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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.
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
These communities in Northern California have seen the worst of the state’s wildfires.
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 ...
1 death and 430 buildings burned in this arson fire near Santa Barbara. 1991: 1,520 acres (620 ha) Oakland Hills firestorm: California: Killed 25 and destroyed 3,469 homes and apartments within the cities of Oakland and Berkeley. 1993: 14,337 acres (5,802 ha) Laguna Beach Fire: California: Destroyed 441 homes, burned 14,337 acres causing ...
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 complex fire burned a total of 393,624 acres (159,294 ha) from August 16 to October 1, 2020, making it the fifth-largest overall wildfire recorded in California's modern history, surpassed only by the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire, the 2021 Dixie Fire, the 2024 Park Fire, [3] and the 2020 August Complex fire. [4]