Event Details
Disaster Type
Wildfire
Start Date
Sept. 1, 2008
End Date
Nov. 30, 2008
Cost
$0.09B
Deaths
1
Affected States
Affected States
Unaffected States
Description
Drought conditions across numerous western, central and southeastern states (AK, AZ, CA, NM, ID, UT, MT, NV, OR, WA, CO, TX, OK, NC, FL ) resulted in thousands of wildfires; national acreage burned exceeding 5.2 million acres (mainly in the west) and over 1,000 homes and structures destroyed in California fires alone.