River Complex 2021 fires
The River Complex 2021 was a wildfire complex burning in Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County, California in the United States. The complex comprises over 20 wildfires that started as a result of lightning strikes during a series of thunderstorms in late July 2021. As of 25 October 2021, the fire had burned a…
Where it happened
United States, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- July 30, 2021
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- United States
- Country
- United States
What happened
The River Complex 2021 was a wildfire complex burning in Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County, California in the United States. The complex comprises over 20 wildfires that started as a result of lightning strikes during a series of thunderstorms in late July 2021. As of 25 October 2021, the fire had burned a total of 199,343 acres (80,671 ha) and became 100% contained. The largest fires in the complex were the Haypress–Summer Fire (183,145 acres (74,116 ha)) and the Cronan Fire (5,940 acres (2,404 ha)).
Sources
Wikidata Q108195949 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “River Complex 2021 fires”, CC BY-SA 4.0.