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The SQF Complex fire—also called the SQF Lightning Complex—was a wildfire complex that burned in Tulare County in Central California in 2020. Comprising the Castle and Shotgun fires, it affected Sequoia National Forest and adjacent areas. Both fires began on August 19, 2020, and burned a combined total of 175,019 acres (70,828 hectares ...
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).
Sequoia National Forest was established on July 1, 1908, from a portion of Sierra Forest Reserve. On March 2, 1909, Theodore Roosevelt added land by Presidential Proclamation. [ 5 ] On July 1, 1910 1,951,191 acres (7,896.19 km 2 ) was removed from the forest to create the Kern National Forest . [ 6 ]
After four months, the KNP Complex Fire, which caused extensive damage within Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, has reached full containment. After four months, the KNP Complex Fire, which ...
In 2023, the Sequoia National Forest fire-management crews from each district, contractor and partner conducted over 5,695 acres of prescribed burn operations, and approximately 10,125 piles were ...
Firefighters continued their efforts to contain the KNP Complex Fire burning in California’s Sequoia National Park, which officials said had grown to 11,365 acres by Saturday morning, September ...
The 2021 Windy Fire was a large wildfire in the Sequoia National Forest in Central California's Tulare County.Ignited by a lightning strike in the southern Sierra Nevada on September 9, the fire burned 97,528 acres (39,468 ha) over the course of a month, threatening communities like Ponderosa and Johnsondale.
The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation warning on Monday, August 15, for those living in the area around the 350-acre Wishon fire in California’s Sequoia National Forest.The ...