Hi! I'm Penitentes (after the snow formation) and I'm primarily interested in writing/expanding Wikipedia's articles on natural phenomena and hazards. My main focus on California wildfires, but I also work on articles about severe weather, volcanic eruptions, etc. I also occasionally write about more general geographic topics—I'm very fond of the Sierra Nevada and it's where I spend my most precious off-wiki time. I also enjoy making illustrative maps (of wildfires, wildfire seasons, tornado tracks) in QGIS using wholly public domain data. I use this page to catalog the work I've done so far and keep notes on resources/topics/links I might like to use in the future for articles.
If you would like to get in touch, please ping me or leave a message on my talk page. I am open to collaboration, WP:GAN reviews, or friendly wiki-related chatter.
Maps
California wildfires
Harlow Fire (1961)
49er Fire (1988)
Fountain Fire (1992)
Kinneloa Fire (1993)
Laguna Fire (1993) (1993)
Storrie Fire (2000)
Poe Fire (2001)
Wolf Fire (2002)
Copper Fire (2002)
Curve Fire (2002)
Telegraph Fire (2008)
Reading Fire (2012)
Chips Fire (2012)
Rim Fire (2013)
King Fire (2014)
Rocky Fire (2015)
Rough Fire (2015)
Nuns Fire (2017)
Camp Fire (2018)
Apple Fire (2020)
Creek Fire (2020)
El Dorado Fire (2020)
Dixie Fire (2021)
McCash Fire (2021)
Caldor Fire (2021)
KNP Complex (2021)
Windy Fire (2021)
Oak Fire (2022)
McKinney Fire (2022)
Fairview Fire (2022)
Mosquito Fire (2022)
California wildfire seasons
United States tornado seasons
Photographs
Bubbs Creek (2020)
Middle Palisade (2020)
Tulainyo Lake (2021)
Userboxes
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Articles
Created/largely written
- 1961 Harlow Fire
- 1988 49er Fire
- 1992 Fountain Fire
- 1993 Kinneloa Fire
- 1993 Laguna Fire
- 1999 Jones Fire
- 2000 California wildfires
- 2000 Storrie Fire
- 2001 California wildfires
- 2001 Poe Fire
- 2002 Wolf Fire
- 2002 Copper Fire
- 2002 Curve Fire
- 2008 Telegraph Fire
- 2012 Reading Fire
- 2012 Chips Fire
- 2015 Rocky Fire
- 2020 Dome Fire
- 2020 East Troublesome Fire
- 2021 McCash Fire
- 2021 KNP Complex Fire
- 2021 Windy Fire
- 2021 Fawn Fire
- 2022 McKinney Fire
- 2022 Mosquito Fire
- 2023 California wildfires
- 2023 Oregon wildfires
- Tyndall Glacier (Alaska)
- Mather Pass
- Pinchot Pass
- Coso Peak
- Nopah Peak
- Kingston Peak (California)
- Tulainyo Lake
- 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado
Contributed to
- 2023 Hawaii wildfires
- 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa
- 2011 Joplin tornado
- Teton–Yellowstone tornado
- Creek Fire (2020)
- Oak Fire (2022)
- Rim Fire
Proposed articles
- Fire tornado
- Lava diversion
- Slate Mountain
- Cantara Loop chemical spill
- Effects of climate change on the Sierra Nevada
- 1970 Clampitt Fire
- 1985 Wheeler Fire
- 1987 Stanislaus Complex
- 1992 Cleveland Fire
- 1996 Highway 58 Fire
- 1996 Ackerson Fire
- 2000 Manter Fire
- 2001 Star Fire
- 2001 Darby Fire
- 2002 Williams Fire
- 2002 Pines Fire
- 2008 Humboldt Fire
- 2008 Iron Alps Complex
- 2013 American Fire
- 2017 Nuns Fire
- 2017 Redwood Valley Fire
To work on
- Strip {{rp}} quotes per MOS:NOHOVER
- Add {{duration in days}} to drafts and articles
- Glossary of wildfire terms
- Wheeler Survey
- 2002 McNally Fire - add map
- 2007 Moonlight Fire - add map
- 2007 Angora Fire - add map
- 2009 Station Fire - add map
- 2012 Ponderosa Fire
- 2013 Clover Fire
- 2014 King Fire
- 2015 Rough Fire
- 2015 Valley Fire - add map
- 2015 Butte Fire - add map
- 2016 Erskine Fire
- 2017 Detwiler Fire - add map
- 2017 Pier Fire - add map
- 2017 Thomas Fire
- 2018 Carr Fire - add map
- 2018 Camp Fire
- 2018 Donnell Fire
- 2019 Walker Fire
- 2020 Loyalton Fire
- 2020 SQF Complex - add map
- 2020 Zogg Fire
- 2020 Bobcat Fire - add map
- 2021 River Fire
- 2021 Caldor Fire
- 2021 Marshall Fire
- 2022 Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire
Article ideas/resources
- Wildfire template
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ikes Fire
- https://burnseverity.cr.usgs.gov/ravg/data-access - for burned area stats
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Image_map_resources
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap
- 1980s
Broadly useful wildfire references
- "Wildfire Terms Defined: What It Means When a Blaze Is 30 Percent Contained", The New York Times, July 28, 2022: [1]
- "The Santa Ana Winds FAQ", UCLA Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, October 23, 2007: [2]
- "Orange County Firestorm 1993", Orange County Fire Authority, 1993: [3]
- "Top 20 Most Destructive California Wildfires", California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2022: [4]
- "Top 20 Largest California Wildfires", California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2022: [5]
- For Creek, North Complex, other Labor Day 2020 fires - weather [6]
- "2022 Wildfire Activity Statistics", California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2023: [7]
| Rating | EF0 | EF1 | EF2 | EF3 | EF4 | EF5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-second gusts | 65-85 mph | 86-110 mph | 111-135 mph | 136-165 mph | 166-200 mph | >200 mph |
| Description of damage | Light | Moderate | Significant | Severe | Devastating | Incredible |
| Description of tornado | Weak | Strong | Violent | |||
Inspiration/research notes
- Pickens fire (1933) and fatal debris flows (1934). Reoccurred in Azusa/Glendora in 1968/69
- Panorama Fire (1980)
- Cleveland Fire
- https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/20th-anniversary-24580-acre-cleveland-fire-recalled/
- https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/02/us/aircraft-crashes-in-california-fire.html
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-01-mn-366-story.html
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-1992-Cleveland-Fire-area-was-sprayed-with-herbicides-and-replanted-with-pine_fig3_227043062
- https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/cleveland-fire-10-years-later/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/kyburz-fire-resurrects-memories-of-deadly-1992-cleveland-fire/
- https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Documents/Landslides/Caltrans/1997%20Hwy%2050%20Cal%20Geology.pdf
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/fremont-winema/news-events/?cid=STELPRDB5394376
- https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19921001&slug=1516031
- https://books.google.com/books?id=EqU2AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA2-PA155&ots=9yjVAx_dyD&dq=cleveland%20fire%201992%20el%20dorado&pg=PP5#v=onepage&q=cleveland%20fire%201992%20el%20dorado&f=false
Miscellaneous
- https://www.dvidshub.net/search/?q=Creek+Fire&filter%5Bstate%5D=California&view=grid&filter%5Bdate%5D=20200904-20201224
- Cal Fire Creek Fire photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/calfire/albums/72157718655231543/page2
- Rim Fire photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/albums/72157635240707803/with/9599182259
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/nifc/51434393898/
- https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=165415395%40N07&view_all=1&text=dixie
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/calfire/albums/72157719574184663/page5
- https://westernforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Aune_2020-IERC-presentation.pdf
- [use wx image from GACC site here OR public data here OR public data here]
- https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/gis/watchwarn.phtml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20020603201748/http://www.fire.ca.gov:80/FireEmergencyResponse/HistoricalStatistics/HistoricalStatistics.asp
- 2021 Bootleg Fire
- https://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/2021/07/did-oregons-massive-bootleg-fire-spawn-a-flaming-tornado.html
- https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/bootleg-fire-formed-a-tornado-with-wind-speeds-higher-than-111-mph/article_0a4c466d-0a77-5b09-9411-fd04f2723251.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/climate/bootleg-wildfire-weather.html
- https://www.facebook.com/BootlegFireInfo/posts/pfbid0vLmoFzVVC6SqSr43SAsy3KmuCQQJsvW6bvivXm2tMmfueKcHUhRD5GMVxUaFE4Hml
Interesting articles
- Armero tragedy
- Devils Hole pupfish
- Osceola Mudflow
- Midnight forests
- Mother of the Forest
- Apollo 15 postal covers incident
Useful links
- Template:Infobox_wildfire
- Template:Ombox
- Template:Featured topic box
- NPS icons
- Web colors
- NWS Z-time conversion
- Userboxes User:Oldbeeg/userboxes
- https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
- User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences
- GIS resource links User:Shannon1
- Template:Icon and Template:Icon link
- Help:Using colours
- Wikipedia:Creating shape maps from OpenStreetMap data
- Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia
- User:Tony1/Redundancy exercises: removing fluff from your writing
