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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]
The Dixie Fire in July 2021 burned parts of Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties and lasted 104 days. The fire grew to a total of 963,309 acres before it was completely contained.
[22] [23] It found that in the 2020 and 2021 fire seasons 58% of the area affected by wildfires occurred in those two seasons since 2012. [22] [24] These two fires destroyed 30% of the habitat of 50 species as well as 100 species that had 10% of their habitats burn. 5-14% of the species' habitats burned at a "high severity." [22] [25]
English: :Wildfire acres burned in the United States Number of acres of wildfire burned in a given year in the United States. This is shown from 1983 onwards, when consistent reporting began. Data prior to 1983 is reported by the NIFC to not be comparable to that thereafter. Version 6: (uploaded 2024-06-19) Data source: https://www.nifc.gov ...
2025 California wildfires-Burned near Castaic Lake. Evacuations forced; associated with extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event that begun on January 22, 2025. [9] Border 2: California: San Diego: 6,625: January 23: January 30: 2025 California wildfires-Vegetation fire burning in the Otay Mountain Wilderness. [10] Blue Hills Texas: Hutchinson ...
The south is one of the fastest growing regions with 88 million acres classified as WUI. The south consistently has the highest number of wildfires per year. More than 50,000 communities are estimated to be at high to very high risk of wildfire damage. These statistics are greatly attributable to the South's year-round fire season. [15]
California had already endured an active fire season: by July 23, the day before the Park Fire ignited, approximately 287,000 acres (116,000 ha) had burned across the state. This was more than twice the year-to-date average. [6] Butte County, where the fire began, has endured several of the state's largest, deadliest, and most destructive ...
However, while the number of fires to date in 2022 was only slightly below the 5-year average (7,641 fires versus 8,049 fires), the total acreage burned was well below the 5-year average; 363,939 acres burned in 2022 thus far versus the 5-year average of 2,324,096 acres (though that average includes several of California's most significant fire ...