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Castle Fire 2020 Sequoia Complex SQF Castle Fire + Shotgun Fire Tulare County 174,178 Acres burned 228 structures destroyed Lightning strike fires on the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada, along Western Divide Highway and Giant Sequoia National Monument. The lightning-caused Castle and Shotgun Fires were discovered on August 19, 2020, and later managed as one incident named the SQF Complex.  The Castle Fire burned on portions of the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument (131,087acres), Inyo National Forest (12,508 acres), Sequoia National Park (18,984 acres) Castle fire swept through portions of 20 different Sequoia groves in the southern Sierra. The number of mature Sequoia Trees that died could easily top 1000. Camp Nelson, CA Pierpoint Springs Ponderosa, CA Sequoia Crest Three Rivers, CA Wishon Campground in 2000 South Sequoia National Park   Giant Sequoia National Monument Western Divide Highway 190 Golden Trout Wilderness Sequoia National Forest Inyo National

2021 Walkers Fire Tulare County 8,777 Acres Golden Trout Wilderness  Great Western Divide Little Kern River Sequoia National Forest Areas Affected by Wildfire: Newlywed Quinn Peak Shotgun Creek Soda Butte Soda Spring Creek South Fork Meadows Trail Tamarack Creek Hiking Trails # Affected 31E12 31E13 31E23 32E02 Walkers Fire Map JPG NOTE: There was another Walker wildfire in California called the Walker Fire 2019