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Whaleback Fire 2018 18,703 Acres burned Lassen County, California Eagle Lake (westside) Spaulding, CA Along the road to Spaulding Eagle Lake Road 201 (also known as Road A1) Lake View Drive (to Spaulding) Lassen National Forest Rain showers at Eagle Lake in 2011 Whaleback Mountain Brockman Flat Lava Beds Lava & Western shore of Eagle Lake, CA Campgrounds affected by this wildfire: Pine Ridge Campground Prison Spring Campground Forest Routes affected by this wildfire: Forest Rte #32N02 Eagle Lake Road 201 (Road A1) Road A1 (aka 201) Eagle Lake Rd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaleback_Fire

Donnell Fire 2018 36,450 Acres Tuolumne County, California Dardanelle, CA Sonora Pass CA SR 108 (Hwy 108) Stanislaus River in 2004 Areas  affected by this wildfire: Stanislaus National Forest Carson Iceberg Wilderness  Donnell Lake Spicer Meadows Reservoir Stanuslaus River Arnot Creek  Douglas Creek Eagle Creek Dardanelle Resort  (slowly rebuilding) Barker Station Clark Fork Double Dome Rock County Line Trailhead Wheats Meadow Trailhead Trailheads  affected by this wildfire: Arnot Creek Trailhead Clark Fork Trailhead Columns of the Giants County Line Trailhead Disaster Creek Trailhead Seven Pines Trailhead Wheats Meadow Trailhead Meadow at end of Road # 6N06 Trails  affected by this wildfire: 19E06 Trail 19E16 Trail 19E47 Trail 19EV1208 Trail 19EV97 Trail 20E05 Trail 20E07 Trail 20E08 Trail 20E62 Trail NFS Dardanelle Campground in 2004 Campgrounds affected by this wildfire: Boulder Flat Campground Brightman Flat Campground Camp Jack Hazard Campground ...

2018 Carr Fire Whiskeytown 229,651 Acres burned 1604 buildings destroyed 8 deaths Shasta County Trinity County Centerville, CA French Gulch, CA Igo, CA Keswick, CA Kett, CA Lewiston, CA Matheson, CA Old Shasta, CA West Redding, CA CA SR 299 - Hwy 299 (Eureka Way) French Gulch County Park Keswick Reservoir Rainbow Lake Shasta State Historic Park Spring Creek Reservoir Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Whiskeytown Lake Boulder Creek Brandy Creek Cannonball Creek Clear Creek Cottonwood Creek Crystal Creek Dodge Creek Indian Creek Mill Creek Papoose Creek Spring Creek Squaw Creek Whiskey Creek Whiskeytown NRA in 2002 Areas affected by thus wildfire: Barleyfield Peak Blue Mountain Buckhorn Bally Buckhorn Summit Bully Choop  Carr Powerhouse Chappie OHV Deadwood Highland Ridge Hoadley Peaks Iron Mountain Joes Peak Kanaka Peak Mad Mule Mountain Merry Mountain Mikes Peak Monarch Mountain Oak Bottom Marina Paradise Peak Shasta Bally Shirttail Peak Shoemaker Bally ...

2018 Mendocino Complex Fire Ranch Fire + River Fire = Mendo Complex 459,123 Acres burned 280 structures destroyed 1 death Mendocino County Lake County Glenn County Colusa County Communities evacuated for this fire:  Lakeport, Kelseyville , Lucerne , Upper Lake, Nice , Saratoga Springs, Witter Springs, Potter Valley, Finley, parts of Hopland , and the tribal communities of Hopland Rancheria and Big Valley Rancheria.  Camped in Mendocino Forest for the first time in spring 2018;  Wildfire may have wiped out this lush forested area a few months later. Areas affected by this wildfire: CA SR 20 (Highway 20) Mendocino National Forest  Snow Mountain Wilderness Indian Valley Reservoir Black Butte River Eel River Anderson Creek Clover Creek Cold Creek Corbin Creek Stony Creek Anderson Ridge Bartlette Springs Barkerville Blue Slides Ridge Elk Mountain Gibson Ridge Goat Mountain Hull Mountain Letts Lake Pacific Ridge Scotts Creek Road South Cow Mountain...

2019 Walker Fire Plumas County 54,608 Acres burned Antelope Lake, California Genesee Valley  East Plumas National Forest Antelope Lake Road Beckwourth - Genesee Road 70 Beckwourth - Genesee Road 111 Genesee Valley Road, east of Taylosville, CA Indian Creek Road 43 Babcock Meadow Babcock Peak Clarks Creek Elephants Playground Flournoy Bridge Franks Valley Frazier Cabin Indian Creek Last Chance Creek Murdock Crossing Notson Bridge Squaw Queen Creek Campgrounds affected by this fire:  [all located at Antelope Lake] Boulder Creek Campground Lone Rock Campground Long Point Campground Forest Roads affected by this fire:  Antelope Lake Road Beckwourth - Genesee Road 70 Beckwourth - Genesee Road 111 Genesee Valley Road Forest Rte #26N07 Forest Rte #26N13 Forest Rte #26N45 Forest Rte #26N54 Forest Rte #27N02Y Forest Rte #27N03 Forest Rte #27N07 Forest Rte #27N09 Forest Rte #27N10 Franks Valley Forest Rte #27N16Y (4WD) Forest Rte #27N41 Frasier Cabin Forest Rte #27N48 F...

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 ...

Bear Fire + Claremont Fire 2020 North Complex Fire Butte County & Plumas County 318,935 Acres burned Curtain Falls on Middle Feather River The Bear Fire and the Claremont Fire were lightning strike forest fires that began in mid August - located in the remote, steep drainage of the Middle Feather River, between Lake Oroville and Quincy, CA.  The two small fires were under managed in a granite canyon for 3 weeks, while numerous other lightning 'complex' fires raged throughout California. USFS Plumas fire managers decided it was best to merge these two fires - right before a big wind event. And then, all hell broke loose. On Tuesday Sept 8, the northeasterly winds (blowing 60+ mph) pushed the combination fire westward, down canyon and like a funnel, it began spilling over into neighboring hills, forests and residential areas near Lake Oroville. Ancient forests, sacred sites, residential homes and historic cabins were torched in a matter of hours. Total Escape founder, ...