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In January 2021 alone, 297 fires burned 1,171 acres (4.74 km 2) on nonfederal land according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is almost triple the number of fires and more than 20 times the acreage of the five-year average for January.
Watch Duty was built in 80 days and officially launched in August 2021, a year after a multiple fires devastated counties in northern California, including Sonoma County.
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]
A live map can be found on Cal Fire’s website. The following zones are under a mandatory evacuation order: Due to an "immediate threat to life," according to Cal Fire, the following areas are ...
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
Multiple major wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction and death in the Los Angeles area. The maps below show the sizes and statuses of the fires. They will be updated frequently. The largest ...
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).
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