Editing Concow, California (section)

==== 2008 fire ====
In June 2008, as part of the Butte Lightning Complex Fires, a 60,000 acre (large fire) wildfire destroyed 250 structures. Of those structures, 220 were unpermitted and either were not built to building codes, did not bother with building inspections, or did not use approved building materials.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-13 |title=CN&R • Opinions • Guest Comment • Catastrophe in Concow • Aug 14, 2008 |url=https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/catastrophe-in-concow/722701/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Chico News & Review |language=en}}</ref> Because of the [[back-to-the-land]] nature of the community, affording construction following building codes was not possible initially and reconstruction to building codes is not possible or within the ethos of the community.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150920052901/http://www.csuchico.edu/ecc/documents/newsletter/ecc_connections2009s.pdf CSU Chico students help rebuild Concow]</ref> The county offered special waivers for reconstruction, but the community was already gutted. Those who remain are a shadow of the original community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-20 |title=Concow fire victims may get break: Special ag building permits last forever |url=https://www.orovillemr.com/general-news/20081120/concow-fire-victims-may-get-break-special-ag-building-permits-last-forever |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Oroville Mercury-Register |language=en-US}}</ref>