Rattlesnake Fire
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The Rattlesnake Fire was a wildfire started by arsonist Stanford Pattan on July 9, 1953, in Powder House Canyon on the Mendocino National Forest in northern California. The wildfire killed one Forest
Memorial crosses at the site of the 1953 Rattlesnake Fire
Chaparral
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Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, southern Oregon, and northern Baja California, part of the California floristic province. It is shaped by a Mediterranean climat
Rattlesnake Fire
…wind picked up, reversed direction, and poured downhill. Fifteen firefighters were burned to death as they tried to outrun the fire through the dense chaparral. As a consequence of the fire, there were major changes to wildland fire training, firefighting safety standards, and overall awareness of how weather…
Chaparral in the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California
Old-growth chaparral more than a century old
Coastal sage scrub in San Diego County
An old-growth manzanita, a classic member of the chaparral plant community