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Sheep Fire
The 2020 Lassen County wildfire season included seven large wildfires that burned entirely or in part in Lassen County. A total of (or ) of land was burned in Lassen County, making it one of the larger clusters of fires in the 2020 California wildfires, 2020 California wildfire season. The fires Hog Fire The Hog Fire was a wildfire that broke out on July 18, 2020, from an unknown cause near Susanville, the county seat of Lassen County, California, Lassen County, California. Within the first few days, the fire quickly spread to over 8,000 acres. Hog grew to a mere 9,564 acres, before it was fully extinguished on August 17, 2020. Gold Fire The Gold Fire was a wildfire that burned south of Adin, California, Adin along California State Route 139, Highway 139. Igniting on Monday, July 20, on the east side of Highway 139 in rural landscape, the fire expanded to and destroyed thirteen structures while also damaging an additional five. North Fire The North Fire burned in Wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassen County
Lassen County () is a county in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,730. The county seat and only incorporated city is Susanville. Lassen County comprises the Susanville, California, micropolitan statistical area. A former farming, mining and lumber area, its economy now depends on employment at one federal and two state prisons; the former in Herlong and the latter two in Susanville. In 2007, half the adults in Susanville worked in one of the facilities. History Lassen County was formed on April 1, 1864, from parts of Plumas and Shasta counties following the two-day conflict known as the Sagebrush War, also called the Roop County War, that started on February 15, 1863. Due to uncertainties over the California border, the area that is now Lassen County was part of the unofficial Nataqua Territory and Roop County, Nevada, during the late 1850s and early 1860s. The county was named by California after Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |