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The 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in Northern California. [4] Named after a nearby Dixie Road, [5] the fire began in the Feather River Canyon near Cresta Dam in Butte County on July 13, 2021, and burned 963,309 acres (389,837 ha) before it was declared 100 percent contained on October 25, 2021. [6]
The Dixie Fire in July 2021 burned parts of Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties and lasted 104 days. The fire grew to a total of 963,309 acres before it was completely contained.
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [3] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
A study conducted in 2019 found that from 1972 to 2018, California saw a fivefold increase in the area burned in any given year, and an eightfold increase in the area burned by summer fires. [21] Another study estimated that the area burned between 1984 and 2015 could have been half of what it was without human-caused climate change. [26]
Over the past few years, millions of acres have been destroyed by deadly wildfires. Here are 15 of the worst in U.S. history.
The Dixie Fire ablaze in Northern California's Butte and Plumas counties has burned more than 181,000 acres as of Sunday morning. The fire, which has been active since last week, was only 20% ...
English: :Wildfire acres burned in the United States Number of acres of wildfire burned in a given year in the United States. This is shown from 1983 onwards, when consistent reporting began. Data prior to 1983 is reported by the NIFC to not be comparable to that thereafter. Version 6: (uploaded 2024-06-19) Data source: https://www.nifc.gov ...
The Bootleg and Dixie fires have been the two largest to hit the U.S. this year. The Bootleg Fire, in southern Oregon, burned more than 413,000 acres and destroyed 200 homes, while the Dixie Fire ...