List of Sierra Nevada wildfires
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This list of Sierra Nevada wildfires includes notable wildfire
s in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California
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Wildfire
A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, squirrel fire, vegetation fire, veldfire, and wilkjjofire may be used to describe the same...
s in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California
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- Angora FireAngora FireThe Angora Fire was a wind driven fire that started near North Upper Truckee Road subdivision near Angora Lakes, Fallen Leaf Lake, Echo Lake and South Lake Tahoe, California around 2:15 PM on Sunday, June 24, 2007 as a result of an illegal campfire. As of July 2, 2007, the fire was 100%...
, 2007 - McNally FireMcNally FireThe McNally Fire was a wildfire in the Sequoia National Forest which burned in July and August 2002.The fire burned from July 21 to August 29, 2002 through the Sequoia and Inyo National Forest, as well as 5% of Giant Sequoia National Monument. It destroyed 14 structures and cost an estimated $45.7...
, 2002 - Moonlight FireMoonlight FireThe Moonlight Fire started on Labor Day, September 3, 2007, near Westwood in Lassen County, California, United States. It was a human-caused wildfire started as a result of logging operations on private land southeast of Mountain Meadows Reservoir and is still under investigation. Approximately...
, 2007 - Telegraph FireSummer 2008 California wildfiresThe summer 2008 California wildfires, collectively dubbed the Northern California Lightning Series by CAL FIRE, were a concentrated outbreak of wildfires during the summer of 2008. Over 2,780 individual fires were burning at the height of the period, burning large portions of forests and chaparral...
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