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2009 California wildfires, the Glossary

The 2009 California wildfires were a series of 9,159 wildfires that were active in the US state of California, during the year 2009.^[1]

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Wildfires in California by year

Alameda County, California

Alameda County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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American River

The American River is a river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento.

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Angeles Crest Highway

The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) highway over the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California.

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Angeles National Forest

The Angeles National Forest (ANF) of the U.S. Forest Service is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains, primarily within Los Angeles County in southern California.

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Arctostaphylos andersonii

Arctostaphylos andersonii, the Santa Cruz manzanita, is a species of Arctostaphylos, limited in geography to the Santa Cruz Mountains of California.

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Arson

Arson is the act of willfully and deliberately setting fire to or charring property.

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Auburn Municipal Airport (California)

Auburn Municipal Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of Auburn, serving Placer County, California, United States.

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Auburn, California

Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Placer County, California, United States.

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Bardsdale, California

Bardsdale is a rural unincorporated community and populated place in Ventura County, California.

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Bonny Doon, California

Bonny Doon is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.

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Cajon Pass

Cajon Pass (Spanish: Puerto del Cajón or Paso del Cajón) is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and the San Gabriel Mountains to the west in Southern California.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.

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California State Route 120

State Route 120 (SR 120) is a state highway in the central part of California, connecting the San Joaquin Valley with the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite National Park, and the Mono Lake area.

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California State Route 2

State Route 2 (SR 2) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California.

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State Route 49 (SR 49) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California gold rush and it is known as the Golden Chain Highway.

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Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area

Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, U.S., providing off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range.

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Chaparral

Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, in southern Oregon and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico.

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Controlled burn

A controlled or prescribed (Rx) burn is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape.

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East Bay Times

The East Bay Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Walnut Creek, California, United States, owned by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of Media News Group, that serves Contra Costa and Alameda counties, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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El Portal, California

El Portal (Spanish for "The Gateway") is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Fillmore, California

Fillmore is a small city in Ventura County, California, United States, in the Santa Clara River Valley.

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Foresta, California

Foresta (formerly, McCauley and Opim) is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, within Yosemite National Park.

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Foresthill Bridge

The Foresthill Bridge, also referred to as the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California.

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Grass Valley, California

Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States.

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Guiberson Fire

The Guiberson Fire was a wildfire that burned from September 22 until September 27, 2009 in Guiberson Canyon of the western Santa Susana Mountains, between Fillmore and Moorpark in Ventura County, California.

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Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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InciWeb

InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident web information management system provided by the United States Forest Service released in 2004.

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Inyo County, California

Inyo County is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada.

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Jesusita Fire

The Jesusita Fire was a wildfire that started on May 5, 2009, in the hills of Santa Barbara, California in the western United States.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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John Garamendi

John Raymond Garamendi (born January 24, 1945) is an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville in the United States House of Representatives since 2009.

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KPIX-TV

KPIX-TV (channel 5), also known as CBS Bay Area, is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's CBS network outlet.

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KSBY

KSBY (channel 6) is a television station licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States, serving the southern Central Coast of California as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus.

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KTLA

KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of The CW.

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KXTV

KXTV (channel 10) is a television station in Sacramento, California, United States, affiliated with ABC.

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La Brea Fire

The La Brea Fire was a fast-moving 2009 wildfire which occurred in Southern California in the United States.

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Lake County, California

Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Lassen County, California

Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Lieutenant Governor of California

The lieutenant governor of California is the second highest executive officer of the government of the U.S. state of California.

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Lockheed Fire

The Lockheed Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the Swanton and Bonny Doon areas of Santa Cruz County, California.

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Lockheed Martin Space

Lockheed Martin Space is one of the four major business divisions of Lockheed Martin.

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Lockwood, Monterey County, California

Lockwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States.

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Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles (Condado de Los Ángeles), and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,861,224 residents estimated in 2022.

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Los Padres National Forest

Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in southern and central California.

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Lytle Creek, California

Lytle Creek is a census-designated place in the San Gabriel Mountains, within San Bernardino County.

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Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a satellite-based sensor used for earth and climate measurements.

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Monterey County, California

Monterey County, officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California.

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Moorpark, California

Moorpark is a city in Ventura County in Southern California.

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Mount San Antonio

Mount San Antonio, commonly referred to as Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, is a summit in the San Gabriel Mountains on the border of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties of California.

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National Interagency Fire Center

The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho is the American physical facility which is the home to the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), and the National Multi-Agency Coordination group (NMAC or MAC).

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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NOAA-17

NOAA-17, also known as NOAA-M before launch, was an operational, polar orbiting, weather satellite series (NOAA K-N) operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Pasadena Star-News

The Pasadena Star-News is a paid local daily newspaper for the greater Pasadena, California area.

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Placer County, California

Placer County (Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Red flag warning

A red flag warning is a forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to inform the public, firefighters, and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildland fire combustion, and rapid spread.

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Red-tailed hawk

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.

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Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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San Benito County, California

San Benito County (San Benito, Spanish for "St. Benedict"), officially the County of San Benito, is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California.

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San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area.

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San Diego County, California

San Diego County, officially the County of San Diego (Condado de San Diego), is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California.

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San Gabriel Mountains

The San Gabriel Mountains (Sierra de San Gabriel) comprise a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States.

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San Joaquin County, California

San Joaquin County (Spanish: San Joaquín, meaning "St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Santa Ana winds

The Santa Ana winds, also sometimes called the devil winds, are strong, extremely dry downslope winds that originate inland and affect coastal Southern California and northern Baja California.

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Santa Barbara County, California

Santa Barbara County, officially the County of Santa Barbara (Condado de Santa Bárbara), is a county located in Southern California.

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Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara (Santa Bárbara, meaning) is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.

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Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259 as of the 2020 census.

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Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County, officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by Media News Group, which is controlled by Alden Global Capital.

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Shasta County, California

Shasta County, officially the County of Shasta, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Siskiyou County, California

Siskiyou County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of California.

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Soledad, California

Soledad is a city in Monterey County, California, United States.

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Southern California

Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Station Fire (2009)

The Station Fire was the largest wildfire of the 2009 California wildfire season, as well as the largest wildfire in the history of Los Angeles County.

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Swanton, California

Swanton is a small community in an unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County on the Pacific coast, situated about north of the town of Davenport, to the east of State Route 1 on Swanton Road.

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Tracy, California

Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

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Trinity County, California

Trinity County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Tuolumne County, California

Tuolumne County, officially the County of Tuolumne, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land.

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Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.

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Wildfire

A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

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Wrightwood, California

Wrightwood is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California.

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Yolo County, California

Yolo County (Wintun: Yo-loy), officially the County of Yolo, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is a national park in California.

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Yuba County, California

Yuba County (Maidu: Yubu) is a county located in north-central Central Valley, California, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_California_wildfires

Also known as 2009 California wildfire season, August 2009 California wildfires, Big Meadow Fire, Cottonwood Fire, July 2009 California wildfires, June 2009 California wildfires, May 2009 California wildfires, Morris Fire, Oak Glen Fire, October 2009 California wildfires, Palos Verde Fire, September 2009 California wildfires, Summer 2009 California wildfires.

2009 California wildfires, the Glossary

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Wildfires in California by year

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