Field notes from the fireline · Northern California
A foothills fire above the Yuba River country — its point of origin, its run, and the terrain that shaped it.
Read the story →Vapor pressure deficit and the Campbell Fire — a young firefighter's first night on the line, and the thirsty air that drives a grass fire.
Read the story →The 2020 Lightning Siege and the 2024 Park Fire — temperature, dry lightning, and the making of a megafire.
Read the story →The long, patient drought and the fires written into it — tracked against the U.S. Drought Monitor, updated weekly.
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