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Evolution of Cross-Boundary Fuels Treatments
U.S. Forest Service
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Fires · 8 October 1871Open article references →
The Peshtigo Fire
Peshtigo community and river refuge landscape · United States
Why editors use it hereFederal fire-management history placing Peshtigo's scale and fatalities within later suppression and fuel policy.
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On the night of 8 October 1871, extreme wildfire swept through northeastern Wisconsin and parts of Michigan, destroying Peshtigo and numerous smaller communities.
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Trigger and conditions
A strong weather system intensified existing fires on 8 October.
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Uncertainty
Victim estimates range widely because records were incomplete, migrants and workers were uncounted, and some remains could not be identified.
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Why it matters
Peshtigo resists a simple origin story.
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