What the records say
- When
- 1977
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 36.23° N, 121.58° W
- Description
- 1977 wildfire in the U.S. state of California
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Marble Cone Fire
1977 wildfire in Central California
The Marble Cone Fire was a wildland fire that burned for three weeks in August 1977 in the Santa Lucia Mountains high country of the Big Sur area of Monterey County, California including the Ventana Wilderness. Started by two lightning strikes, the fire burned 177,866 acres (720 km2) in the Santa Lucia Mountains, making it the largest wildfire in the state since the Matilija Fire of 1932, although as of 2024 it no lo…
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