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The Rough Fire was a major wildfire in Fresno County, California, and the largest of the 2015 California wildfire season.The fire was ignited by a lightning strike on July 31 and burned 151,623 acres (61,360 ha), largely in the Sierra National Forest and the Sequoia National Forest, before it was declared contained on November 6, 2015.
The National Interagency Fire Center reported in mid-August that the 2015 fire season had been the most destructive since 2011.Nationwide, a total of 6,058,694 acres (24,519 km 2) had burned, which is roughly triple the total land area burned from the same time span in 2014. [6]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... The Sierra National Forest — located in the central Sierra Nevada, ... Rough Fire; Royce Peak; S. Mount Senger;
A temporary partial closure to Sierra National Forest is in place until at least tomorrow because of the Basin Fire that was sparked by lightning this week. ... dense grass within the Rough Fire ...
Firefighters battled the 400-acre Sierra fire in Fontana as officials said SoCal was 'ready to burn.' In Fresno County, the Basin and June Lightning Complex fires grew. 'Southern California is ...
The 2021 KNP Complex Fire was a large wildfire in Sequoia National Park and the Sequoia National Forest in Central California's Tulare County.After lightning ignited the Paradise and Colony fires in the southern Sierra Nevada on September 9, the twin blazes combined into the Complex and burned a total of 88,307 acres (35,737 hectares).
The fire was first reported at 2 p.m. Monday near Bear Valley Road in the Tahoe National Forest south of Sierra Brooks in Sierra County. As of Wednesday, it was within 1 mile of Sierra Brooks and ...
A "grove" consisting of only two sequoias, the medium-sized 'Upper' sequoia and the larger 'Lower' sequoia. Discovered in the 1990s, although the existence of a rough trail indicates that previous park officials knew of them. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020, and the 'Upper' sequoia may be either dead or moribund. [17]