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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]
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. [2] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
The Dixie Fire, burning across several north California counties, stood at 90 percent containment early on September 21, officials said.The fire has burned a near-record 963,200 acres since it ...
California fire seasons are growing longer and more destructive. This year's still-raging Dixie fire quickly flared into one of the largest yet. Worst fires in California history: Dixie, Camp and more
The Dixie Fire had grown to more than 463,000 acres, or 724 square miles (1,876 square kilometers), as of 9 a.m. (1600 GMT)on Sunday morning and was 21% contained, according to state fire officials.
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% ...
California had already endured an active fire season: by July 23, the day before the Park Fire ignited, approximately 287,000 acres (116,000 ha) had burned across the state. This was more than twice the year-to-date average. [6] Butte County, where the fire began, has endured several of the state's largest, deadliest, and most destructive ...
The Alaska Fire Season of 2004. The fire season of 2004 burned more than 6.6 million acres of land, making it the worst on record for the state of Alaska. Over the course of the year, there were a ...