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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 Windy Fire 97,528 Acres Tulare County Johnsondale, CA Ponderosa, CA Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest Slate Mountain Botanical Area Summit National Recreation Trail Trail of 100 Giants Sequoia Grove Tule River Indian Reservation Tule River South Fork White River Sequoia Groves Western Divide Highway (Mtn Rd 107) Lloyds Meadow Road #22S82 Belknap Campground Coy Flat Campground Frog Meadow Campground Holey Meadow Campground Long Meadow Campground Lower Peppermint Campground Peppermint Campground Redwood Meadow Campground Holey Meadow Campground Bone Creek Boondock Camp Areas Affected by Windy Wildfire: Alder Creek Baker Ridge Bear Creek Bear Meadow Berry Meadow Black Mountain Bond Creek Bone Creek Buck Slide Burnt Ridge Camp Whisett BSA Capinero Creek Capital Rock Cedar Creek Clover Meadow Cold Spring Crane Meadow Crawford Creek Cunningham Davis Canyon Deer Creek Deer Creek Mill Road Dry Meadow Creek Dome Rock Dome Rock Creek Double Bunk Creek Dunlop Meadow Fr