Event Details
Disaster Type
Wildfire
Start Date
June 1, 2007
End Date
Aug. 31, 2007
Cost
$0.34B
Deaths
1
Affected States
Affected States
Unaffected States
Description
Continued drought conditions and high winds over much of the western U.S. (AK, AZ, CA, ID, UT, MT, NV, OR, WA) resulting in numerous wildfires; with national acreage burned exceeding 8.9 million acres (mainly in the west) and over 3,000 homes and structures destroyed in southern California alone.