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* Impact of [[Fire issues in California's Central Coast Region|fires in California's Central Coast Region]]
 
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*[[Soberanes Fire]]
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*[[Basin-Indians Fire Erosion and Debris Flows|Basin Complex Fire]]
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*[[Zaca Fire|Zaca Fire]]
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*[[Kirk Complex Fire|Kirk Complex Fire]]
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*[[Painted Cave Fire|Painted Cave Fire]]
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*[[Rat Creek - Gorda Complex Fire|Rat Creek - Gorda Complex Fire]]
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*[[Marble Cone Fire|Marble Cone Fire]]
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*[[Santa Ana winds]]
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*[[California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)]]
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*[[Oak Woodlands of California's Central Coast Region]]
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*[[California's Central Coast Region]]
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*[[United States Forest Service (USFS)]]
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*[[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire)]]
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*[[California Department of Parks and Recreation]]
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== Disclaimer ==
 
== Disclaimer ==
  
 
This page may contain students' work completed as part of assigned coursework. It may not be accurate. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of [[CSUMB]], its staff, or students.
 
This page may contain students' work completed as part of assigned coursework. It may not be accurate. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of [[CSUMB]], its staff, or students.

Latest revision as of 12:33, 11 April 2017

Active burn site during the Rat Creek - Gorda Complex Fire, 1985. Retrieved from wildlandfire [1]

Summary

The Rat Creek-Gorda Complex fire was a wildfire ignited by lightning strike in the Ventana Wilderness area. This wildfire burned nearly 80,000 acres and marked the second major wildfire within the Los Padres National Forest/Ventana Wilderness area since 1977. The first fire in 1977 was the Marble Cone Fire.


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