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The Hog Fire was a wildfire that broke out on July 18, 2020, from an unknown cause near Susanville, the county seat of Lassen County, California. Within the first few days, the fire quickly spread to over 8,000 acres. [2] Hog grew to a mere 9,564 acres, before it was fully extinguished on August 17, 2020.
The complex led to the mandatory evacuations, starting July 6, of portions of Plumas County including Beckwourth, California, Frenchman Cove, Frenchman Village, Maddalena and all recreational and residential areas of Frenchman Lake. [6] [15] The Doyle Grade area, in Lassen County, was also evacuated starting July 9. [17]
Lassen County (/ ˈ l æ s ə n / ⓘ LASS-ən) is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,730. [4] The county seat and only incorporated city is Susanville. [5] Lassen County comprises the Susanville, California, micropolitan statistical area.
Here are the 10 counties in California with the highest rate of population loss between July 2021 and July 2022. Lassen County: -6%. Alpine County: -3.64%. Plumas County: -2.95%. Sierra County: -2.36%
The 2020 Loyalton Fire was a large wildfire in Lassen, Plumas and Sierra counties in California and Washoe County in Nevada.After it was ignited by lightning on August 14, 2020, the fire burned 47,029 acres (19,032 ha) in the Tahoe National Forest and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest before it was fully contained on August 26.
The Gold Fire was a wildfire that burned during the 2020 California wildfire season south of Adin along Highway 139 in Lassen County, California in the United States.Igniting on Monday, July 20, on the east side of Highway 139 in rural landscape, the fire expanded to 21,870 acres (8,850 ha) and destroyed thirteen structures while also damaging an additional five.
The Rush Fire was the largest wildfire of the 2012 California wildfire season. [3] The fire, which started in Lassen County, California, eventually spread into Washoe County, Nevada. The fire consumed a total of 315,577 acres (490 sq mi; 1,280 km 2) of sagebrush, of which 271,991 acres (1,100 km 2; 420 sq mi) were in California. [1]
The largest wildfire of the year in California was the Observation Fire in Lassen County, which burned 67,700 acres, and the most destructive was the Poe Fire in Butte County, which burned 133 structures. [2] Cal Fire wildfire suppression costs for fires that burned within the agency's jurisdiction amounted to US$109 million.