim Fire → 11 residences, 3 commercial, 98 outbuildings
related to Land management · 3
Rim Fire → Following, Parts, Stanislaus National Forest

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Rim FireBurned area257,314 acres (104,131 ha; 402 sq mi; 1,041 km2)1.00infobox
Rim FireCauseIllegal camping fire1.00infobox
Rim FireCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Rim FireCost$127.35 million1.00infobox
Rim FireCost(equivalent to about $168.6 million in 2024)1.00infobox
Rim FireDateAugust 17 (17-08) –September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)(21 days)1.00infobox
Rim FireDateAugust 17 (17-08) –1.00infobox
Rim FireDateSeptember 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)1.00infobox
Rim FireDate(21 days)1.00infobox
Rim FireDeaths01.00infobox
Rim FireInjuries101.00infobox
Rim FireLocationSierra Nevada, California1.00infobox
Rim FireStructures destroyed11 residences1.00infobox
Rim FireStructures destroyed3 commercial1.00infobox
Rim FireStructures destroyed98 outbuildings1.00infobox

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