Harden Fire
Location: 13 miles N of Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., CA
Specific Location: W of Harden Lake and within the 1996 Ackerson Fire perimeter, Hetch Hetchy watershed, Lat 37° 53´ 37″, Lon 119° 42´ 13″
Date of Origin: 06/08/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 07/03/2009 2:00 pm
Personnel: 141
Size: 931 acres
Percent Contained: 25%
Photo courtesy Inciweb [here]. The snags in the photo were green old-growth trees killed by the 1996 Ackerson Fire (47,000 acres, the largest fire in Park history). The Harden Fire is a repeat fire 13 years later.
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Situation as of 07/02/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 141
Size: 900 acres
Percent Contained: 25%
Smith Meadows and White Wolf to Harden Lake trails remain closed to public.
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Situation as of 07/01/2009 4:00 pm
Personnel: 100
Size: 513 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
Significant growth continues. Trail closures are in place. They are Smith Meadow to White Wolf and Aspen Valley to White Wolf. There is an alternate route to Pate Valley from White Wolf, which bypasses the Harden Lake area.
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Situation as of 06/30/2009 9:00 pm
Personnel: 100
Size: 300 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
Estimated Containment Date: 06/11/09
Shotgun Foofurb Fire
Location: Golden Trout Wilderness, Sequoia NF, Kern Co. CA
Specific Location: N of Glacier Pt. Road, Lat 36° 20´ 11″, Lon 118° 32´ 8″
Date of Origin: 05/30/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 07/03/2009 6:30 am
Personnel: 89
Size: 412 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
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Situation as of 07/02/2009 5:30 pm
Personnel: 89
Size: 342 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $156,000
No Maximum Manageable Area
No Estimated Containment Date
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Grouse Fire
Location: 3 miles S of Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., CA
Specific Location: N of Glacier Pt. Road, Lat 37° 41´ 27″, Lon 119° 41´ 1″
Date of Origin: 05/30/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 07/03/2009 8:00 pm
Personnel: 335
Size: 1,500 acres
Percent Contained: 17%
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Situation as of 07/02/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 335
Size: 1,302 acres
Percent Contained: 17%
Costs to Date: $477,112
Central Sierra Type 2 Incident Management Team will inbrief tonight for a transfer of command from the current Type 3 IMT.
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Situation as of 07/01/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 268
Size: 1,163 acres
Percent Contained: 15%
Costs to Date: Not reported
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Melendrez Pass Fire
Location: 10 miles east of Green Valley, Pima Co. AZ
Specific Location: Nogales RD, Coronado NF Lat 31° 46´ 15″ Lon 110° 49´ 20″
Date of Origin: 05/29/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 06/02/2009 7:10 pm
Personnel: 194
Size: 5,800 acres
Percent Contained: 70%
Closure of Box Canyon Rd. Completed majority of aerial ignition plan. Denergized back-up powerline for Fort Huachuca.
Continued closure of Box Canyon road. Tied-in burning operations. Patrol and mop-up as needed. Re-energize powerline.
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Situation as of 06/01/2009 7:30 pm
Personnel: 210
Size: 5,004 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Closure of Box Canyon Rd. Completed majority of aerial ignition plan. Denergized back-up powerline for Fort Huachuca.
Recent Lightning Activity Sparks Fires on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
US Forest Service News Release [here]
REDDING , Calif. (May 29, 2009) – Severe thunderstorm activity on Thursday produced over 900 lightning strikes in Northern California resulting in four small fires on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. As the lightning-caused fires were discovered, Forest Service firefighters immediately responded and began fire suppression activity.
The Corral Fire, located about ten miles west of Hayfork, in the vicinity of the Indian Valley Guard Station, was discovered around 4 p.m. Thursday. The fire is controlled and was successfully contained to ¼ of an acre in size.
The Wilson Fire, located about six miles west of Platina, was called in at 7:21 p.m. Thursday. It was successfully contained at ¼ of an acre. Firefighters are on scene and will continue to work on fully controlling the fire.
The Donaldson Fire, located about four miles NE of Hayfork, is contained at 1/2 acre in size. Firefighters predict full control of this fire Friday evening.
Firefighters are also on scene at a fire discovered earlier today. The West Fire, a small fire located just north of the Yolla Bolla-Middle Eel Wilderness, was successfully controlled Friday evening.
Fire lookout facilities are staffed and aerial reconnaissance is on-going during this period of high fire potential.
Forest Service meteorologists expect continued lightning activity for the next four to seven days with an accompanying increased chance of precipitation.
Updates will be provided as new information becomes available.
General fire information can be found at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity
Green Grass Fire
Location: 9 mi East of Kent, Sherman Co. OR
Specific Location: 1 mi S of the John Day River, Lat 45° 11´ 14″, Lon 120° 31´ 17″
Date of Origin: 05/30/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 05/31/2009 1:30 pm
Personnel: 61
Size: ~2,000 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Prineville IHC committed to fire, as well as H2JG helicopter.
Geneva Fire
Location: 14 mi NE of Sisters, Jefferson Co. OR
Specific Location: Lat 44°26´52″, Lon 121°25´0″
Date of Origin: 05/29/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 05/31/2009 4:30 pm
Personnel: 49
Size: 102 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Continue to monitor and mop up with existing resources.
Broken Snowshoe Fire
Location: 2.5 miles northeast of McGrath, AK
Specific Location: along the Kuskokwim and Takotna Rivers, Lat 63°4´56″; Lon 155°25´23″
Date of Origin: 05/24/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 05/31/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 295
Size: 25,757 acres
Percent Contained: 16%
Suppression Costs to Date : $1,396,705
The fire received light rains last night, providing firefighters with another day of moderate
conditions. The fire continues to smolder and creep on the southern perimeter with multiple tree torching on the north and east flanks.
Structure triage along Nixon Fork continues. Direct attack suppression activities along the Kuskokwim and Takotna Rivers. With warmer and dryer weather conditions predicted to arrive by this on Monday or Tuesday there is a potential for significant fire growth.
Land ownership State owned 85%; MTNT Ltd. 4%; Doyon Ltd. (native corporation) 11%. 20 structures and 13 outbuildings threatened.
Jesusita Fire
Location: Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co. CA
Specific Location: Los Padres NF N of Jesusita Lane, Lat 37° 28´; Lon 114° 43´ 30″
Date of Origin: 05/05/2009
Cause: Human
Situation as of 05/15/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 1,857
Size: 8,733 acres
Percent Contained: 95%
Suppression Costs to Date : $18.6 million
80 homes destroyed, 15 homes damaged; 79 outbuildings destroyed; 2 outbuildings damaged; 1 commercial property destroyed.
All evacuation warnings have been lifted.
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Situation as of 05/10/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 4,543
Size: 8,733 acres
Percent Contained: 55%
Suppression Costs to Date : $7.4 million
The influence of the fog continues to cause the fire to lay down at night. Interior burning North towards East Camino Cielo will continue. Fire is in the West Cold Springs Creek but fire has slowed its progression due to the marine influence.
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Situation as of 05/09/2009 1:30 pm
Personnel: 4,321
Size: 8,733 acres
Percent Contained: 40%
Suppression Costs to Date : $6.8 million
Structures Destroyed Updated: 47 residences have been damaged and 33 destroyed
The fire showed minimal growth overnight, due to the marine inversion that pushed inland.
Total Fire Personnel: 4,321 Total Personnel (2,054 CAL FIRE)
498 Engines (90 CAL FIRE)
104 Hand Crews (84 CAL FIRE)
35 Dozers (20 CAL FIRE)
0 Helicopters
45 Water tenders
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Situation as of 05/09/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 4,222
Size: 8,700 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Suppression Costs to Date : $4.3 million
Structures Destroyed: 80 residences either damaged or destroyed
The fire showed minimal growth overnight, due to the marine inversion that pushed inland.
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Situation as of 05/08/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 2,335
Size: 3,500 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
The fire continues to spread N towards Camino Cielo, E towards Cold Spring Creek, W towards Mario Ignacio and S along the foothills of Santa Barbara and Goleta.
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Situation as of 05/07/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 2,303
Size: 2,739 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Suppression Cost to Date : $1.8 million
Structures Destroyed: 75 residences
Structures Threatened: 3,500 residences and 100 commercial properties
Strong downslope winds that pushed the fire to the East are predicted to continue this evening.
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Situation as of 05/07/2009 11:40 am
Personnel: 1,394
Size: 1,300 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Reported 14,000 people evacuated, “dozens” of homes burned.
Mandatory evacuation orders cover areas to the east of Morada Lane and Ontare Road, from Foothill to San Roque roads, down to Alamar Roads, along State Street to Constance Avenue, along Garden Street to Micheltorena and up to Alameda Padre Serra, continuing to Sycamore Canyon Road to Foothill Road, tying in to El Cielito Road and up to East Camino Cielo.
Warning areas include areas east of La Cumbre Road to State Street, north of De la Vina to Anapamu streets, up to Anacapa and south to De La Guerra streets, north to Milpas Street, down to Montecito Street and up to Alameda Padre Serra
Residents in the mandatory evacuation area who are physically unable to evacuate on their own, should call the Jesusita Fire Call Center at 681-5197. Please do not call 911 as the system is overloaded.
Ten helicopters are on the scene, with 12 more on order. In addition, 12 airtankers are expected to be making drops while conditions permit.
Five Ventura County Firefighters were injured when their engine was over-run atop Spyglass Hill melting the plastic on interior of engine, burning all 5 firefighters on board. All were sent to Cottage Hospital initially then three firefighters were airlifted to the Grossman Burn Center with 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns but none of them are considered critical.
Red flag warning in effect until 10 am Friday for the Santa Ynez range and Santa Barbara south coast due to gusty northerly winds and low humidity. Temps in the 90’s.
Note: this fire is very close to the area burned last Fall by the Tea Fire [here]
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Situation as of 05/06/2009 at 2:00 pm
Personnel: 884
Size: 196 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
An evacuation order is in place for all locations North of Hwy 192 / Foothill from Orada Rd and Ontare Rd to El Cielito Rd / Gibralter Rd to East Camino Cielo. For more information contact the County of Santa Barbara Call Center at (805) 681-5197.
1,200 homes evacuated, 2,000 threatened. Sixteen schools and child care centers closed.
Red flag warning in effect until 10 am Friday for the Santa Ynez range and Santa Barbara south coast due to gusty northerly winds and low humidity. Temps in the 90’s.
Update 05/06/2009 5 pm:
~12 homes burned. Fire 400+ acres. Aerial video [here]
Fox Graham Fire
Location: town of Fox, Carter Co. OK
Specific Location: Lat 34° 20´ 50″; Lon 97° 27´ 32″
Date of Origin: 04/09/2009
Cause: Human
Situation as of 04/12/2009 11:00 am
Personnel: 24
Size: 5,000 acres
Percent Contained: 70%
Costs to date: NR
Structures Destroyed: 25 PRIM
Fire activity has significantly decreased due to rainfall.
Velma Fire
Location: 2 miles SW of Velma, Stephens Co. OK
Specific Location: Lat 37° 26´ 0″; Lon 97° 40´ 0″
Date of Origin: 04/09/2009
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 04/11/2009 4:15 pm
Personnel: 31
Size: 1,305 acres
Percent Contained: 80%
Costs to date: $20,000
Structures Destroyed: 13 PRIM , 5 COMM
No reports of injuries at the time of this report.
Smoldering and active fire in unburned islands of fuel.
Choctaw Fire
Location: Midwest City, Oklahoma Co. OK
Specific Location: 1/8th mi E of Post Road and SE 29th. Lat 35° 26´ 6″; Lon 97° 21´ 3″
Date of Origin: 04/09/2009
Cause: Human
Situation as of 04/12/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: NR
Size: 3,495 acres
Percent Contained: 90%
Costs to date: NR
Structures Destroyed: 50 PRIM
The fire area received significant rainfall over the last 24 hours.
Loco/Healdton Fire
Location: 5 mi. E of Loco, Stephens Co. OK
Specific Location: Lat 34° 20´ 0″; Lon 97° 38´ 0″
Date of Origin: 04/09/2009
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 04/12/2009 6:30 pm
Personnel: 17
Size: 56,833 acres
Percent Contained: 90%
Costs to date: NR
Structures Threatened: NONE Structures Destroyed: NONE
Significant rain fell across the fire area today.
Cement Mountain Complex Fire
Location: 4 mi. ENE of Graham, Young Co. TX
Specific Location: Lat 33° 7´ 59″; Lon 98° 29´ 41″
Date of Origin: 04/09/2009
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 04/12/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 11
Size: 27,876 acres
Percent Contained: 75%
Costs to date: NR
Structures Destroyed: 19 PRIM , 46 OUTB
Increase in residences destroyed is a result of loss assessment completed.
Montague County Complex Fire
Location: 3 mi. south of St. Jo, Montague Co. TX
Specific Location: Lat 33° 39´ 1″; Lon 97° 31´ 33″
Date of Origin: 04/09/2009
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 04/17/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 5
Size: 31,419 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to date: NR
Structures Destroyed: 69 PRIM , 1 COMM , 61 OUTB
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Situation as of 04/12/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 5
Size: 26,783 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Costs to date: NR
Structures Destroyed: 69 PRIM , 1 COMM , 61 OUTB
Increased acreage is a result of GPS helicopter mapping mission flown 4/11; no actual fire growth today. Sixty-one out-building/other structures lost include 19 barns and 42 outbuildings.
Observed Fire Behavior: Interior smoldering.
