Grouse Fire
Location: 3 miles S of Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., CA
Specific Location: N of Glacier Pt. Road, Lat 37° 41´ 27″, Lon 119° 41´ 1″
Date of Origin: 05/30/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 07/11/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 149
Size: 3,047 acres
Percent Contained: 98%
Costs to Date: $2,968,000
Incident Command transitioned from Type 3 IMT to ICT4 Kelly Singer, ICT4 (T) Curtis Richmond. This will be the last report unless significant fire activity occurs.
As predicted, the final fire size is ~3,000 acres. Suppression costs are ~$1,000 per acre burned.
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Situation as of 07/09/2009 8:00 am
Personnel: 232
Size: 3,039 acres
Percent Contained: 95%
Costs to Date: $2,601,330
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Situation as of 07/07/2009 6:30 pm
Personnel: 227
Size: 3,007 acres
Percent Contained: 90%
Costs to Date: $1,702,000
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Situation as of 07/05/2009 5:30 pm
Personnel: 358
Size: 2,592 acres
Percent Contained: 85%
Costs to Date: $1,702,000
Division Y is almost tied in from Glacier Point Road to Wawona Road. Continue burnout along Division Y containment line, burn out interior south of Grouse Creek, holding.
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Situation as of 07/04/2009 5:30 pm
Personnel: 358
Size: 2,300 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Costs to Date: $1,480,000
The planned fire size is approximately 3,000 acres.
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Situation as of 07/04/2009 1:00 pm
Personnel: 348
Size: 2,160 acres
Percent Contained: 20%
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Situation as of 07/03/2009 8:00 pm
Personnel: 335
Size: 1,500 acres
Percent Contained: 17%
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Situation as of 07/02/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 335
Size: 1,302 acres
Percent Contained: 17%
Costs to Date: $477,112
Central Sierra Type 2 Incident Management Team will inbrief tonight for a transfer of command from the current Type 3 IMT.
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Situation as of 07/01/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 268
Size: 1,163 acres
Percent Contained: 15%
Costs to Date: Not reported
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Situation as of 07/01/2009 9:00 am
Personnel: 148 (no update)
Size: 848 acres
Percent Contained: 5% (no update)
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Situation as of 06/30/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 148
Size: 350 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
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Situation as of 06/29/2009 9:00 pm
Personnel: 148
Size: 300 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
Backburning along Steamboat Ridge ahead of anticipated fire spread. Prepping along Wawona Road for future reinforcement.
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Situation as of 06/29/2009 1:00 pm
Personnel: 155
Size: 250 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
