Popcorn/Petersen Fire
Location: 6 miles SW McArthur, Lassen Co., CA
Specific Location: Lassen NF, Little Valley area, Lat 40° 56′ 5″; Lon 121° 20′ 3″
Date of Origin: 06/21/08
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 06/30/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 321
Size: 7,824 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,794,733
Transition of management back to District occurred this morning.
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Situation as of 06/30/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 396
Size: 7,824 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,649,044
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Situation as of 06/28/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 320
Size: 7,824 acres
Percent Contained: 90%
All control lines held through gusty frontal winds today.
Acres by ownership: Private - 405 acres, state - 517 acres, USFS - 2,744 acres, BLM - 4,158 acres/CALFIRE DPA, Total - 7,824 acres. Costs are assessed H-1 $36,630, Branch 1 (Popcorn) $852,924 and Branch 2 (Peterson) $577,910, total $1,467,464. All aircraft cost have been entered into the Peterson totals. Total personnel at the Peterson ICP camp - 277.
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Situation as of 06/27/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 259
Size: 7,794 acres
Percent Contained: 60%
Acres by ownership:private-405 acres, state-516 acres, USFS-2715 acres, BLM-4158 acres/CalFire DPA, Total-7794 acres.
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Situation as of 06/26/08 10:00 PM
Total Personnel: 343
Size: 7,480 acres
Percent Contained: 40%
A voluntary evacuation for Little Valley is in place.
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Situation as of 06/25/08 2:00 PM
Total Personnel: 165
Size: 4,500 acres (Popcorn - 3,000, Peterson - 1,500)
Percent Contained: ~25%
The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office issued a precautionary evacuation advisory for Little Valley, but no evacuation has been ordered. Little Valley area residents should stay alert to conditions.
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Situation as of 06/24/08 7:00 AM
Total Personnel: 227
Size: 3,100 acres
Percent Contained: 25%
Popcorn and Petersen Fires merged. Co-op attack — USFS, CalFire, local units. Communities of Little Valley and Pittville threatened.
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Situation as of 06/23/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 228
Size: 2,500 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
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Situation as of 06/22/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 327
Size: 250+ acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Precautionary evacuations of Little Valley.
