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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

2021 Beckwourth Fire Beckwourth Complex Fires Plumas & Lassen Counties   105,670 Acres Doyle, California US Highway 395 Plumas National Forest Dixie Mountain State Game Refuge Frenchman Lake     Campgrounds affected by this fire:   Big Cove Campground Cottonwood Springs Campground Frenchman Campground Spring Creek Campground Chilcoot Campground   Areas affected by this fire:   Adams Peak Bird Hills Charles Creek Chimney Canyon Constantia Road Cannon Field Crystal Peak Diamond Mountains Dixie Mountain Dixie Valley Downing Canyon Doyle Grade Road Frenchman Cove Frenchman Creek Horton Ridge Last Chance Creek Lookout Creek Mule Ear Road Omira Ramelli Creek Reconnaissance Peak Robinson Canyon Robinson Creek Rowland Creek Spring Creek Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Road Whiskey Canyon Willow Ranch Creek   Forest Roads affected by this fire: County Road 284 Plumas Forest Road 01 Forest Rte #24N01 Forest Rte #24N02Y Forest Rte #25N34     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckwourth_Comple

2021 French Fire 26,535 Acres burned Kern County, California Alta Sierra, CA Wofford Heights, CA CA SR 155 (Highway 155) Cabin in Cedar Forest Sequoia National Forest  Greenhorn Mountain Park Alta Sierra Ski Resort @ Shirley Meadows Forest Roads affected by this fire: Forest Road 710 Forest Rte #24S15 Forest Rte #25S02 Forest Rte #25S15 Forest Rte #26S03 Forest Rte #26S16 Forest Rte #26S19     Campgrounds affected by this fire:   Cedar Creek Campground Evans Flat Campground Greenhorn Mountain Park Campground   Areas Affected by Wildfire: Alder Creek Barn Canyon Basket Ridge Bear Creek Black Mountain Cedar Creek Cooks Peak Evans Road (SR 155) French Gulch Greenhorn Mountains Greenhorn Summit Ice House Creek Likely Saddle Lumreau Creek Old State Road Poso Creek East Red Mountain Sawmill Road Shirley Creek Slick Rock Creek Stable Creek Tillie Creek Wagy Flat White Mill Road Willow Flat Windy Gap Woodward Creek Clouds @ Greenhorn Summit   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fire_(2021) F

Dixie Fire 2021    963,309 Acres burned Butte County, California Plumas County, California Lassen County, California Shasta County, California Tehama County, California Almanor, CA Belden Town, CA Bucks Lake, CA Buntingville, CA Butte Meadows, CA Canyondam, CA Chester, CA Clear Creek, CA Crescent Mills, CA Greenville, CA Jonesville, CA Keddie, CA Meadow Valley, CA Milford, CA Mill Creek, CA Old Station, CA Taylorsville, CA Tobin, CA Twain, CA Westwood, CA   CA SR 70 (Highway 70 N Feather River Canyon) CA SR 36 (Highway 36 E) CA SR 89 (Highway 89) CA SR 44 (Highway 44)   Areas affected by this wildfire: Lassen Volcanic National Park  Lassen National Forest Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Caribou Wilderness Plumas National Forest Bucks Lake Wilderness  Taylorsville County Park Mount Hough State Game Refuge PCT Pacific Crest Trail (Bucks Lake to the Hat Creek Rim) Feather River North Fork  Susan River Headwaters Bucks Lake Beach Antelope Lake Bucks Lake Butt Valley Lake Butte Lake Caribou La

2021 Caldor Fire 221,835 Acres  El Dorado County, California Caldor, CA Grizzly Flats, CA Kirkwood, CA Kyburz, CA Meyers, CA Strawberry, CA Twin Bridges, CA Silver Lake from CA State Route 88 California SR 88 (Hwy 88 Carson Pass) US Highway 50 (Hwy 50) Eldorado National Forest Desolation Wilderness American River , Silver Fork Consumnes River, Steely Fork Consumnes River, Middle Fork Consumnes River, North Fork Wildfire Affected Areas:  Caples Lake Jenkinson Lake Kirkwood Lake Shealor Lakes Silver Lake @ Carson Twin Lakes Woods Lake Wrights Lake Kirkwood Lake Heavenly Valley Ski Resort Iron Mountain Snow Park Kirkwood Ski Resort Sierra Tahoe Ski Resort Caples Lake Campground China Flat Campground Lovers Leap Campground Kirkwood Campground Martin Meadow Campground Middle Fork Consumnes Campground PiPi Campground Sand Flat Campground Silver Fork Campground Silver Lake Campground East Silver Lake Campground West Woods Lake Campground Wrights Lake Campground Kirkwood Campground Forest Ro

2021 Tamarack Fire 68,637 Acres burned Alpine County, California Markleeville, CA Woodfords, CA Hollbrook Highlands, NV Spring Valley, NV US Highway 395 (Hwy 395) California SR 88 (Hwy 88) California SR 89 (Hwy 89)   Meadows near Grover Hot Springs Toiyabe National Forest Turtle Rock County Park Grover Hot Springs State Park   Carson River East Fork Indian Creek Reservoir  Harvey Place Reservoir   Indian Creek Reservoir Wildfire Affected Areas:  Airport Road Barney Riley Bryant Creek Buck Creek Charity Valley Creek Haypress Flat Hot Springs Creek Indian Creek Leviathan Mine Road Little Cottonwood Canyon Millberry Canyon & Creek Mountaineer Creek Musser & Jarvis Creek Pleasant Valley Pleasant Valley Creek Poor Boy Creek Raymond Canyon Creek Sawmill Creek Sawmill Road Scossa Canyon Road Shay Creek Spratt Creek Thornburg Canyon   Markleeville, California       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarack_Fire TAMARACK FIRE perimeter map JPG

Looks like most of the National Forests in California are back open for late September 2021, although many have fire bans in place for campfires and BBQs.  Certain campgrounds are allowing campfires, but it is on a per forest, per campground basis. Check the usds.gov links or call rangers to find out what exactly campgrounds are allowing campfires. More Sequoia Groves are burning this year, as the lightning strike wildfires are burning inside the Sequoia National Park, Giant Sequoia and Sequoia National Forest. PARKS & FORESTS  listed below are CLOSED Giant Sequoia National Monument  due to wildfire Windy Fire Sequoia National Park due to wildfire  KNP Complex Fire Kings Canyon National Park due to wildfire  KNP Complex Fire Sequoia National Forest (portions closed) due to wildfire  Windy Fire Eldorado National Forest due to wildfire  Caldor Fire Lassen National Park due to wildfire Dixie Fire Plumas National Forest  (portions closed) due to  Dixie Fire  & damage from wildfir