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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.
Skies turned red near Susanville, California, as smoke from the Dixie Fire was blown by strong winds across Lassen County on August 5.Authorities in Lassen County issued new mandatory evacuation ...
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]
The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California has dry, windy, and ...
The Beckwourth Complex was a wildfire complex that burned in the Plumas National Forest in Plumas and Lassen counties. The two major fires of the complex, the Dotta Fire and the Sugar Fire, started on June 30 and July 2 northeast of Beckwourth, California. Started by lightning strikes, the two fires collectively burned 105,670 acres (42,763 ha).
The following is a list of the wildfires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or were otherwise notable. It is excerpted from Cal Fire's 2012 list of large (≥ 300 acres) fires, and may not be complete or reflect the most recent information.
The 2019 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California as part of the 2019 wildfire season. By the end of the year, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service , 7,860 fires were recorded, totaling an estimated of 259,823 acres (105,147 hectares) of burned land. [ 1 ]