| Top 10 Costliest Wildland Fires In The United States (1) |
($ millions)
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Estimated insured loss |
| Rank |
Date |
Name, Location |
Dollars when occurred |
In 2015 dollars (2) |
| 1 |
Oct. 20-21, 1991 |
Oakland Hills Fire, CA |
$1,700 |
$2,705 |
| 2 |
Oct. 21-24, 2007 |
Witch Fire, CA |
1,300 |
1,466 |
| 3 |
Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2003 |
Cedar Fire, CA |
1,060 |
1,342 |
| 4 |
Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2003 |
Old Fire, CA |
975 |
1,234 |
| 5 |
Sep. 12-14, 2015 |
Valley Fire, CA |
921 |
921 |
| 6 |
Nov. 2-3, 1993 |
Topanga Fire, CA |
375 |
570 |
| 7 |
Sep. 4-9, 2011 |
Bastrop County Complex Fire, TX |
530 |
563 |
| 8 |
Oct. 27-28, 1993 |
Laguna Canyon Fire, CA |
350 |
532 |
| 9 |
Jun. 24-28, 2012 |
Waldo Canyon Fire, CO |
450 |
470 |
| 10 |
Jun. 27-Jul. 2, 1990 |
Painted Cave Fire, CA |
265 |
436 |
(1) Property coverage only for catastrophic fires. Effective January 1, 1997, ISO's Property Claim Services (PCS) unit defines catastrophes as events that cause more than $25 million in insured property damage and that affect a significant number of insureds and insurers. From 1982 to 1996, PCS used a $5 million threshold in defining catastrophes. Before 1982, PCS used a $1 million threshold.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2015 by ISO using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: Property Claim Services (PCS®), a Verisk Analytics® business. |
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