| Beckwourth Complex | |
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 The Beckwourth Complex fire burning on July 7, 2021 | |
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| Location | Beckwourth, California |
| Coordinates | 39°52′30″N 120°22′05″W / 39.875°N 120.368°W |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 105,670 acres 428 square kilometres |
| Impacts | |
| Structures destroyed | 148 |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Map | |
  Location in Northern California | |
The Beckwourth Complex was a wildfire complex that burned in the Plumas National Forest in Plumas and Lassen counties. The two major fires of the complex, the Dotta Fire and the Sugar Fire, started on June 30 and July 2 northeast of Beckwourth, California. Started by lightning strikes, the two fires collectively burned 105,670 acres (42,763 ha). The complex resulted in the evacuation of numerous residential areas and the closure of portions of Plumas National Forest. In the community of Doyle, California, 33 homes were destroyed.[1]