Marble Cone Fire Monterey

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.

Marble cone fire monterey. Monterey county herald. 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. Following the marble cone fire of 1977 monterey county began the installation of one the first alert flood warning networks anywhere. Fortunately no structures were lost and no deaths occurred.

1977 the marble cone fire started on august 1 1977 and was started by lightning. 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. Comparable to size of the country bahrain in the persian gulf. In july 1977 the marble cone fire burned almost 178 000 acres of land.

177 866 acres 278 square miles. The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the big sur high country. Lightning was determined to be the cause of this fire. 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 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 lucia mountains known as the ventana wilderness making it the largest wildfire in recorded california history at that time. Both fires were arson set. Alert automated local evaluation in real time is a communications protocol that was developed by the national weather service in the 1970 s.

Since 1999 monterey county has experienced 15 large 300 acre or greater wildland fires. The fire destroyed 178 000 acres but thankfully there were no lives lost or structures destroyed. Google show more show less 3 of 13 11 marble cone fire monterey county july 1977 size.