#Updated Canyon IC - Wildfire - (Kern County) 5,100+ acres 10%

All further updates at: Canyon Fire CA-SQF-3564 9,820 acres, 75% contained.
CA-SQF/KRN-Canyon IC - Wildfire - (Kern County)
Latest Intel: Pre-evacuation planning, Wildfire is moving towards Bodfish, Heavy orders for tomorrow.5100 acres with 150 structures threatened. 

Canyon Wildfire - Topographical Map of Fire Perimeters, Hot spot locations

 ICP located at Tank Park, 5000 Lake Isabella blvd. Lake Isabella, Kern County

Canyon Wildfire - Kern county Fire Perimeters, Hot spot locations

Canyon IC - Wildfire perimeter and location map

Kern County Incident update:
Incident Name: Canyon Incident   
Location: 7 miles West of Bodfish Start
Date & Report Time: 9/12/2010 @ 2:00 P.M.
Fire Information Line: 760-379-5646 ext. 564
Acres: 3,000
Containment: 10%
Total Personnel: 500
Fire Engines: 14   Helicopters: 5   Fire Crews: 8   Airtankers: 8
Water Tenders: 4   Bulldozers: 3  
Injuries: 0
Structures Destroyed: 0
Structures Damaged: 0
Cause: Under Investigation
Expected Containment: Unknown
Current Situation: Last night the weather was optimal for ground resources to get 10% containment. Today air resources will be in the air at 8 A.M. and crews will keep the fire South of Hwy 178, West of the Bodfish-Caliente road, East of Cow Flat and North of the Breckenridge road.
Evacuations: At Hobo and Sandy Flat Campgrounds, Miracle Day Use, Black Gulch South and all River raft launch sites
Cooperating Agencies: Kern County Fire, U.S. Forest Service, B.L.M., K.C. Sheriff, C.H.P., Cal Trans
Additional Information: Unofficial closures for all Kern River water activities from Keysville to Democrat.
California Fire News Canyon Fire Notes/Updates:
9-13-10 0800- 4000 acres and 10% contained with a containment date of 9/17. Resources include 22 engines, 30 crews, 4 dozers, 11 ATs and 5 copters along with other misc equipment assigned for a total of 626 personnel. Air resources were scheduled to be up in the air again by 0700hrs.
Canyon Fire is still at 4,000 acres and 10% contained. The fire is moving to the southeast and continued to burn actively through the night. Safety concerns with steep ground and active fire behavior. Per the CHP, tavel is not recommended on Caliente Bodfish Road between SR 58 and Lake Isabella due to large amount of fire equipment in the area. On Hwy 178 only 1 lane is open in each direction. 0700 9-13 - 3000 acres, 0 % Containment Type 1 Heli-tanker coming from out of state.

2100hrs- 2000 acres, 0 % Everyone On the lines stay safe, LCES, 10's and 18's goodnight...

2030hrs- 750 acres, Forest service is going house to house warning residents, no residential evacuation at this time
1950- Structure protection issues towards Havilah in the Goff Meadow area. Dozers formed up into ST5190lima
1930hrs- Fixed-wing Aircraft released from fire, Pre-alert SO/OES possible future evacuations Havilah.
1900hrs-Kern FD kitchen lost in red tape, Porterville wants to use next up contract kitchen.
Canyon Fire IC - Branch 2 Setting up structure protection on Goff Road from bottom to top w/
ST5200c designator change - ST5025c same units
1850hrs- CP moving east, Ordering up KRN Kitchen! Fire camp taking over helispot, they can fly out of Kernville, Div reports fire starting to go downslope/drainages moderate ros w/ 1 ranch/structures out ahead.
1839- AA 490 Released back to Bakersfield, IC requesting Air Attack over fire first light.
1830hrs - 700 Acres - AA 410 assuming Air Attack, Air Attack working point protection and some slop.ST5200c for Immediate need Structure Protection to meet at Goff Ranch Rd.
1730hrs- 700 acres, Type 2 IMT requested. Cooper's South Central Sierra Team up. ST5627c ST1609c enroute.
1546hrs - Per IC Fire has spotted accross Hwy 178,

Smoke Showing - Smoke plume from #wildfire @ 1736hrs picture from SWFRS WebCam link

Location : Hwy 178, 2 mi. So. where it turns into the 4 lane on the South Side of the River, Access off Old Kern Canyon Rd.
Road Closures: Highway 178 is closed between Bakersfield and Lake Isabella.
Fuels/terrain: Fuel Type:heavy brush(Fully Sheltered) w/ mixed Light fuels in rocky steep terrain, burning into heavier brush
GPS: Latitude - 35.57929, Longitude - 118.536129 - 35.37.46 x 118.48.55
Comms:
Local - 168.775 / 153.785
Command - Krn Com. 2 - 155.880 (for Kern Units)
Tac - NIFC Tac. 2 - 168.200
Air - 169.150
A/A - 135.975
A/G - 170.000
Batt. - Kern County Batt. 5, 7, SQF Batt.42, 46
AA-490
ATs - 76, 898
Helo - 407, 523
Eng. - 4 County, 4 SQF
Doz. - 2 Kern County Dozers
WTs - 1 County, 1 BLM
Crews - 2 County, 2 SQF
Online scanner: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=197
Weather: Requested: 1633 PDT 9/12/10

Forecast complete at 1701 PDT 9/12/10

Location: Legal:SEC27S31ESEC24(CA) Lat/Lon:35 33 30/118 35 55 Quad: Calculated: ( 35.55833°N 118.59861°W) (MIRACLE HOT SPRINGS CA)

FORECAST: Elevation: 2383-2400 Drainage: unknown Aspect: north Size:250

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR CANYON...KERN COUNTY FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 501 PM PDT SUN SEP 12 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1632 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WEAK LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT PREVAILING THROUGH THE WEEK ACROSS THE BURN AREA. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY TRENDING IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY. SLIGHT COOLING WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY THEN LITTLE CHANGE THE REST OF THE WEEK. WINDS WILL REMAIN MAINLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 56-58. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 36-40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-9 MPH THROUGH SUNDOWN THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-4 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 15-20 MPH OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH. .MONDAY...SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 95. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 10-15 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 13-18 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 30 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 54-56. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 39-43 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-9 MPH THROUGH SUNDOWN THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-4 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

More twitter information: CalFireNews twitter- Hash Tags: #CaFire #Wildfire #CanyonFire
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Canyon Fire Night of 9-12-10
More web information:
Kern County Incident page: link
Inciweb:  Link -http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2124/ 
wildlandfire.com/hotlist/ Incident Link