The blaze comprises the Dotta Fire and Sugar Fire burning in the Plumas National Forest – both ignited by lightning nearly two weeks ago. The Beckwourth Complex Fire, the largest burning in the Golden State, has charred 91,200 acres and is 26% contained, according to the federal InciWeb wildfire tracking service. The fire is burning west of Highway 41, a route to Yosemite National Park, Cal Fire spokesperson Jaime Williams told CNN early Monday.Įmbers blow across a field Friday as the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, burns in Doyle, California. The River Fire in Mariposa and Madera counties grew to 9,000 acres after sparking Sunday, the Cal Fire incident page shows. Oregon’s Bootleg Fire, which is currently burning, and last year’s East Troublesome Fire in Colorado spread more than 100,000 acres in a day, for instance.Ī fire in Northern California has already burned some structures and threatens at least 600 others, officials said Monday night. It’s worth nothing fires can spread quickly in dry, windy conditions, swiftly altering the statistics. The acreage burned – 2,061,054 as of Tuesday, to be exact – is the highest total for the period since 2016 saw more than 2.4 million acres burned, but it represents a much lower acreage than many previous years, including 2015, when more than 4.9 million acres were scorched by July 13, and 2011, when about 5.8 million acres had been consumed by flame over that time period. ZjrVprOyeb- NWS Weather Prediction Center July 12, 2021 Many of those occurred with the exceptional Pacific Northwest heat wave in late June.
Since June 1st, we've seen at least 67 stations with lengthy reporting periods stretching back at least 75 years that have tied or broken all-time heat records. While this represents the largest number of fires as of July 13 in any year since 2011 (which saw 39,888 blazes), the total is only handful more than 2017’s total.
This year’s 33,953 fires had burned about 2 million acres as of Tuesday, surpassing the previous year’s tallies for the same period, according to the fire center. Sixty-seven current large fires have burned nearly 918,000 acres across 12 states, the National Interagency Fire Center said Tuesday. However, it won’t be enough to quell the raging fires that continue to burn throughout the US. While much of the area will continue to be hot and dry, parts of the Southwest, including Arizona and New Mexico could see excessive rainfall, the agency said. Severe drought remains in the forecast through the West and Northwest for the next week, according to the Hazard Outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather prediction center. “The length of the fire season is estimated to have increased 75 days across the Sierras and seems to correspond with an increase in the extent of forest fires across the state,” according to Cal Fire. This causes a decrease in moisture on vegetation, making forests and plants more susceptible to wildfires. Warmer temperatures in the spring and summer paired with reduced snowpack and early snowmelt are creating drier seasons, according to the agency. By this time last year, roughly 700 fewer fires had burned across the Golden State. There have been 4,991 fires in California since January, mostly due to extremely hot and dry conditions, according to Cal Fire. Here's why experts say we don't view them as crises Nathan Howard/APĬlimate change is fueling mass-casualty heat waves. Paramedics respond to a heat exposure call in Salem, Oregon, during the record-setting heat wave in late June.
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