Marble Cone Fire 1977

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 1977. 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. This was the first of four major fires in this area fig. The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the big sur high country. The hills are fire ready and the fires of 1977 and 2016 although differe.

The wildfire burned approximately 178 000 acres of the ventana wilderness area in the san lucia mountains. Fighting the marble cone fire in big sur on aug. The marble cone fire began in on august 1 1977 and lasted three weeks. The fire destroyed 178 000 acres but thankfully there were no lives lost or structures destroyed.

At the time the fire was california s largest wildfire to date. The los padres national forest has some of the most dangerous terrain in the world. 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. In 18th day marble cone line complete.