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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 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 blaze grew to nearly half a million acres Sunday.
Jul. 8—The Dixie fire, 40 miles southeast of Grangeville and 15 miles south of Elk City, more than doubled in size Wednesday as firefighters focused their attention on protecting structures and ...
This year's still-raging Dixie fire quickly flared into one of the largest yet. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area: This area is primarily forest and grassland. Facilities/features: boat ramp, boat rentals, boat dock, picnic areas and a pavilion, nine fishing jetties, a fishing dock, and Little Dixie Lake (205 acres). 745 acres 301 ha: Callaway
Dixie Fire burns more than 85,000 acres