July 12, 2008
Quick Notes On California Fires July 12
The Basin Complex Fire added only 860 acres today. The five Zen Center residents who successfully defended their compound the other day did so with some aid from air support. Numerous Forest Service engines were ordered to stay some distance away as the monks actively fought smaller spot fires that erupted throughout the afternoon.
Call this one getting cold in a hurry, however this note appears in the July 12 evening report:
Significant events today:
West Zone: "An Evacuation Advisory from the intersection of Highway 1 and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park south to Lucia is in effect. East Zone: Mandatory Evacuations of Upper Cachagua. Voluntary Evacuations of Upper Cachagua, Paloma Creek, Lower Carmel Valley Road and Arroyo Seco."
GeoMAC no longer shows the perimeter of the 83,000 acre Indians Fire. This means to me these two fires will likely be treated separately for historical purposes by the Forest Service.
The BTU Lightning Complex that burned through Concow and parts of Paradise earlier in the week has cooled to a great extent as well.
The SHU Lighting Complex is still very active as the Motion and Moon Fires have open flame fronts. Tired ground and air crews are still working with limited re enforcement. National Guard and crews from foreign soil are being dispatched to some fires so some help is coming.
The Lime Complex, Hell's Half Complex, and the Iron & Alps Complex in the Trinity Alps show active fire fronts. Many of these fires will burn until it rains.
Click here for the NIFC Fire Summary report for July 12
Call this one getting cold in a hurry, however this note appears in the July 12 evening report:
Significant events today:
West Zone: "An Evacuation Advisory from the intersection of Highway 1 and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park south to Lucia is in effect. East Zone: Mandatory Evacuations of Upper Cachagua. Voluntary Evacuations of Upper Cachagua, Paloma Creek, Lower Carmel Valley Road and Arroyo Seco."
GeoMAC no longer shows the perimeter of the 83,000 acre Indians Fire. This means to me these two fires will likely be treated separately for historical purposes by the Forest Service.
The BTU Lightning Complex that burned through Concow and parts of Paradise earlier in the week has cooled to a great extent as well.
The SHU Lighting Complex is still very active as the Motion and Moon Fires have open flame fronts. Tired ground and air crews are still working with limited re enforcement. National Guard and crews from foreign soil are being dispatched to some fires so some help is coming.The Lime Complex, Hell's Half Complex, and the Iron & Alps Complex in the Trinity Alps show active fire fronts. Many of these fires will burn until it rains.
Click here for the NIFC Fire Summary report for July 12
Labels: 2008 Fire Season, Basin Complex, California Firestorm 2008, Lime Complex, shu lightning complex
June 21, 2008
Lime Complex; All Hands To California's North Coast
Dry lightning ignited 11 named fires (so far) in the Six Rivers and Shasta National Forests. At risk is watershed and fisheries resources. The town of Hyampom could be at risk. The eleven named fires are Rabbit, Van Duzen, Mad, Black, Gainor, Mingo, Groves, River, South Fork Mountain, Limedyke, Lake Mountain Ranch and Greedy Fires.
Redding Smokejumpers responded before nightfall last evening and are deployed on at least three of the fires.
These fires and others could burn all summer. The initial ICS-209 filed includes the following information;
Projected incident movement/spread 12, 24, 48, and 72 hour time frames:
12 hours: DOUBLE IN SIZE
24 hours: QUADRUPLE IN SIZE
48 hours:
72 hours: SIGNIFICANT GROWTH EXPECTED
Significant events today (closures, evacuations, significant progress made, etc.):
RECEIVED DRY LIGHTNING IN LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 40 IDENTIFIED NEW STARTS ON THE FOREST, 29 ON THE HAYFORK DISTRICT. LIGHTNING CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ON THE FOREST.
Values at Risk: include communities, critical infrastructure, natural and cultural resources in 12, 24, 48 and 72 hour time frames:
12 hours: LYMEDYKE LOOKOUT, SOUTHFORK OF TRINITY RIVER WATERSHED AND FISHERIES. ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURES THREATENED AND OTHER VALUES AT RISK ONGOING
99 degrees in the region yesterday!
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Redding Smokejumpers responded before nightfall last evening and are deployed on at least three of the fires.
These fires and others could burn all summer. The initial ICS-209 filed includes the following information;
Projected incident movement/spread 12, 24, 48, and 72 hour time frames:
12 hours: DOUBLE IN SIZE
24 hours: QUADRUPLE IN SIZE
48 hours:
72 hours: SIGNIFICANT GROWTH EXPECTED
Significant events today (closures, evacuations, significant progress made, etc.):
RECEIVED DRY LIGHTNING IN LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 40 IDENTIFIED NEW STARTS ON THE FOREST, 29 ON THE HAYFORK DISTRICT. LIGHTNING CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ON THE FOREST.
Values at Risk: include communities, critical infrastructure, natural and cultural resources in 12, 24, 48 and 72 hour time frames:
12 hours: LYMEDYKE LOOKOUT, SOUTHFORK OF TRINITY RIVER WATERSHED AND FISHERIES. ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURES THREATENED AND OTHER VALUES AT RISK ONGOING
99 degrees in the region yesterday!
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Labels: 2008 Fire Season, Lime Complex
