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The 2024 Texas wildfires were marked by several major fires, including the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle and part of Oklahoma. The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned an estimated 1,058,482 acres (1,653.878 sq mi; 428,352 ha) in Texas and Oklahoma and was completely contained on March 16, [ 1 ] becoming the second largest fire in US ...
The 2011 Texas wildfires were a series of destructive wildfires in Texas that occurred in the 2011 fire season. During 2011 in Texas, around 31,453 fires had burned 4,000,000 acres or 16,190 square kilometres [3] (about double the previous record), 2,947 homes [3] (1,939 of which were destroyed over the Labor Day weekend), and over 2,700 other ...
2011 Texas wildfires; 2012 Oklahoma wildfires; 2013 Beaver Creek Fire in Idaho. 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire; 2016 Nevada wildfire [31] October 2017 Northern California wildfires; 2018 Camp Fire; 2018 Woolsey Fire; 2020 Western United States wildfires; December 2021 Kansas wildfires; 2023 Hawaii wildfires; Smokehouse Creek Fire; 2025 Southern ...
Fire ecology is a scientific discipline concerned with the effects of fire on natural ecosystems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many ecosystems, particularly prairie , savanna , chaparral and coniferous forests , have evolved with fire as an essential contributor to habitat vitality and renewal. [ 3 ]
The forests in the U.S. state of Texas have been an important resource since its earliest days and have played a major role in the state's history. The vast woodlands of the region, home to many varieties of wildlife before Europeans first showed up, provided economic opportunities for early settlers.
A wildfire in Malibu, California, has exploded to more than 2,000 acres, prompting evacuations. Pepperdine University students sheltered in place for six hours.
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. [1] [2] Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire (in Australia), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or veld ...
Deadliest wildfire in recorded Hawaii history, referred to as worst natural disaster in history of Hawaii by Governor Josh Green. [86] 2023 11,020 acres (4,460 ha) Matt's Creek Fire Virginia 2024 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha) Smokehouse Creek Fire: Texas and Oklahoma Large wildfire in the Texas panhandle region, largest in Texas history. [87] 2024