The October 2017 Nuns Fire had a dramatic impact on SDC , necessitating a mandatory evacuation of hundreds of residents and staff , and burning the eastern third of the property along California State Route 12 . The main area of SDC withstood the fires , and the remaining residents all moved back in ; however , the fire forced a major interruption of the State 's site assessment process
Nuns Fire
October 2017 Northern California wildfires
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