2018 California wildfires

Quality:

2018 California wildfires - overview of major wildfires. Article “2018 California wildfires” in English Wikipedia has 98.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 161 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “2018 California wildfires” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “2018 California wildfires”, its content was written by 235 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 460 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 400 times in English Wikipedia and cited 618 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #23 in November 2018
• Global: #29 in November 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #106 in November 2018
• Global: #197 in November 2018

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 2018 California wildfires		98.9306
2	German (de) Waldbrände in Kalifornien 2018		66.4595
3	Vietnamese (vi) Cháy rừng California năm 2018		63.8352
4	Catalan (ca) Incendis de Califòrnia de 2018		62.7023
5	Portuguese (pt) Incêndios florestais na Califórnia em 2018		61.9401
6	Czech (cs) Lesní požáry v Kalifornii (2018)		57.8228
7	Ukrainian (uk) Лісові пожежі в Каліфорнії (2018)		55.8633
8	French (fr) Incendies de 2018 en Californie		48.2878
9	Spanish (es) Incendios forestales en California de 2018		31.114
10	Finnish (fi) Kalifornian maastopalot 2018		29.4391

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2018 California wildfires		1 955 252
2	German (de) Waldbrände in Kalifornien 2018		304 229
3	Russian (ru) Пожары в Калифорнии (2018)		114 125
4	French (fr) Incendies de 2018 en Californie		86 197
5	Spanish (es) Incendios forestales en California de 2018		58 986
6	Arabic (ar) حرائق كاليفورنيا 2018		18 758
7	Portuguese (pt) Incêndios florestais na Califórnia em 2018		18 259
8	Persian (fa) آتش‌سوزی جنگلی ۲۰۱۸ کالیفرنیا		14 736
9	Korean (ko) 2018년 캘리포니아 산불		12 711
10	Catalan (ca) Incendis de Califòrnia de 2018		10 330

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2018 California wildfires		2 491
2	Russian (ru) Пожары в Калифорнии (2018)		542
3	Spanish (es) Incendios forestales en California de 2018		370
4	German (de) Waldbrände in Kalifornien 2018		249
5	French (fr) Incendies de 2018 en Californie		87
6	Persian (fa) آتش‌سوزی جنگلی ۲۰۱۸ کالیفرنیا		81
7	Portuguese (pt) Incêndios florestais na Califórnia em 2018		72
8	Vietnamese (vi) Cháy rừng California năm 2018		22
9	Czech (cs) Lesní požáry v Kalifornii (2018)		19
10	Ukrainian (uk) Лісові пожежі в Каліфорнії (2018)		18

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2018 California wildfires		235
2	German (de) Waldbrände in Kalifornien 2018		52
3	French (fr) Incendies de 2018 en Californie		33
4	Russian (ru) Пожары в Калифорнии (2018)		28
5	Spanish (es) Incendios forestales en California de 2018		16
6	Hebrew (he) שרפות היער בקליפורניה (2018)		14
7	Vietnamese (vi) Cháy rừng California năm 2018		13
8	Czech (cs) Lesní požáry v Kalifornii (2018)		10
9	Catalan (ca) Incendis de Califòrnia de 2018		8
10	Finnish (fi) Kalifornian maastopalot 2018		8

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2018 California wildfires		2
2	Persian (fa) آتش‌سوزی جنگلی ۲۰۱۸ کالیفرنیا		2
3	Russian (ru) Пожары в Калифорнии (2018)		2
4	Czech (cs) Lesní požáry v Kalifornii (2018)		1
5	Arabic (ar) حرائق كاليفورنيا 2018		0
6	Catalan (ca) Incendis de Califòrnia de 2018		0
7	German (de) Waldbrände in Kalifornien 2018		0
8	Spanish (es) Incendios forestales en California de 2018		0
9	Finnish (fi) Kalifornian maastopalot 2018		0
10	French (fr) Incendies de 2018 en Californie		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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