W.I.S.E. Fire Tracking

Lockheed Fire

Location: 2 miles W of Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Co., CA
Specific Location: Empire Grade Road at Jamison Creek Road, spreading toward Davenport, CA, Lat 37° 07´ 30″ Lon 122° 10´ 30″

Date of Origin: 08/12/2009
Cause: Under Investigation

Situation as of 08/23/2009 6:30 pm
Personnel: 819
Size: 7,817 acres
Percent contained: 100%

Costs to date: $26.6 million

On behalf of the CAL FIRE Incident Command Team 9, we would like to thank the residents of Bonny Doon, Davenport and the Swanton and Last Chance areas. Your patience and understanding during the evacuation assisted the firefighters in extinguishing the wildfire that threatened the area. We encourage all residents to comply with the 100 foot clearances around all structures.

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Situation as of 08/23/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 1,340
Size: 7,817 acres
Percent contained: 98%

Costs to date: $25.5 million
Structures Destroyed: 13 outbuildings destroyed and 1 damaged

Firing operations have been successfully completed. Full containment expected August 23, 2009.

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Situation as of 08/21/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 1,536
Size: 7,597 acres
Percent contained: 92%

Costs to date: $23 million
Structures Destroyed: 13 outbuildings destroyed and 1 damaged

Firing operations have been successfully completed. Full containment expected August 23, 2009.

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Situation as of 08/20/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,595
Size: 7,364 acres
Percent contained: 85%

Costs to date: $20 million

All evacuations have been lifted. The road closure at Upper and Lower Warnell Truck Trail has been lifted. Residents of this area should be aware that fire equipment and personnel will be working along the roadways. Those Residents driving in the above named area should remain cautious while driving on these roads while fire personnel continue to extinguish the fire.

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Situation as of 08/19/2009 6:30 pm
Personnel: 1,989
Size: 7,243 acres
Percent contained: 80%

Costs to date: $17.9 million

Currently there is no further threat to structures in the area. Residents living in the area between Warnella Truck Trail at the Cement Plant, and Blodgett at the Empire Grade at Top End are displaced due to road closures. All other evacuations have been lifted.

A meeting for the communities of Davenport, Swanton, and Last Chance was held at 6:30 PM today in Davenport. CAL FIRE Incident Command Team 9, will host a meeting for the community of Bonny Doon at 7:30 PM on Thursday, August 20 at the Bonny Doon Union Elementary School.

Firing operations to contain the southern portion of the fire are ongoing and are expected to be completed by Thursday. Residents in the Swanton area need to monitor the situation and be alert for any sudden changes in the weather that could affect the firing operation.

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Situation as of 08/18/2009 8:00 pm
Personnel: 2,213
Size: 7,163 acres
Percent contained: 80%

Costs to date: $ 14.8 million

Structures Destroyed: 2 outbuildings damaged and 1 destroyed

Threatened: Half a dozen residences are currently threatened on Warnella Road.

Evacuations are still in effect for the Warnella Truck Trail at the Cement Plant, and Blodgett at the Empire Grade at Top End. This evacuation encompasses approximately 20 residents.

CAL FIRE Incident Command Team 9, will host a meeting for the communities of Davenport, Swanton, and Last Chance. The meeting will be held at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. at the Pacific Elementary School which is located at 50 Ocean Street, Davenport, CA 95017. A second meeting for the community of Bonny Doon will be held at 7:30 PM on Thursday, August 20, 2009. at the Bonny Doon Union Elementary School which is located at 1492 Pine Flat Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

Firefighters have started the firing operation on the Southwest corner of the fire to complete containment. Residents in the Swanton area need to monitor the situation and be alert for any sudden changes in the weather that could affect the firing operation.

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Situation as of 08/17/2009 8:00 pm
Personnel: 2,172
Size: 7,017 acres
Percent contained: 80%

Costs to date: $ 12 million

Structures Destroyed: 2 outbuildings damaged and 1 destroyed

Threatened: Half a dozen residences are currently threatened on Warnella Road.

Evacuations: Residents living on Warnella Road remain on an evacuation order. Evacuation orders for the community of Swanton will be lifted as of 8:00 p.m. this evening. No evacuation orders for Bonny Doon. The evacuation order of the Bonny Doon community area was lifted at 3:00 PM on August 16, 2009. This allowed approximately 2200 residents to return home.

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Situation as of 08/17/2009 9:30 am
Personnel: 2,165
Size: 7,017 acres
Percent contained: 65%

Costs to date: $ 9.8 million

Approximately 200 residents from Swanton area still remain evacuated. Fire Officials have lifted the mandatory evacuation of the Bonny Doon area, allowing the residents to return home with proper ID. Residents should remain diligent and continue to drive safe while both fire and law enforcement equipment will still be working in the area. The possibility of evacuation in Bonny Doon still exists.

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Situation as of 08/16/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 2,165
Size: 6,843 acres
Percent contained: 50%

Costs to date: $ 6.2 million

Evacuations remain for the communities of Bonny Doon and Swanton affecting 2,000-2,400 people.

Major problems and concerns continue to be the weather, steep terrain and limited access to the fire’s perimeter. Conditions continue to be very fluid and may change quickly based on weather actors. Note: the major problem has been and continues to be the fuels. It is tragic and pathetic that Cal Fire and the impacted community don’t understand this fact.

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Situation as of 08/14/2009 10:00 pm
Personnel: 1,548
Size: 5,036 acres
Percent contained: 15%

Costs to date: $ 2.1 million

Mandatory evacuations for Bonny Doon and Swanton affecting 2,200 to 2,400 people.

Structures Destroyed: 2 outbuildings damaged

Several road closures are in effect in the fire area and are being coordinated by the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Department and the California Highway Patrol. As of 9 p.m. this evening, Empire Grade has been reclosed due to public safety concerns.

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Situation as of 08/14/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 676
Size: 4,100 acres
Percent contained: 5%

Mandatory evacuations for Bonny Doon and Swanton affecting 2,200 to 2,400 people.

Structures Destroyed: 2 outbuildings damaged

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Situation as of 08/13/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 670
Size: 2,800 acres
Percent contained: 0%

More than 1,000 structures are currently threatened in the Swanton and Bonny Doon communities. Mandatory evacuations for Bonny Doon and Swanton affecting 2200-2400 people. An evacuation center has been established at the Vintage Church at Hwy 1 and Mission. A large animal evacuation center has been set up at the Watsonville fairgrounds and a small animal evacuation center has been established at 7th & Rodriguez.

Phone Numbers (831) 335-6717 (Lockheed Fire Information)

CAL FIRE ICT #9 has been activated. Significant resources have been ordered for this incident.

Image courtesy Google Earth and Firefighter Blog [here]. Click for larger image.

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Situation as of 08/13/2009 9:30 am
Personnel: 750+
Size: 2,400 acres
Percent contained: 0%

250 residences and 25 businesses are threatened in the town of Davenport. Unconfirmed 2 residences destroyed. Evacuations were ordered on Swanton and Last Chance roads north of Davenport.

The evacuation center has moved from Pacific School in Davenport to Vintage Church, 350 Mission St., in Santa Cruz and residents of Bonny Doon are being asked to evacuate because of concerns about shifting winds later today that could push the fire east.

Rapid fire spread in redwood/madrone/chamise brush. Fire perimeter @ 9:00am from Swanton on the coast to Ben Lomond Mountain, 2 miles S of Big Basin State Park to 1 mile N and W of Bonney Doon.