Great Midwest Fires of 1871

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The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.

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Generate an image of the Great Midwest Fires of 1871 (The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.)

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Great Michigan Fire 4
1871 Midwest fires 1
Great Midwest Fires of 1871 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical disaster ⓘ
series of wildfires ⓘ
aftermath changes in fire safety awareness ⓘ
increased attention to forest management ⓘ
cause extreme drought conditions in 1871 ⓘ
slash-and-burn land clearing practices ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
climateCondition prolonged dry weather ⓘ
coincidesWith Great Chicago Fire ⓘ
Great Michigan Fire ⓘ
Peshtigo Fire ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
deathTollEstimate several thousand people ⓘ
describedAs one of the deadliest wildfire episodes in U.S. history ⓘ
documentedIn 19th-century American newspapers ⓘ
economicImpact severe property damage ⓘ
hasPart Great Chicago Fire ⓘ
Great Michigan Fire ⓘ
Holland Fire ⓘ
Manistee Fire ⓘ
Peshtigo Fire ⓘ
Port Huron Fire ⓘ
historicalRegionAffected Great Lakes region ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Upper Midwest ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
location Midwestern United States ⓘ
mainImpact destruction of millions of acres of forest ⓘ
destruction of multiple communities ⓘ
large loss of human life ⓘ
notableFire Great Chicago Fire ⓘ
Great Michigan Fire ⓘ
Peshtigo Fire ⓘ
notableFor extreme fire behavior ⓘ
simultaneous large fires across multiple states ⓘ
partOf environmental history of the United States ⓘ
history of wildfires in the United States ⓘ
precededBy summer 1871 drought in the Midwest ⓘ
relatedTo logging and land-clearing practices in the 19th century Midwest ⓘ
urban fire safety reforms in Chicago ⓘ
significantEvent massive destruction of towns and forests ⓘ
startDate 1871-10-08 ⓘ
studiedIn disaster history ⓘ
wildfire science ⓘ
timePeriod October 1871 ⓘ
windCondition gale-force winds in early October 1871 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Holland Fire of 1871 → temporalOverlap → Great Midwest Fires of 1871 ⓘ
Great Holland Fire of 1871 → partOf → 1871 Midwest fires ⓘ
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Peshtigo Fire → concurrentWith → Great Michigan Fire ⓘ
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Great Midwest Fires of 1871 → hasPart → Great Michigan Fire ⓘ
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Great Midwest Fires of 1871 → hasPart → Manistee Fire ⓘ
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Great Midwest Fires of 1871 → notableFire → Great Michigan Fire ⓘ
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Great Midwest Fires of 1871 → coincidesWith → Great Michigan Fire ⓘ
linked to: Great Midwest Fires of 1871