The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the big sur high country.
Marble cone fire monterey.
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The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the big sur high country.
The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the santa lucia mountains high country at the big sur area of monterey county california by the time it was extinguished it had burned about 178 000 acres 720 km 2 in the santa lucia mountains known as the ventana wilderness making it the largest wildfire in recorded california history at that time.
The fire destroyed 178 000 acres but thankfully there were no lives lost or structures destroyed.
18 same general area as origin of the old fire 2003 but the panorama fire burned west of through the north park area of san bernardino near california state university san bernardino.
Fortunately no structures were lost and no deaths occurred.
Comparable to size of the country bahrain in the persian gulf.
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The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the santa lucia mountains high country at the big sur area of monterey county california by the time it was extinguished it had burned about 178 000 acres 720 km 2 1 in the santa lucia mountains known as the ventana wilderness making it the largest wildfire in recorded california history at that time.
By the time it was extinguished it had burned about 178 000 acres in the santa.
Lightning was determined to be the cause of this fire.
In july 1977 the marble cone fire burned almost 178 000 acres of land.
Both fires were arson set.
177 866 acres 278 square miles.
The fire burned from cone peak to carmel valley and consumed most of the vegetation within the entire big sur and little sur river watersheds.
Since 1999 monterey county has experienced 15 large 300 acre or greater wildland fires.
By the time it was extinguished it had burned about 178 000 acres in the santa lucia mountains known as the ventana wilderness making it the largest wildfire in recorded california history at that time.
11 marble cone july 1977 monterey county 177 866 acres 0 structures destroyed 0 deaths firefighters at the marble cone fire in big sur on august 15 1977.
Monterey county herald.
