Quick Look Current California Wildfires Today (MAP)

Monday, September 8, 2014

Quick Look Current California Wildfires Today (MAP)

Quick Look Current California Wildfires

Map of Current Active California Wildfires (MAP)

No Current NWS Red Flag Warnings / Watches NWS Current Fire Weather

Meadow Fire, CA-YNP-00101, Mariposa County
East of Half Dome in the Meadow River Drainage at Little Yosemite Valley
2582 acres, 0% contained
Type 3 IC (Speilman) transitioning to Type 2 Central Sierra IMT 2 (Cooper) today.
Little Yosemite Valley Campground is evacuated.
Sunrise High Sierra Camp and Merced Lake High Sierra Camp evacuated.
Fire is burning through popular hiking area.
Commitment of Forest Service air and ground resources.
Closed Trails:
Echo Creek Drainage to LYV
Sunrise Creek Drainage to LYV (John Muir Trail)
Merced River Corridor to Merced Lake Ranger Station
Nevada falls east through LYV along the Merced River corridor.
Sunrise trail to Clouds Rest from Tenaya Lake

Bridge Fire, CA-MMU-015818, Mariposa County
Hwy. 49 x Harris Road, and Chowchilla River Basin and Ponderosa Basin
Unified Command with Mariposa Fire Department and Mariposa County Sheriff
300 acres, 75% contained
Resources are being adjusted from a 24 hour shift to a 12 hour shift
to facilitate an earlier demob date
Commitment of Forest Service ground resources

Montgomery Fire, CA-STF-3543, Mariposa County
Ponderosa Way and Tuolumne River Road, south of Coulterville
100 acres, % contained
FRA - STF
No immediate threat to structures.
Continue line construction and improvement with air support

North Ops ONCC

CA-KNF Happy Camp Complex: 99,200 acres, 30% containment. Zone 1: Mop and and control continuing. Zone 2: Fire continues to make short runs on the east and south side of the fire.

CA-KNF July Complex: 44,297 acres, 78% containment. Man Fire: Fire is exhibiting extreme fire behavior with singel and multiple tree torching, spotting and some short crown fire activity. Active fire spread is in the headwaters of Big Elk and Wooley creek drainages.

CA-MEU Lodge Complex: 12,536 acres, 98% containment.
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CFN - California Fire News 2013

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How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

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CFN - CALIFORNIA FIRE NEWS - CAL FIRE NEWS

Monday, September 8, 2014