Canyon Fire
Location: 8 mi W of Lake Isabella, Kern Co. CA
Specific Location: South of Hwy 178, West of the Bodfish-Caliente road, East of Cow Flat and North of the Breckenridge road, Sequoia NF, Lat 35° 33´ 24″ Lon 118° 35´ 56″
Date of Origin: 09/12/2010
Cause: Human
Situation as of 09/21/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 612
Size: 9,820 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $11,250,000 (no update)
100% containment.
Ownership: USFS, 6032Ac.; BLM, 2570Ac.; State SRA, 1217Ac.
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Situation as of 09/19/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 745
Size: 9,820 acres
Percent Contained: 95%
Costs to Date: $11,250,000
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM
Ownership: USFS, 6032Ac.; BLM, 2570Ac.; State SRA, 1217Ac.
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Situation as of 09/17/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,310
Size: 9,820 acres
Percent Contained: 85%
Costs to Date: $9,000,000
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM
Crews completed line in Divisions C and started holding and mop-up operations. Crews continue to making good progress on mop-up. Road Closures are still in effect on Old Kern Canyon Rd.
Substantial fireline suppression repair has started. Demob process has started for the Canyon incident. Local power company continues powerline repair.
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Situation as of 09/16/2010 10:00 pm
Personnel: 1,668
Size: 9,820 acres
Percent Contained: 75%
Costs to Date: $6,500,000
Structures Threatened: 100 PRIM , 50 OUTB
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM
Evacuations have been lifted for Bodfish Canyon, Myers Canyon, and the Clear Creek subdivision. Caliente Bodfish road is open from Bodfish to Havilah. Travel is restricted to one lane to residence only. Road Closures are still in effect on Old Kern Canyon Rd.
Steep ground and wind are still major concerns. Air resources continue to play a key role. Local power company continues powerline repair.
Observed Fire Behavior: Interior activity in Div. B from burning operation, some line activity on Division C, otherwise very little activity over rest of fire.
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Situation as of 09/16/2010 8:00 am
Personnel: 1,565
Size: 8,149 acres
Percent Contained: 65%
Costs to Date: not reported
Evacuations are in effect for the area of Meyers Canyon, south of Bodfish Canyon Rd at the junction of Rocky Rd. Advisory evacuations are in place for Meyers Canyon north of this area and also the community of Havilah. The evacuation center is at the Kern River Valley Veterans/Senior Center, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. A second shelter center has been established in Twin Oaks at the community church, which is located at 16115 Caliente Creek road. Twin Oaks church is also available for small and large animal sheltering.
Closures: Bodfish Canyon Road and Caliente Bodfish Road is closed from Bodfish to Havila. Old Kern Canyon Road is closed.
Some damage was sustained by the 66 KV power lines; local power company has started repairs.
Continued air support of line construction and improvement; continue mop-up operations. Hand and engine crews are in place for structure protection along with air support. Southern Central Sierra Interagency Incident Management Team assumed command of the fire on September 13, 2010 at 6:00P.M. Estimated date of containment is September 19.
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Situation as of 09/14/2010 6:15 pm
Personnel: 1,095
Size: 5,100 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $2,500,000
Road Closures are still in effect on Old Kern Canyon Rd. Continued air support and line construction. Air resources are a playing a key role in moving fire away from high risk areas.
Fire is activity burning in brush on east side of fire, timber areas are experiencing group torching and crown movement. Fire is wind driven and influenced by topographic features, this has resulted in high rates of spread and spotting.
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Situation as of 09/13/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 626
Size: 4,000 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,000,000
The fire started near Delonegha on the south side of the Lower Kern River. The fire quickly spread to both sides of the Kern River, jumping over the Old Kern Canyon Road and back across Highway 178, resulting in active fire on both sides of the two roads.
At 6:00 p.m. Cooper’s Type-2 Team took over command of the fire.
Highway 178 is now OPEN - traffic is limited to one lane at the west and east access areas. Travelers are advised to use caution when driving along Highway 178 due to fire fighters and equipment on the road.
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Situation as of 09/13/2010 8:00 am
Personnel: 500
Size: 3,000 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Evacuations: At Hobo and Sandy Flat Campgrounds, Miracle Day Use, Black Gulch South and all River raft launch sites. Unofficial fire closure on Old Kern Canyon Rd due to fire activity and public safety. Hwy 178 closed both directions from the mouth of the canyon to Borel Rd. currently. One lane of Hwy 178 expected to be open by 10:00 AM this morning. Unofficial closures for all Kern River water activities from Keysville to Democrat.
Fire Engines: 14 Helicopters: 5 Fire Crews: 8 Airtankers: 8
Water Tenders: 4 Bulldozers: 3
Pinecrest Let It Burn Fire
Location: 5 mi N of Pinecrest, Calaveras Co. CA
Specific Location: Stanislas NF, Lat 38° 13´ 42″ Lon 119° 54´ 59″
Date of Origin: 08/09/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 09/29/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 11
Size: 811 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/26/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 21
Size: 785 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/22/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 742 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/18/2010 4:20 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 717 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/17/2010 5:30 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 697 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/14/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 422 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/10/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 343 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn. Milk the kitty. The hope is that the wind will come up and blow the fire into a 100,000 acre fire storm so the National Interagency Fire Community can suck the Federal Treasury dry. Yahoo, burn the forests!!!!! Steal what you can. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
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Situation as of 09/05/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 301 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn. Milk the kitty.
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Situation as of 09/04/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 296 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/03/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 288 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Burn, baby, burn.
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Situation as of 09/01/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 16
Size: 267 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire burning nicely
Planned Actions: none.
Vernon Let It Burn Fire
Location: Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne Co. CA
Specific Location: 1 mi S of Lake Vernon, 3 mi N of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Coords not reported. Approx Lat 37° 59´ 30″ Lon 119° 44´ 00″
Date of Origin: 08/08/2010 (not officially reported until today)
Cause: Lightning (allegedly)
Situation as of 09/15/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 3
Size: 692 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone: 10,000 acres.
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Situation as of 08/26/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 5
Size: 360 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone: 10,000 acres.
Shamed into issuing a report, today’s NPS 209 indicates that this fire has tripled in size since Monday. The Tuolumne County Air Pollution Control District and Hetch Hetchy San Francisco Water and Power are stooges in all this. Their names are used as “cooperators” but it is doubtful they have a clue about what is going on.
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Situation as of 08/23/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: not reported, evidently zero
Size: 160 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone: 5,000 acres.
NPS has decided to stop reporting on this fire. Not that their reports to-date have been worth a plug nickle. What a worthless excuse for a government agency the NPS is.
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Situation as of 08/18/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: not reported
Size: 60 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire is being managed for multiple objectives; primarily forest restoration!
Note: this is new. The NPS now defines wildfire as “restoration”. That kind of bureaucratic doublespeak is an abomination. Old-growth forest destruction by catastrophic wildfire is not “restoration”. Cut their tongues out.
Coooperators [sic] include the Tuolumne County Air Pollution Control District and Hetch Hetchy San Francisco Water and Power.
Note: the NPS is attempting to spread the responsibility for this fire to other bureaucracies.
Sheep Let It Burn Fire
Location: 13 mi E of Pinehurst, Kings Canyon National Park, Tulare Co. CA
Specific Location: S of Lookout Peak, 1.5 mi SW of Cedar Grove, Lat 36° 45´ 31″ Lon 118° 41´ 25″
Date of Origin: 07/17/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 10/04/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 31
Size: 9,007 acres (3,119 acs KCNP - 5,888 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 70%
Costs to Date: $1,567,000
Fire has transitioned to the Hume Lake Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest. Bye bye Kings Canyon NP. THANKS FOR THE DISASTER.
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Situation as of 10/03/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 46
Size: 9,007 acres (3,119 acs KCNP - 5,888 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 70%
Costs to Date: $1,567,000
Suppression rehabilitation activities and demobilization of resources.
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Situation as of 09/28/2010 3:40 pm
Personnel: 132
Size: 8,802 acres (3,109 acs KCNP - 5,693 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 55%
Costs to Date: $1,500,000 (this number is highly inaccurate)
Fire continues to grow.
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Situation as of 09/25/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 200
Size: 8,450 acres (3,095 acs KCNP - 5,355 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 30%
Costs to Date: $1,335,000 (this number is highly inaccurate)
Finished firing operations on 9/24/10. Western spread of fire has been stopped on DIV W.
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Situation as of 09/22/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 160
Size: 7,887 acres (3,089 acs KCNP - 4,798 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 30%
Costs to Date: $1,250,000
Crews are holding line from Deer Meadow to the N along Deer Ridge.
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Situation as of 09/20/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 178
Size: 7,562 acres (3,078 acs KCNP - 4,484 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,199,000
The fire crossed Lightning Creek on 9/13/10. Fire is showing approximately 150 to 400 acres of growth per day. Burnout on the S. side of the fire in front of the main fire. Also, holding operations along FS Road 14S11. Crews have begun burnout operations and holding line from Deer Meadow to the North along Deer Ridge.
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Situation as of 09/18/2010 3:45 pm
Personnel: 137
Size: 6,990 acres (3,057 acs KCNP - 3,933 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,184,000
The fire isn’t burning enough resources to satisfy the Federal Gummit, so personnel have been added to boost the destruction quotient.
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Situation as of 09/17/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 95
Size: 6,990 acres (3,057 acs KCNP - 3,933 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: No reporting. Gummit stonewall blackout. Need to know basis only. Top Secret.
Another 800 acres incinerated yesterday. La la la …
Inversion patterns holding the smoke in the Central Valley and causing severe health problems. La la la…
USFS expanded their area closure on the Hume Lake Ranger District. Deer Meadow Giant Sequoia Grove now threatened. Potential fire spread in Highway 180 corridor and N of the Kings River. La la la….
Planned burnout operations to remove fuels from the oncoming fire and provide better control of the western line are anticipated to begin tomorrow. Additional hotshot crews have been ordered to complete this assignment.
It’s a party fire! Join the festivities! Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
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Situation as of 09/16/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 115
Size: 6,191 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,100,000 (no update)
Fire growth has been showing 150-400 acres daily. SQF has 3143 acres incinerated and NPS has 3048 acres incinerated. Deliberately. No NEPA, no regrets. Burn baby burn.
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Situation as of 09/14/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 95
Size: 5,765 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,100,000
After two months of burning and a million dollars spent, this fire continues to grow. The arsonist functionaries in charge promise to continue to “monitor” its “progress” however.
Uphill runs on W side of Lightning Creek as another 500 acres incinerated.
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Situation as of 09/12/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 118
Size: 5,261 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $995,000
After two months of burning and a million dollars spent, this fire continues to grow. The arsonist functionaries in charge promise to continue to “monitor” its “progress” however.
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Situation as of 09/11/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 140
Size: 5,113 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $915,000
Meeting scheduled for 9/14/10 at Hume Lake Ranger District Office between USFS-SQF and NPS-KNP.
Continues to back down to the west toward Lightning Creek.
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Situation as of 09/08/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 115
Size: 4,857 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $875,000
Rattlesnake Creek trail closure within Kings Canyon National Park. Also, an Area Closure in the Hume Lake Ranger District. A Temporary Flight Restriction in the area of the Sheep Fire is also in effect.
Incident Planning Meeting scheduled for 9/9/10 at Hume Lake Ranger District Office between USFS-SQF and NPS-KNP. Cost increase due to more detailed accounting analysis.
Fire continues to back down to the west toward Lightning Creek. Scouting west of west perimeter for a proposed handline.
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Situation as of 09/05/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 53
Size: 3,915 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Rattlesnake Creek trail closure within Kings Canyon National Park. Also, an Area Closure in the Hume Lake Ranger District. A Temporary Flight Restriction in the area of the Sheep Fire is also in effect.
Incident Planning Meeting scheduled for 9/9/10 at Hume Lake Ranger District Office between USFS-SQF and NPS-KNP.
Fire continues to actively back down to the west toward Lightning Creek.
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Situation as of 08/25/2010 4:20 pm
Personnel: 61
Size: 2,425 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Party fire. Burn down the park. Cool, man.
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Situation as of 08/23/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 53
Size: 2,025 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire showed moderate to high activity and began to run up the slopes toward Lookout Peak. Fire will be monitored, not suppressed, by 53 highly paid personnel, but no monitoring reports will be produced. This is a party fire. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
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Situation as of 08/21/2010 4:15 pm
Personnel: 45
Size: 1,805 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Lower fire activity today resulting in less smoke from yesterday. [sic]
Fire unstaffed.
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Situation as of 08/19/2010 4:20 pm
Personnel: 103
Size: 1,805 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire has spread onto the Sequoia National Forest on the western flank.
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Situation as of 08/18/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 78
Size: 1,246 acres (no update)
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire growth yesterday not reported. Firing operations allegedly planned adjacent to threatened Park facilities. Fire personnel doubled. Trails closed. Air pollution. Water pollution. Wildlife habitat destruction. Heritage giant sequoia groves threatened. Visitors impacted on the busiest weekend of the year.
Park Superintendent Karen Taylor-Goodrich is the government functionary responsible for this fiasco.
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Situation as of 08/17/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 39
Size: 1,246 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire doubled in size. Firing operations planned for 8/17/10 and 8/18/10 to secure fire in the Cedar Grove area near Hwy 180. Park facilities threatened. Trails closed. Air pollution.
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Situation as of 08/13/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 0
Size: 648 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire has crossed the W Fork of Sheep Creek and is moving toward the US Forest Service/Park Service Boundary [Sequoia NF]. Completed hose lay around Cedar Grove Helibase as a contingency measure. Continue to monitor by air.
Slope Let It Burn Fire
Location: Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne Co. CA
Specific Location: Tuolumne River E of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, N of White Wolf, Lat 37° 54´ 35″ Lon 119° 40´ 59″
Date of Origin: 07/25/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 09/15/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 5
Size: 1,461 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Pate Valley and Lukens Lake trails closed.
“The fire is poised to enter into the 1985 and 1999 Morrison and 2002 White Wolf fires footprints. The fires are aiding in retoring forest health by the return of fire to the landscape and fill in key parts of the fire mosaic.”
Note: WTF kind of eco-babble nonsense is that????
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Situation as of 08/26/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 7
Size: 735 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Pate Valley and Lukens Lake trails closed.
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Situation as of 08/15/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 7
Size: 614 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
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Situation as of 08/08/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 9
Size: 597 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
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Situation as of 08/07/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 18
Size: 577 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone decreased to 5,000 acres. No explanation given.
Low to moderate fire activity with little to no further growth yesterday.
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Situation as of 08/06/2010 5:15 pm
Personnel: 23
Size: 577 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone increased to 10,000 acres. No explanation given.
Watershed, forest degradation taking place.
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Situation as of 08/05/2010 5:15 pm
Personnel: 23
Size: 547 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone: 5,000 acres
Fire doubled in size since last report. Most active on the E flank of the fire. Monitoring crews are spiked out at the fire and at Harden Lake. Watershed degradation taking place.
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Situation as of 08/03/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 23
Size: 230 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone: 5,000 acres
Black line operation with possible helicopter drops to prevent spread to the W. Perennial winds pushing fire upslope to the E. Watershed degradation taking place.
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Situation as of 08/02/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 12
Size: 195 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone: 5,000 acres
No mention of “Dutch Creek Guidance” safety rules. NPS has a tragic history of fatal accidents to firefighters on their Let It Burn fires.
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Situation as of 08/01/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 23
Size: 180 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration zone: 5,000 acres
Dutch Fire
Location: ~9 mi W of Hornbrook, Siskiyou Co. CA
Specific Location: Dutch Creek, N of Klamath River and Hwy 96, Klamath NF
Date of Origin: 07/31/2010
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 08/05/2010 6:00 am
Personnel: 212
Size: 371 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,900,000
Completed containment and mop up. Suppression repair work completed. Transition back to district will occur at 0600 8/5/2010.
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Situation as of 08/04/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 177
Size: 371 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,225,000 (no update)
100% containment.
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Situation as of 08/03/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 691
Size: 371 acres
Percent Contained: 80%
Costs to Date: $2,225,000 (better accounting)
Significant progress in containment and mop up. Begin repair work. Tentative transition back to home unit on 8/5/2010 at 0600.
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Situation as of 08/02/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 726
Size: 371 acres
Percent Contained: 60%
Costs to Date: $2,250,000
Transition from Type 3 IMT to Unified command (IMT T2 Orca, Cal Fire, IC Fillis/Sweet). No explanation for acreage reduction, but probably due to improved mapping.
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Situation as of 08/02/2010 8:30 am
Personnel: 527
Size: 522 acres
Percent Contained: 20%
Costs to Date: $1,800,000
Structures Threatened: 10 PRIM , 15 OUTB Structures Destroyed: NONE
Incident transition to Unified Command Type 2 IMT/CALFIRE IC Fillis/Sweet will occur on 8/2 at 0600. Fire slowing but continues to spread with upcanyon winds.
Bar Fire
Location: ~3 mi W of Rich Bar, Plumas Co. CA
Specific Location: Feather River Canyon N of Hwy 70, Plumas NF
Date of Origin: 07/31/2010
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 08/11/2010 2:00 pm
Personnel: 0
Size: 1,040 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,100,000
100% containment.
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Situation as of 08/05/2010 6:00 am?
Personnel: 175
Size: 992 acres
Percent Contained: 60%
Costs to Date: $1,100,000
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Situation as of 08/04/2010 5:30 pm
Personnel: 250
Size: 992 acres
Percent Contained: 60%
Costs to Date: $1,000,000
Continue to hold control lines. Mop up 100′ from control lines. Continue to monitor fire spread to the east towards the old Rich fire.
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Situation as of 08/03/2010 5:30 pm
Personnel: 300
Size: 900 acres
Percent Contained: 40%
Costs to Date: $800,000
Burn out operation currently ongoing. Hwy 70 is open.
All burnout operations completed with no control issues. Interior unburnt islands consumed assisted by aerial ignition.
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Situation as of 08/02/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 300
Size: 900 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Costs to Date: $500,000
Burn out operation currently ongoing. Hwy 70 is open.
Increased acreage due to burn out operation on N side of fire. Monitoring fire spread on the E side towards the old Rich fire.
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Situation as of 08/01/2010 8:00 am
Personnel: 225
Size: 200 acres
Percent Contained: 45%
Fire spread to the east has bumped into portions of the Rich Fire (2008, 6100 acres) [here]
West Fire
Location: 5 mi S of Tehachapi, Kern Co. CA
Specific Location: Kern County, Lat 35° 3´ 29″ Lon 118° 25´ 33″
Date of Origin: 07/27/2010
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 08/01/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 403
Size: 1,658 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $6,543,253
Transition of command to Kern County Type 3 organization. Demobilization of Incident Base has begun. CAL EMA search task force consisting of canine cadaver search units searched areas of concern in the burn area. The areas of concern that were searched did not find any deceased persons.
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Situation as of 07/29/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,205
Size: 1,658 acres
Percent Contained: 44%
Costs to Date: $1,875,000
Potential for spotting via wind driven brands and torching continues. Diminished threat to the electrical infrastructure for the city of Tehachapi, wind generator farms and to structures.
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Situation as of 07/28/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 784
Size: 1,436 acres
Percent Contained: 25%
Costs to Date: $387,940
Structures Threatened: 500 COMM , 150 PRIM
Update Structures Destroyed: 10 outbuildings , 25 residences
CAL FIRE ICT 9 transitioned in at 1800 hours. Dozer line completed in Division Y. Contingency lines completed in Division E and Division L.
Potential for spotting via wind driven fire brands and torching. Threat to electrical infrastructure for the city of Tehachapi.
Moderate rate of spread. Backburning with slope and fuel driven runs. Occasional torching through pinyon pine mortality areas (40%).
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Situation as of 07/28/2010 6:00 am
Personnel: 250
Size: 1,230 acres
Percent Contained: 25%
More than 30 homes were lost in the community of Old West Ranch and another 150 structures were threatened.
Foothills pine and chaparral fuels.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for Kern County on Tuesday, freeing up state resources to battle the fires.
Mono Fire
Location: 5 mi SE of Lee Vining, Mono Co. CA
Specific Location: between US 395 and the Mono Craters, south of Highway 120E.
Date of Origin: 07/26/2010
Cause: under investigation
Situation as of 07/29/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 126
Size: 1,205 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Highway 120 E re-opened. Fire 100% contained. Progress on mop up in both Div A and Z. Fire will be transitioned to Type 4 tomorrow 7/30 at 0800
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Situation as of 07/27/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 256
Size: 1,000 acres
Percent Contained: 20%
De-energized the power lines. Hwy 120 east remains closed. Erratic gusty winds causing control problems.
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Situation as of 07/27/2010 10:30 am
Personnel: 113
Size: 900 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
Hwy 120E is now closed as are the day use areas at South Tufa and Navy Beach on the shores of Mono Lake. The fire is currently 900 acres. A burn-out operation was performed this morning from Highway 120E to control the N flank of the fire.
Primarily sagebrush with some scattered Jeffrey Pine.
Constantia Fire
Location: 5 mi S of Doyle, Plumas Co. CA
Specific Location: W of Hwy 395, Lat 40° 2´ 48″ Lon 120° 6´ 18″
Date of Origin: 07/24/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 07/29/2010 3:30 pm
Personnel: 415
Size: 1,369 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,229,801
One hundred percent containment, rehab team making good progress.
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Situation as of 07/28/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 452
Size: 1,369 acres
Percent Contained: 73%
Costs to Date: $1,913,418
Acreage reduction due to remapping. Larger fire at 1288 acres, smaller fire remains at 81 acres. Complete control line and continue line reinforcement. Continue implementation of rehabilitation plan. Some demob expected.
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Situation as of 07/27/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 505
Size: 1,495 acres
Percent Contained: 51%
Acreage reduction due to remapping. Kidd’s Type 2 Team assumed control at 2000 hrs, 7/26. Fire behavior has moderated. good progress was made in line construction and reinforcement.
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Situation as of 07/26/2010 8:00 am
Personnel: 354
Size: 1,700 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Costs to Date: $600,000
Structures Threatened: 20 PRIM , 5 OUTB Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM , 2 OUTB
Reported as NV fire but actually 100% in CA. Extreme fire behavior has moderated today. Good progress was made in line construction and reinforcement. Units were able to reinforce and construct fireline on the smaller fire in the complex today, Kidd’s Type II team will be in place taking over the fire by 2000 hours tonight.
Bull Fire (CA)
Location: 3 mi N of Kernville, Kern Co. CA
Specific Location: Lat 35° 46´ 58″ Lon 118° 26´ 31″
Date of Origin: 07/26/2010
Cause: Human
Situation as of 08/04/2010 7:00 pm
Personnel: 213
Size: 16,442 acres
Percent Contained: 96%
Costs to Date: $11.0 million
Mop up and patrol.
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Situation as of 08/02/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 455
Size: 16,442 acres
Percent Contained: 96%
Costs to Date: $10.2 million (no update)
Minimal fire activity.
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Situation as of 08/01/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 580
Size: 16,460 acres
Percent Contained: 85%
Costs to Date: $10,231,598
Minimal fire activity. The fire will transition back to the forest on 8/3 at 0600.
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Situation as of 07/29/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 2,060
Size: 16,074 acres
Percent Contained: 20%
Structures Threatened: 30 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 8 residences, 6 outbuildings
Costs to Date: $5,500,000
Major progress made advancing hand lines on all branches.
The increase in cost is due to a more accurate count of resources, previously unreported air tanker costs and costs for base camp facilities.
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Situation as of 07/28/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 2,249
Size: 15,982 acres
Percent Contained: 12%
Structures Threatened: 30 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 8 residences, 6 outbuildings
Costs to Date: $2,700,000
Fire behavior moderated significantly today due to cloud cover. With the diminished fire behavior crews were able to establish anchor points and begin direct line construction in areas previously inaccessible.
Demob of many structure protection resources has begun as the structure threat to Kernville and Riverkern has been mitigated.
Mop up around structures in Kernville and Riverkern. Mop up and patrol along the river corridor.
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Situation as of 07/28/2010 6:00 am
Personnel: 1,200+
Size: 15,586 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
Structures Threatened: 1,200 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 6+ homes, unofficially
TWO ACTIVE FRONTS ON BOTH SIDES OF RT 99. VERY ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR, MODERATE TO FAST RATE OF SPREAD, STEEP HARSH TERRAIN AND LINE CONSTRUCTION DIFFICULT DO TO TERRAIN. ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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Situation as of 07/27/2010 8:00 am
Personnel: 550
Size: 4,500 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
Numerous residences are threatened. The communities of Camp Owen and River Kern have been evacuated. The fire crossed the Kern River and established itself in the community of Riverkern, adjacent to the many residences. Five residences reported damaged. Roads in the area are closed.
Opliger’s Type I Incident Management Team will assume command of the incident at 1800 tonight.
Russel Fire
Location: E of Straylor Lake, Lassen Co. CA
Specific Location: not reported
Date of Origin: 07/25/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 07/28/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 734
Size: 250 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $1,500,000
The complex includes 9 fires. All fires are 100% contained. Complete mop up on existing fires. Demob resources.
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Situation as of 07/27/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,005
Size: 250 acres
Percent Contained: 80%
Base camp and ICP are located at the Intermountain Fairgrounds in McArthur, CA. Red Flag Warning issued for tonight beginning at 2300 hours and ending tomorrow at 1100 hours, for dry lightning and gusty winds. The 5 acre spot fire in front of the Russel Fire continues with mop up and is located in rugged terrain. More accurate mapping from FOBS. Tonight’s IR will be done utilizing the DOD Drone. All forward progress of all fires has been stopped. Fire suppression repair has begun. The complex includes 9 fires (1 uncontained): Uncontained fire is Russel Fire, 110 acres, 80%.
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Situation as of 07/27/2010 6:00 am
Personnel: 645
Size: 250 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Numerous fires caused by lightning. Various spot fires continue to be extinguished as well as new fires within the Russel Complex. Dozer lines and hand lines continue to be established around the Russel Fire. At the present time, all fires are staffed or contained. Weather calls for the possibility of additional thunderstorms and dry lightning. Because of the quantity of fire apparatus on the roadway we ask the public to be extra cautious when traveling the local roadways during this fire activity.
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Situation as of 07/26/2010 6:00 am
Personnel: 199
Size: 200 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
CAL FIRE Lassen-Modoc Unit is lead agency. The fire is 1 of 15 lightning sparked fires in the Bieber area of Lassen County. Since Saturday July 24 there have been over 3,500 lightning strikes across northeast California. As a result 33 confirmed fires have sparked in CAL FIRE jurisdiction. The US Forest Service reports another 78 lightning sparked fires for 115 acres and the Bureau of Land Management has another 19 fires for 6 acres. The Russel Fire is the largest. A Red Flag Warning for dry thunderstorms continues for the area through this morning.
Sheep Fire
Location: Lytle Creek Canyon and Highway 138, San Bernardino Co. CA
Specific Location: San Bernardino NF, Lat 34° 16´ 01″, Lon 117° 28´ 59″
Date of Origin: 10/03/2009
Cause: Under Investigation
Situation as of 10/06/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,890
Size: 7,128 acres
Percent Contained: 75%
Structures Destroyed: 1 residence , 4 outbuildings
Costs to Date: $5,518,000
The evacuation of Wrightwood was lifted at 1200hrs today. Highway 2 to Wrightwood was reopened at 1200hrs today. Lone Pine Canyon Road remains closed. The community of Lytle Creek remains open to residents only. Road closures include Lone Pine Canyon and Swarthout Canyon. The evacuation center at the San Bernardino Fair Grounds has been closed. The Eishenhower High School Evacuation Center will remain open. The projected containment date has been moved to 10/10/09 due to access and terrain difficulties. There were four minor injuries reported this operational period. Continuing extensive mop-up of numerous heat sources.
Minimal fire activity was observed today, with isolated torching of interior islands, creeping fire and smoldering.
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Situation as of 10/05/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,715
Size: 7,824 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Structures Destroyed: 1 residence , 4 outbuildings
Costs to Date: $3,300,000
The evacuation of the community of Wrightwood is still in progress. Lone Pine Cyn Rd and Highway 2 remain closed. As of 1900 hrs today, Highway 138 was opened to the public. Lytle Creek was opened to residents only.
Due to favorable weather conditions, minimal fire activity was observed today with creeping fire and smoldering.
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Situation as of 10/04/2009 2:00 pm
Personnel: 702
Size: 3,500 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Currently the fire is moving north to northwest from Swarthout Canyon to Highway 138 through Lone Pine Canyon. The fire is burning about 1.5 miles east of any homes in the Wrightwood area. Numerous engine strike teams are in place for sturcture protection for the eastern portions of Wrightwood.
New mandatory evacuations are in place for all Wrightwood residents. Mandatory evacuations remain in place for the following areas in Lytle Creek: Applewhite Campground, Applewhite Picnic Area, and areas east of Lytle Creek Road up to and including Mountain Lakes RV Park. Mandatory evacuations are in place also for Swarthout Canyon, Lone Pine Canyon, and areas along Hwy 138 between I-15 and Hess Rd. Evacuation Centers are located at Eisenhower High School in Rialto and at Victorville Fairgrounds. Small animals can be taken to the Devore Animal Shelter. Large and small animals may be taken to the Victorville Fairgrounds. Glen Helen Rodeo grounds was taking large animals but is now full.
Guiberson Fire
Location: between Fillmore and Moor Park, Ventura Co., CA
Specific Location: Guiberson Canyon, Lat 34° 22´ 20″ Lon 118° 51´ 54″
Date of Origin: 09/22/2009
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 09/27/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 547
Size: 17,500 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Costs to Date (9/28): $12,000,000
Structures Destroyed: 1 outbuilding
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Situation as of 09/23/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,831
Size: 16,100 acres
Percent contained: 40%
Costs to Date: $2,900,000
Structures Threatened: 1,000 PRIM , 20 COMM , 0 OUTB
The fire has slopped over control lines at Balcom Canyon Road, however firefighters were able to pick up and contain these spots. The fire continues to move to the E, where it has damaged high voltage lines causing power delivery issues and concerns. This problem has resulted in the ISO having to redistribute power at a large expense to Southern California Edison. Should the fire align properly with topography, the potential exists for large runs into the footprint of the Sheckel and Simi fires. Evacuations orders in some areas are currently being modified and in some cases, lifted.
CALFIRE Team 10 (Lewin) is in unifed command with Ventura County Fire (Vanden Bosch). The Incident Command Post is located at Arroyo Vista Community Park in the city of Moorpark. An FMAG application has been filed and approved for this incident. Firefighting resources continue to arrive on the incident.
Red Flag Warning conditions exist in the fire area until 1800 on 9/24. Extreme rates of spread and long range spotting. Fire behavior is being driven by winds and topography. Weather conditions are predicted to not improve until Sunday 9/27.
Structure protection in threatened residential areas. Continue direct line construction and perimeter control where feasible. Protect public and private infrastructure and utilities in the fire area. Continue to provide for public and firefighter safety. Protect agricultural assets.
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Situation as of 09/22/2009 10:00 am
Personnel: not reported
Size: 6,000 acres
Percent contained: 0%
LARGE SCALE EVACUATIONS WEST OF GRIMES CANYON ROAD
Oasis Fire
Location: 12 miles E of Clear Lake, S of Hwy 20, 6 miles W of Hwy 16, Lake Co., CA
Specific Location: Cache Creek, Lat 38° 56´ 54″ Lon 122° 24´ 33″
Date of Origin: 09/07/2009
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 09/12/2009 6:45 pm
Personnel: 153
Size: 1,575 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Costs to date: $3.5 million
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Situation as of 09/11/2009 8:00 pm
Personnel: 940
Size: 1,575 acres
Percent contained: 90%
Costs to date: $3 million
Containment and mop-up and patrol of the fire continues.
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Situation as of 09/10/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 1,114
Size: 1,400 acres
Percent contained: 80%
Costs to date: $2.4 million
Containment and mop-up and patrol of the fire continues.
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Situation as of 09/09/2009 6:30 pm
Personnel: 1,114
Size: 1,400 acres
Percent contained: 55%
Costs to date: $1.7 Million
No established roads in the fire area. Dozers are re-opening old dozer lines and improving them for vehicle access.
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Situation as of 09/08/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 709
Size: 1,200 acres
Percent contained: 30%
The fire is moving to the E and S towards Baldy Mountain and has jumped Cache Creek. Estimated containment date is September 11.
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Situation as of 09/08/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 160
Size: 400 acres
Percent contained: 15%
Costs to Date: $104,000
Fire was active with short-range spotting. Establishing access into the fire and beginning fireline construction.
