Humboldt Fire
Location: 1 mi E of Chico, Butte Co., CA
Specific Location: Hwy 32 & Humboldt Rd on Stillson Canyon. Lat 39° 44´ 9″; Lon 121° 44´ 12″
Date of Origin: 06/11/08
Cause: Human
Situation as of 06/16/08 7:00 PM
Total Personnel: 899
Size: 23,344 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Significant demobilization underway. Minor fire activity and flare-ups reported. Damage assessment comtinues. Centerville, Honey Run, and Neal Road open to residents only with law enforcement escort.
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Situation as of 06/16/08 7:00 AM
Total Personnel: 1,044
Size: 23,344 acres
Percent Contained: 90%
Full containment expected this evening.
74 residences have been destroyed and 20 have been damaged. 8 outbuildings have also been destroyed.
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Situation as of 06/15/08 3:00 PM
Total Personnel: 3,823
Size: 23,162 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Centerville Road is restricted access. Precautionary evacuations of the southern most portion of Paradise, and the communities of Butte Valley and Butte Creek Canyon still in effect. Honey Run Road and Neal Road open to residents only with law enforcement escort.
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Situation as of 06/15/08 7:00 AM
Total Personnel: 3,823
Size: 23,162 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Costs to date: $8.5 million
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Situation as of 06/14/08 7:00 PM
Total Personnel: 3,826
Size: 23,162 acres
Percent Contained: 45%
Costs to Date: $5,000,000
74 residences have been destroyed and 20 have been damaged. 8 outbuildings have also been destroyed.
Evacuations: Centerville road is restricted access. Precautionary evacuations of the southernmost portion of Paradise, and the communities of Butte Valley and Butte Creek Canyon still in effect.
Injuries: 8
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Situation as of 06/14/08 6:00 AM
Total Personnel: 2,877
Size: 22,996 acres
Percent Contained: 35%
66 residences have been destroyed and 17 have been damaged. 7 outbuildings have also been destroyed. 5,600 structures are still threatened.
Evacuations of the southern most portion of Paradise, and the communities of Butte Valley and Butte Creek Canyon.
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Situation as of 06/13/08 8:00 PM
Total Personnel: 2,842
Size: 22,833 acres
Percent Contained: 20%
50 residences have been destroyed and 12 have been damaged. 5,600 structures are still threatened. Flare-up this afternoon on Doe Mill Ridge, three to four miles west of Paradise.
The Skyway, Clark Road, Pentz Road, and Durham-Pentz Road have now reopened to inbound traffic. Still closed are Honey Run, Centerville and Neal roads.
Costs to date: $1,200,000
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Situation as of 06/13/08 8:00 AM
Total Personnel: 1,354
Size: 20,484 acres
Percent Contained: 15%
40 residences have been destroyed. More than 4,600 structures are still threatened. Evacuations of all of the area south of Pearson Road, the southern most portion of Paradise, and the communities of Butte Valley and Butte Creek Canyon. An evacuation center at Neighborhood Church in south Chico is full and people who need shelter are being sent to Pleasant Valley High School in Chico or Fit One Athletic Club in Chico.
Injuries: 5
Strong winds have subsided. The fire continues to spot in multiple directions. Honey Run Road, Skyway and Neal road are closed.
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Situation as of 06/12/08 8:00 PM
Total Personnel: 1,354
Size: 19,000 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
10 residences have been destroyed. More than 5,000 structures are still threatened. Evacuations of all residents in the communities of areas of Paradise, Butte Valley and Butte Creek Canyon.
Injuries: 4
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Situation as of 06/12/08 noon
Total Personnel: 611
Size: 8,000 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
An estimated 1,650 structures are still threatened. Evacuations are in place for all of Honey Run Road, Zinfandel Road, Pam Court and Doe Mill Ridge, Centerville up to Conejo and Neal Road from Wayland south.
Honey Run Road from the top to the bottom, Skyway between Bruce and Neal (but it may move up to Pearson), and Neal Road from Hwy to Indian Springs are closed.
An evacuation center has been established at the Neighborhood Church at 2801 Notre Dame Blvd. in Chico.
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Situation as of 06/11/08 PM
Total Personnel: 250+
Size: 6,000 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Evacuations are in place for all of Honey Run Road, Zinfandel Road, Pam Court and Doe Mill Ridge, Centerville up to Conejo and Neal Road from Wayland south.
Revised estimate 250 structures are threatened.
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Situation as of 06/11/08 noon
Total Personnel: unknown
Size: 3,500 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
~900 homes threatened. Over 1,000 residents evacuated. High winds, rapid fire spread. Hwy 70 closed at Hwy 149
Dr. Davis,
The latest info I have is as follows:
Situation as of 06/12/08 8:00 PM
Total Personnel: 1,354
Size: 19,000 acres
Percent Contained: 10%10 residences have been destroyed. More than 5,000 structures are still threatened. Evacuations of all residents in the communities of areas of Paradise, Butte Valley and Butte Creek Canyon.
Injuries: 4
I extracted this from the CalFire Info site here:
http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current
Their last report was 8:15 PM. My experience is that the CalFire site info is very reliable, though sparse.
I am sorry I don’t have better info to give you. The Humbolt Fire has been very explosive, growing 11,000 acres (17 sq miles) today. I’m not sure that anyone knows the status of much right now. We should know more in the morning.
My prayers are with you.
Mike Dubrasich, Exec Dir
Western Institute for Study of the Environment
Lebanon, OR
PS If you find any more info regarding the injuries or damages, please let me know, and I will post it. Thank you.
9:45 p.m.: Humboldt Fire doubled Thursday; homes destroyed, evacuations ordered
Chico Enterprise-Record [here]
The Humboldt Fire doubled in size today, burning into Paradise and down onto the Butte College campus.
An estimated 20 to 40 houses were destroyed as the fire grew to 19,000 acres by 8:15 p.m.
All the roads into Paradise were closed just before 5 p.m. Pentz Road was open for outgoing traffic from the town only, to accommodate the thousands of people ordered from their homes.
The evacuation order covered the whole town south of Pearson Road, from the Skyway to Pentz Road.
The fire had burned up Neal Road as far as Chaparral Drive, and roughly to the line of Wayland Road. The fire crossed Clark Road at several points, just before 6:30 p.m.
Road was closed all day, and the Skyway and Honey Run Road were opened for residents along those streets for short periods only. Durham-Pentz Road was closed about 6:45 p.m. when fire reached it.
The fire flared up in the afternoon on Doe Mill Ridge, force new evacuations there and a reallocation of firefighting resources. …
Three shelters have been set up for evacuees.
A Red Cross shelter was opened this afternoon at the Paradise Alliance Church, 6491 Clark Road. It joins shelters in Chico at the Neighborhood Church, 2801 Notre Dame Blvd., and one that opened this evening at Pleasant Valley High School, 1475 East Ave.
There is also a public assembly point at the Paradise Senior Center, 877 Nunneley Road in Paradise, for those who need transportation off the ridge.
Parents who cannot get into town and have children who are home alone, should call 872-6149 to arrange to get their children to a public assembly point.
as of 9pm requesting status of Rainbow Ranch Rd off of Round Valley Ranch Road.
We are evacuated
HUMBOLT FIRE OUT OF CHICO