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A Selected History of WUI Fires in the United States

Year

Location

Losses

1923

Berkeley, CA

584 structures

1947

Maine Forest Fire Disaster

16 lives, 1200 structures

1963

Pine Barrens, New Jersey

7 lives, 183,000 acres, 383 structures

1985

North Florida

several lives, 100,000 acres, 600 homes

1985

Burke County, North Carolina

76 structures, 2,000 acres

1990

Paint Fire, California

648 structures, $240 million in damages

1993

Los Angeles County, California

195 structures

1996

Millers Reach, Arkansas

344 structures, 37,000 acres

1996

Poolville, Texas

141 structures, 16,000 acres

1998

North Florida

330 structures, 500,000 acres

1999

St. Lucie, Florida

43 structures, 759 acres

2000

Los Alamos, New Mexico

239 structures, 47,650 acres

2003

Southern California

3,710 structures, 750,043 acres

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