Whaleback Fire
The Whaleback Fire was a wildfire that burned on Whaleback Mountain in Spaulding, approximately 20 miles northwest of Susanville in Lassen County, California, in the United States. First reported on July 27, 2018, the Whaleback Fire burned 18,703 acres (76 km2), before it was fully contained on August 7. The fire…
Where it happened
Lassen County, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- July 27, 2018
- Ended
- August 7, 2018
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- Lassen County
- Country
- United States
What happened
The Whaleback Fire was a wildfire that burned on Whaleback Mountain in Spaulding, approximately 20 miles northwest of Susanville in Lassen County, California, in the United States. First reported on July 27, 2018, the Whaleback Fire burned 18,703 acres (76 km2), before it was fully contained on August 7. The fire caused evacuations in the community of Spaulding and led to closures of portions of Lassen National Forest.
Sources
Wikidata Q55888207 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Whaleback Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.