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KNP Complex

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Unit Information

47050 Generals Highway 
Three Rivers, 
93271 
47050 Generals Highway 
Three Rivers, 
93271 

Incident Contacts

Public Fire Information Line
Email: seki_fire_info@nps.gov
Phone: 559-565-3704
Hours: 8 am - 5 pm 7 days

This incident is no longer being updated.

On September 9, 2021, a significant lightning storm moved through the Southern Sierra Nevada. On September 10, two fires, the Colony Fire and Paradise Fire, were identified. These two fires later merged and became the KNP Complex. The majority of the total acreage of the KNP Complex has burned in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. This is a full-suppression fire.

The KNP Complex does not pose any threats to life or property at this time. In light of significant precipitation events across the Sierra Nevada, the fire was declared 100% contained on December 16, 2021. However, fire can become established in heavy fuels and continue to smolder there for multiple precipitation events, or even all winter, and become active again when the fuels dry, so it may be some time yet before this fire can be officially declared "out." 

Parts of the foothills in Sequoia National Park reopened on Thursday November 11, 2021, from the Ash Mountain entrance to Hospital Rock. On Saturday, December 11, the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park reopened for day use on select days. A detailed schedule can be found at go.nps.gov/sekiconditions. 

Basic Information
Current as of Wed, 06/08/2022 - 13:50
Incident Type Wildfire
Cause Lightning
Date of Origin
Location Sequoia National Park
Incident Commander Armando Alvarez, National Park Service
Incident Description Complex
Coordinates 36° 34' 1'' Latitude
-118° 48'
41
'' Longitude
Current Situation
Size 88,307 Acres
Percent of Perimeter Contained 100%
Fuels Involved

Timber (Litter and Understory)
Chaparral (6 feet)
Short Grass (1 foot)

Outlook
Planned Actions

Continue to observe via air.