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Jewel Cave National Monument, Black Hills: 83,508 acres (33,794 ha) [1] 0 Largest single wildfire in South Dakota and Black Hills history, ruled an arson [2] [5] 2001 Elk Mountain II north of Dewey, Black Hills [a] 13,195 acres (5,340 ha) [1] 2001 Rogers Shack south of Jewel Cave, Black Hills: 11,896 acres (4,814 ha) [1] 2001 West Hell
Waldo Canyon Fire: Colorado Springs area: Located near Pikes Peak, northwest of Colorado Springs in the Waldo Canyon – origin currently unknown – first reported the afternoon of Saturday, June 23. Destroyed 346 homes; the most destructive fire until the Black Forest Fire of 2013. Two fatalities. [citation needed] 2012: 45,000 acres (18,000 ...
According to Colorado fire officials, the Highland Lake Fire, which started around 4 p.m. on Monday and burned 166 acres near the town of Divide, was 80% contained on Wednesday afternoon.
Black Forest Fire: Colorado: North of Colorado Springs, the Black Forest fire was a large, fast-spreading fire due to dry conditions, high heat, and restless winds. Destroyed 509 homes and left 17 homes partially damaged. As of 13 June, it became the most destructive fire in Colorado state history. [54] 2013: 1,300 acres (530 ha) Yarnell Hill ...
It remains one of the largest recorded fires in the history of the Black Hills. [2] It was the largest fire in the area since the 1931 Rochford Fire. [9] It destroyed 18,838 acres (7,623 ha) of young trees and 12.2 million board-feet of timber. Additionally, 17 cabins burned and 100 cattle were killed by the fire. [1]
A wildland fire strike team was called in Sunday afternoon to tackle a fire burning in the hills south of Kennewick off Highway 395. The blaze burned 100 acres and sent plumes of black and gray ...
After a series of devastating wildfires in 1893, U.S. President Grover Cleveland created the Black Hills Forest Reserve on February 22, 1897. [5] U.S. President William McKinley issued a presidential proclamation on September 19, 1898, appending the Black Hills Forest Reserve geographic boundaries while acknowledging the forest preservation decrees established by the Timber Culture Act and ...
The Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program was created this year in response to the record-breaking 2020 fire season Incarcerated people are fighting Colorado's wildfires, including the recent ...