Marble Cone Fire 1977

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.

Marble cone fire 1977.

At the time the fire was california s largest wildfire to date. The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the big sur high country. Monterey county herald archives. 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.

By the associated press it burned across 175 000 acres of prime watershed lands near the central california coast and laid waste to millions of dollars worth of timber but the 18 day old marble cone fire is finally under control. 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. 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. The hills are fire ready and the fires of 1977 and 2016 although different had many similarities.

The marble cone fire began in on august 1 1977 and lasted three weeks. However the marble cone fire burning in steep canyons that require pack trains for access and creating smoke columns that limit aerial delivery of fire retardants has already destroyed much of. By the time it was extinguished it had burned about 178 000 acres in the santa. Scarface has burned more than 175 million worth of timber and the marble cone fire near big sur has burned more than 140 million worth although officials hope that 40 percent of that will be.

The fire destroyed 178 000 acres but thankfully there were no lives lost or structures destroyed. The wildfire burned approximately 178 000 acres of the ventana wilderness area in the san lucia mountains. This was the first of four major fires in this area fig.