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June 22, 2008

California Firestorm 2008 Rages On

 
More than 600 fires are burning in the northern California while 66 fires burn in the central section of the state. The daily NIFC report is posted by 7:00 am PST.

Inciweb.org is the Federal Government's incident information website and a repository for information submitted by fire managers for public consumption.

(Note: Inciweb has been down for most of the day)

In the alternative Wildlandfire.com is a great resource for those who want to follow the action statewide, near real time.

Cal Fire's incident page is generally updated with (sanitized) information every shift.

Here is their list of lightning caused fires in the north State.

Summary of Fires by Unit

Siskiyou Unit: 8 fires reporting minor acreage

Humboldt Unit: 50 fires for more than 200 acres

Mendicino Unit: 60 fires mapped, more than 30 additional observed; fires range in size from 1-125 acres

San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit: 15 fires up to 2 acres in size

Amador-El Dorado Unit:8 fires for approximately 75 acres

Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit: 7 fires all less than 1 acre each.

Butte Unit: 24 fires for a total of more than 300 acres.

Tehama-Glen Unit: 34 fires for a total of 550 acres.

Shasta-Trinity Unit: 62 fires up to 50 acres in size.

Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit: 5 fires with 4 contained and one burning near Napa West of Fairfield at 300 acres.

Lassen-Modoc Unit: 27 fires for a total of 25 acres.

Tuolumne-Calavares Unit: 16 fires for a total of 140 acres. Currently the counties of Tuolumne and Calaveras are experiencing heavy smoke in low lying areas due to fires caused by heavy lightning activity yesterday.

Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit:15 fires reported. The Cunningham Complex (5 fires total) are burning 3,150 acres total, the Stumpfield Fire is burning 2 acres, the Indian Peak Fire is burning 60 acres, and the Oliver Fire is burning in the Sequoia National Forest. The Sequoia National Forest has reported 25 fires.

Many Fires like the Gallery Fire in Big Sur have no current updates from the government sites. I'm preparing a post with an update from various sources including blog search, old media outlets, message boards, Flickr, Youtube, CHP and official incident reports.

Check back later!

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Posted by: retired cap mike: 1:02 PM


Comments:
Thanks for all your work updating. According to a radio station at http://www.kusp.org/fire/sur.html
Castro Canyon, near the Gallery fire went up in flames at about 1:30 pm.
# posted by Blogger R3N33 : June 22, 2008 4:56 PM
 
You're welcome. Honestly I can't keep up. Trying to pick one or two fires to concentrate on.
Gallery Fire looks dangerous, that entire Wilderness could burn.
# posted by Blogger Mike : June 22, 2008 5:38 PM
 
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