The Windy Fire's perimeter (orange) was mostly in Sequoia National Forest (green)
The general location of the Windy Fire in central California
The 2021 Windy Fire was a large wildfire in the Sequoia National Forest in Central California's Tulare County. Begun by a lightning strike in the southern Sierra Nevada on September 9, the fire burned 97,528 acres (39,468 ha) over the course of a month, threatening communities like Ponderosa and Johnsondale. Multiple atmospheric rivers in October and November eventually subdued the fire, which was declared fully contained in mid-November. Total firefighting costs came to $78.4 million. The Windy Fire was the eight-largest fire of California's 2021 wildfire season.
Though it destroyed 128 structures, the Windy Fire was also notable for its major impacts on the endangered giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) population, which grows in less than a hundred natural groves scattered up and down the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The National Park Service estimated that the Windy Fire resulted in the death of 900–1,300 large giant sequoias, part of a significant toll that high-severity wildfires have taken on the species in the 21st century. The KNP Complex Fire, which burned contemporaneously, burned 88,307 acres (35,737 ha) and killed up to 2,400 more large giant sequoias in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The two fires are estimated to have killed as much as 3–5 percent of the total population of large giant sequoias.
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The 2021 WindyFire was a large wildfire in the Sequoia National Forest in Central California's Tulare County. Begun by a lightning strike in the southern...
estimates that the KNP Complex Fire killed roughly 1,300–2,400 large giant sequoias. Hundreds more died in the WindyFire in the Sequoia National Forest...
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000 residents homeless. The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of the city center. A long period of hot, dry, windy conditions, and the wooden construction...
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impacted by the WindyFire in 2021, with over a third of the grove burning at high severity. Packsaddle Giant, which was killed in the WindyFire. It had a...
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greatly reduced by the last ice age. Over half the grove burned in the WindyFire in 2021. Wishbone Tree - a giant sequoia featuring a hole big enough to...
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winters of 2010/2011 and 2018/19. This grove was heavily impacted by the WindyFire in 2021, with nearly a third of the grove burning at high severity. However...
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