Marble Cone Fire 1977

This was the first of four major fires in this area fig.

Marble cone fire 1977.

Monterey county herald archives. The hills are fire ready and the fires of 1977 and 2016 although different had many similarities. By the time it was extinguished it had burned about 178 000 acres in the santa. 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.

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. The wildfire burned approximately 178 000 acres of the ventana wilderness area in the san lucia mountains. The marble cone fire was a wildland fire which burned for three weeks in august 1977 in the big sur high country. 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. 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 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 big sur high country.

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 fire destroyed 178 000 acres but thankfully there were no lives lost or structures destroyed. The marble cone fire began in on august 1 1977 and lasted three weeks.