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Northern California Geographic Area Daily sit report

GACC Detailed Situation Report 8/29/2007
Northern California
Preparedness Level: III

Wildfire Activity								Year to Date
		Unit	Fire	P	New		Uncntrld	Human		Lightning		Total
Unit Name	Agency	ID	Dngr	L	Fires	Acres	Fires	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
Hoopa Agency BIA	BIA	CA-HIA	M	3	0	0		171	137	0	0	171	137
				sum	0	0	0	171	137	0	0	171	137
								Year to Date
		Unit	Fire	P	New		Uncntrld	Human		Lightning		Total
Unit Name	Agency	ID	Dngr	L	Fires	Acres	Fires	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
Northern California Region	BLM	CA-NOD	H	3	0	0	0	12	162	12	178	24	340
				sum	0	0	0	12	162	12	178	24	340
								Year to Date
		Unit	Fire	P	New		Uncntrld	Human		Lightning		Total
Unit Name	Agency	ID	Dngr	L	Fires	Acres	Fires	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
Marin County FD	CNTY	CA-MRN	L	1	1	1		9	21	1	1	10	22
Hawaii Counties	CNTY	HI-CNTY	H	3	0	0		5	21,030	0	0	5	21,030
				sum	1	1	0	14	21,051	1	1	15	21,052
								Year to Date
		Unit	Fire	P	New		Uncntrld	Human		Lightning		Total
Unit Name	Agency	ID	Dngr	L	Fires	Acres	Fires	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
San Francisco Bay NWR Complex	FWS	CA-FWR	H	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge	FWS	CA-HBR	L	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
Klamath Basin NWRC	FWS	CA-LKR	VH	3	0	0		2	78	2	27	4	105
Sacramento NWR	FWS	CA-SWR	H	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
				sum	0	0	0	2	78	2	27	4	105
								Year to Date
		Unit	Fire	P	New		Uncntrld	Human		Lightning		Total
Unit Name	Agency	ID	Dngr	L	Fires	Acres	Fires	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
Lava Beds NP	NPS	CA-BNP	Ex	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Gate NP	NPS	CA-GNP	H	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	1	1
Lassen Volcanic NP	NPS	CA-LNP	M	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Point Reyes NP	NPS	CA-RNP	H	2	0	0		1	7	0	0	1	7
Redwood NP	NPS	CA-RWP	M	3	0	0		17	5	0	0	17	5
Whiskeytown NRA	NPS	CA-WNP	H	3	0	0		5	0	0	0	5	0
Hawaii Volcanoes NP	NPS	HI-HVP	H	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
				sum	0	0	0	25	13	0	0	25	13
								Year to Date
		Unit	Fire	P	New		Uncntrld	Human		Lightning		Total
Unit Name	Agency	ID	Dngr	L	Fires	Acres	Fires	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
Amador-Eldorado Unit - CDF	ST	CA-AEU	H	1	5	3		114	350	2	1	116	351
CDF Butte Unit	ST	CA-BTU	Ex	1	0	0	0	210	1,948	0	0	210	1,948
CDF San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit	ST	CA-CZU	M	1	0	0	0	47	34	1	0	48	34
CDF Humbolt - Del Norte Unit	ST	CA-HUU	H	3	0	0	0	93	132	0	0	93	132
CDF Lassen-Modoc Unit	ST	CA-LMU	H	3	0	0	0	33	521	60	635	93	1,156
CDF Lake Napa Sonoma Unit	ST	CA-LNU	N/R					356	1,151	4	0	360	1,151
CDF Mendocino Unit	ST	CA-MEU	H	1	2	2		143	557	0	0	143	557
CDF Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	ST	CA-NEU	N/R					211	746	3	2	214	748
CDF Santa Clara Unit	ST	CA-SCU	L	1	3	8	0	166	1,524	2	0	168	1,524
CDF Shasta-Trinity Unit	ST	CA-SHU	H	1	2	7		109	1,619	4	1	113	1,620
CDF Siskiyou Unit	ST	CA-SKU	N/R					65	370	43	363	108	733
CDF Tehama-Glenn Unit	ST	CA-TGU	M	1	0	0	0	94	1,115	0	0	94	1,115
				sum	12	20	0	1,641	10,067	119	1,002	1,760	11,069
								Year to Date
		Unit	Fire	P	New		Uncntrld	Human		Lightning		Total
Unit Name	Agency	ID	Dngr	L	Fires	Acres	Fires	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
Eldorado NF	USFS	CA-ENF	VH	1	5	1	0	37	7	16	1	53	8
Klamath NF	USFS	CA-KNF	VH	3	0	0		10	2	48	20,651	58	20,653
Lassen NF	USFS	CA-LNF	H	3	0	0	0	15	257	13	1	28	258
Modoc NF	USFS	CA-MDF	VH	3	0	0		7	45	52	8,701	59	8,746
Mendocino NF	USFS	CA-MNF	VH	2	0	0		6	97	6	2	12	99
Plumas NF	USFS	CA-PNF	VH	3	1	0	0	42	353	53	22,323	95	22,676
Shasta-Trinity NF	USFS	CA-SHF	H	3	2	105		72	1,540	11	10	83	1,550
Six Rivers NF	USFS	CA-SRF	M	3	0	0		29	27	7	190	36	217
Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit - USFS	USFS	CA-TMU	VH	1	0	0	0	34	2,921	4	2	38	2,923
Tahoe NF	USFS	CA-TNF	H	3	6	1	0	44	62	37	17	81	79
				sum	14	107	0	296	5,311	247	51,898	543	57,209
				total	27	128	0	2,161	36,819	381	53,106	2,542	89,925

Units in:

Low = 3,

Moderate = 6,

High = 17,

Very High = 7,

Extreme = 2

Prescribed Fires daily Report
Prescribed Fires						Wildland Fire Use (WFU)
		New		Year to Date		New		Year to Date
Unit	Agency	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
CA-NOD	BLM	0	0	3	175	0	0	0	0
	sum	0	0	3	175	0	0	0	0
Prescribed Fires						Wildland Fire Use (WFU)
		New		Year to Date		New		Year to Date
Unit	Agency	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
CA-MRN	CNTY			1	7			0	0
	sum	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
Prescribed Fires						Wildland Fire Use (WFU)
		New		Year to Date		New		Year to Date
Unit	Agency	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
CA-LKR	FWS			2	19,974			0	0
CA-SWR	FWS			5	0			0	0
	sum	0	0	7	19,974	0	0	0	0
Prescribed Fires						Wildland Fire Use (WFU)
		New		Year to Date		New		Year to Date
Unit	Agency	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
CA-BNP	NPS			0	0			3	1
CA-RWP	NPS			9	14			0	0
	sum	0	0	9	14	0	0	3	1
Prescribed Fires						Wildland Fire Use (WFU)
		New		Year to Date		New		Year to Date
Unit	Agency	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
CA-AEU	ST			5	1			0	0
CA-BTU	ST	0	0	16	1,766			0	0
CA-CZU	ST	0	0	1	130	0	0	0	0
CA-HUU	ST	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
CA-MEU	ST	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
CA-NEU	ST	N/R		5	201			0	0
CA-SCU	ST	0	0	6	378			0	0
CA-TGU	ST	0	0	3	2,150			0	0
	sum	0	0	38	4,628	0	0	0	0
Prescribed Fires						Wildland Fire Use (WFU)
		New		Year to Date		New		Year to Date
Unit	Agency	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres	Fires	Acres
CA-KNF	USFS			11	1,665			1	0
CA-LNF	USFS	0	0	4	2,202	0	0	0	0
CA-MDF	USFS			4	704			0	0
CA-MNF	USFS			19	2,006			0	0
CA-PNF	USFS	0	0	46	1,118	0	0	0	0
CA-SHF	USFS	0	0	4	999			0	0
CA-SRF	USFS			52	485			0	0
CA-TNF	USFS	0	0	54	2,233	0	0	0	0
	sum	0	0	194	11,412	0	0	1	0
	total	0	0	252	36,210	0	0	4	1

Remarks by reporting office
CA-CZU
CA-ENF
CA-KNF	16:49 currently receiving downstrikes on the salmon river district and both salmon river and scott river districts are going into there lightning plans
CA-LNF
CA-MDF	MICC STAFFED TILL 1900 ADJ. RATING IS VERY HIGH
CA-MNF
CA-ONC
CA-PNF
CA-SHF
CA-SRF
CA-TNF

WALLOW

CA-SHF-1882

Type: WF

Start: 08/29/2007 1400

Cause: U

Priority:

Overhead Team Name: Armstrong

Organization: Type 3 IC

Local:

GACC:

Size:
500 ACRES

% Cnt/MMA:
0 %

Est Contain:
NR

Latitude:
40° 28´ 59"

Longitude:
123° 22´ 17"

Location: 7 miles southwest of Hayork, CA

$$ Costs to Date: NR

Structures Threatened: 7 PRIM , 5 OUTB

Structures Destroyed: NONE

Resources Committed:

Total Personnel: 195

Report Date: Aug 29, 2007 1800

Agency	CRW1	CRW2	HEL1	HEL2	HEL3	ENGS	OVHD
PRI	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
ST	6	0	0	1	0	2	0
USFS	2	1	0	1	0	8	7

Significant Events: Rapid fire spread due to dry fuels and thunderstorm generated winds.

Remarks: Fire behavior included rapid rates of spread and long range spotting. Fire is burning on private and USFS lands. Fire has burned into Plummer Creek and has high potential to become established in the South Fork Trinity River. Fire is also established into heavy brush from 1987 fires.

Observed Fire Behavior: Rapid rates of spread; long range spotting.

Planned Actions: Continue flanking actions and burnout operations from established roads.

Large Fire Totals
Acreage	Personnel	CRW1	CRW2	HEL1	HEL2	HEL3	ENGS	OVHD
500	195	8	1	1	2	0	10	7

Resource status ( a = Available, c = Committed)
	AIRT		SEAT		LEAD		AAAC		SJAC		HEL1		HEL2		HEL3		CRW1		CRW2
Office	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c
CA-ENF													2	0					1	2
CA-KNF							1	0					1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
CA-LNF	1	0					1	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
CA-MDF														0			0		0
CA-MNF																	0	1	3	0
CA-ONC									1
CA-PNF													0	1			1	2
CA-SHF													0	1			0	2	0	5
CA-SRF
CA-TNF													1	0			0	1	0	0
Totals	1						2		1				4	2	1		1	6	6	7

Resource status ( a = Available, c = Committed)
	OVHD		HRAP		SMKJ		ENGS		WTDR		DOZR		ATBP		ATMU		4390		SCOP
Office	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c	a	c
CA-ENF							8	7			0	1
CA-KNF							9	0	0	0	0	0
CA-LNF							15	0	3	0
CA-MDF							6	0	2	0	1	0
CA-MNF	0	0					5	6	0	2
CA-ONC					8
CA-PNF							8	4			3	0
CA-SHF							7	15	0	1	0	2
CA-SRF							10		3	0
CA-TNF							6	1	1	0
Totals					8		74	33	9	3	4	3

Report executed on: 29-Aug-2007 2236 central time

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