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Lightning, Human. The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. [5] In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), [1][6][7][8] which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. [9] The five year average is 747 fires destroying ...
The 2024 Jasper wildfire, also known as the Jasper Wildfire Complex, [2] is an ongoing wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. [3] Fires were initially spotted in the mountains both north and south of the resort town before both reached the town. [4] A mass evacuation was ordered on July 22. [5]
The Canadian province of Alberta faces a number of environmental issues related to natural resource extraction —including oil and gas industry with its oil sands — endangered species, melting glaciers in banff, floods and droughts, wildfires, and global climate change. While the oil and gas industries generates substantial economic wealth ...
The Grizzly Creek Fire (also called the 120 Fire) [2] was a wildfire that burned 32,631 acres (13,205 ha) in Glenwood Canyon in the state of Colorado in the United States.The fire first ignited on August 10, 2020 and was declared 100% contained on December 18, 2020.
The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) did not document information about this wildfire. [1] [2] Gageby Creek Bent: 4,600: April 19: unknown: The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) did not document information about this wildfire. [3] [4] Spring Creek Garfield: 3,256: July 24: October 1 [5] Lowline Gunnison ...
The Cameron Peak fire was a wildfire that started near Chambers Lake, Colorado, 25 miles (40 km) east of Walden and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Red Feather Lakes near Cameron Pass on August 13, 2020, and was declared 100% contained on December 2, 2020. [2]
This list only covers the largest, most destructive fires in Colorado history. Colorado State University (CSU) has information on named fires from 1976 to 2006 [10] and total wildfires from 1960 to 2009. [11] According to CSU, wildfires in Colorado burned less than 100,000 acres (40,469 ha) per decade over the 1960s and the 1970s.
"The situation is real but it also needs to be put into context so that the reputation of an entire city of over 400,000 residents is not adversely impacted by what has occurred in several ...