| 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 2017 dollars (2) |
| 1 |
Nov. 8-25, 2018 |
Camp Fire, CA |
(3) |
(3) |
| 2 |
Oct. 8-20, 2017 |
Tubbs Fire, CA |
(3) |
(3) |
| 3 |
Nov. 8-22, 2018 |
Woolsey Fire, Ca |
(3) |
(3) |
| 4 |
Oct. 8-20, 2017 |
Atlas Fire, CA |
(3) |
(3) |
| 5 |
Dec 4 - 23, 2017 |
Thomas Fire, CA |
(3) |
(3) |
| 6 |
Oct. 20-21, 1991 |
Oakland Hills Fire, CA |
$1,700 |
$2,788 |
| 7 |
Oct. 21-24, 2007 |
Witch Fire, CA |
1,300 |
1,517 |
| 8 |
Jul. 23-Aug. 30, 2018 |
Carr Fire, CA |
(3) |
(3) |
| 9 |
Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2003 |
Cedar Fire, CA |
1,060 |
1,386 |
| 10 |
Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2003 |
Old Fire, CA |
975 |
1,275 |
(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. As of December 11, 2018.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2017 by the Insurance Information Institute using the GDP implicit price deflator.
(3) Loss estimate not yet available from PCS, but a relative ranking is provided.
Source: The Property Claim Services庐 (PCS庐) unit of ISO庐, a Verisk Analytics庐 company, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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