The Caldor Fire burned 221,835 acres in parts of El Dorado, Alpine and Amador counties. In total, 1,005 structures were ...
In what came to be called the “Christmas Valley Miracle,” the Lake Tahoe Basin communities of Christmas Valley and Meyers ...
When the Caldor Fire swept through Christmas Valley and Meyers in 2021, many expected to return to a smoking, blackened wreck—and were surprised by the fire leaving the areas largely unharmed.
Water runs through a burn scar of the 2021 Caldor Fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin in this photo taken in 2025. UC Davis ecologists found that unburned fuel piles increased the fire's severity.
UC Davis forest ecologist Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In August 2021, the Caldor Fire entered the basin but spared the communities of Meyers and Christmas Valley due to ...
The Caldor Fire burned 221,835 acres in parts of El Dorado, Alpine and Amador counties. In total, 1,005 structures were ...
UC Davis forest ecologist Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In August 2021, the Caldor Fire entered the basin but spared the communities of Meyers and Christmas Valley due to ...