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The 2012 Colorado forest fires broke the record for most destructive fire twice and led to declaration of a federal disaster area in June 2012. [7] The 2013 Colorado forest fires, fueled by high heat and winds [8] again broke the record for the most destructive and included what was the second largest fire (by area) in Colorado history until ...
Starting Monday, June 25, 2012, this grassland fire, in and near the small towns of Last Chance and Woodrow in Washington County, burned over 45,000 acres, making it the second largest wildfire by acreage in Colorado in the year 2012 to date, after the High Park fire. Although this fire burned a very sparsely populated area, nonetheless at ...
5 Day Timelapse - Waldo Canyon Fire - June 23–28, 2012 . The Waldo Canyon fire was a forest fire that started approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 23, 2012, and was declared 100 percent contained on July 10, 2012, after no smoke plumes were visible on a small portion of the containment line on Blodgett Peak.
Occurred in Yosemite National Park. Biggest wildfire on record in the Sierra Nevada, and fourth largest wildfire in California history. Started 17 August and was contained on 24 October. [57] 2013: 113,600 acres (46,000 ha) Beaver Creek Fire: Colorado: Started June. 2014: 252,000 acres (102,000 ha) Carlton Complex Fire: Washington
A state of emergency was declared by Colorado Gov Jared Polis on Thursday, December 30, after winds that gusted up to 115 mph blew southeast of Boulder, exacerbating wildfires that led to the ...
The largest municipality by population in Montana is Billings with 117,116 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Ismay with 17 residents. [7] The largest municipality by land area is Anaconda , a consolidated city-county , which spans 736.53 sq mi (1,907.6 km 2 ), while Rexford and Flaxville are the smallest at 0.10 sq mi (0 ...
DENVER (AP) — Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts.
California's Park Fire, the largest, has burned more than 600 square miles (1,550 square km) as of Thursday morning, an area bigger than the city of Los Angeles, state fire officials said.