Rim Fire Fact Sheet
30 August 2013
Day 14
Acreage: 213,414
Largest fire in the United States to date in 2013·
No. 1-ranked on national firefighting priority list
Fifth largest fire in California history
·Largest U.S. fire to date in 2013: Lime Hills Fire, Alaska 201,809 acres
States that have sent firefighters or other personnel:
41 and the District of Columbia
Uncontrolled fire edge: 96.8 miles
Completed containment line: 65.5 miles Completed dozer line: 105.7 miles
Total aviation hours: 14,400
Water dropped: 1.4 million gallons Fire retardant dropped: 1.7 million gallons
Proportion of the fire burning within the Stanislaus National Forest:
74.6 percent
Proportion of the fire burning in Yosemite National Park:
24 percent
Proportion of the fire burning on state and private property:
1.4
Proportion of the Stanislaus National Forest within the fire perimeter:
16.8 percent
Proportion of Yosemite National Park within the fire perimeter
6.4 percent
Size of the fire area:
Larger than the land area of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose combined
Hot meals served:
Breakfasts: 15,453 Dinners: 16,049
Pounds of firefighter laundry washed:
9,538.75
Burned or damaged guard rail posts to be replaced on Highway 120:
800
Damaged trees adjacent to power lines to be removed by Pacific Gas and Electric:
7,000
We have had a lot of smoke here in Calaveras County