Coffin Fire
Location: SW of Lewiston, Trinity Co. CA
Specific Location: Approx. Lat 40° 41´ 22″ Lon 122° 49´ 43″
Date of Origin: 08/12/2009
Cause: Human caused
Situation as of 08/14/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,003
Size: 1,200 acres
Percent contained: 75%
Costs to date: $ 2.3 million
Mandatory evacuations lifted in the Lewiston area.
Full containment expected August 15, 2009.
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Situation as of 08/13/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 793
Size: 1,500 acres
Percent contained: 40%
Costs to date: $ 960,000
Fawn Lodge Road is under a mandatory evacuation. Trinity Dam Boulevard, Lewiston Road, Coffin Road, Oakridge Rd, Bucktail Subdivision, Lockhart Ranch, Twin Oak, and Dead Mule Gulch are under voluntary evacuations.
CAL FIRE ICT #3 has been activated.
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Situation as of 08/12/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 453
Size: 1,200 acres
Percent contained: 30%
25 structures threatened.
Cooperating Agencies: CAL FIRE, US Forest Service, Trinity County Sheriffs Office, Sierra Pacific Industries, Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Golden Stairs Fire
Location: 10 miles N of Prospect, Jackson Co., OR
Specific Location: Woodruff Creek, Rogue River-Siskiyou NF, 2 miles E of Union Creek on Hwy 62, Lat 42° 55´ 20″ Lon 122° 30´ 20″
Date of Origin: 08/02/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/12/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 183
Size: 186 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,233,879
The local Type 3 IMT will assume responsibility for the fires at 0600, 8/13/2009.
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 5:30 am
Personnel: 259
Size: 181 acres
Percent contained: 50%
Expected 100% containment today.
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Situation as of 08/08/2009 5:30 pm
Personnel: 300
Size: 50 acres
Percent contained: 20%
Costs to Date: $750,000
ABCD JulyAugust Fires. This complex of fires has as many as 59 fires burning, 39 confirmed, 20 reported but not yet located. The Golden Stairs Fire is ~45 acres and 90 percent lined. Northern Rockies Type 2 IMT engaged.
Big Pole Fire
Location: 12 miles W of Grantsville, Tooele Co., UT
Specific Location: Lat 40° 36´ 49″, Lon 112° 39´ 59″
Date of Origin: 08/06/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/23/2009 4:45 pm
Personnel: 0
Size: 44,344 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM , 10 OUTB
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Situation as of 08/12/2009 7:30 pm
Personnel: 138
Size: 44,344 acres
Percent contained: 70%
Costs to Date: $2,190,163
Type 3 team took control of incident at 0600.
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 276
Size: 44,344 acres
Percent contained: 65%
Costs to Date: $1,995,000
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM , 10 OUTB
Ourada’s IMT2 transitioned with Type 3 organization (Peel) in preparation for transfer of command at 0600 hrs tomorrow.
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Situation as of 08/08/2009 4:30 pm
Personnel: 330
Size: 44,200 acres
Percent contained: 20%
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM , 2 COMM , 10 OUTB
Structures Threatened: 2 PRIM , 2 COMM , 12 OUTB
ICP was established at Grantsville High School. Ourada’s Great Basin Type 2 IMT assumed command at 0600 hrs. today. Acreage breakdown as follows: BLM 23,651; USFS 12,993; Private 6,273; State 1,283.
La Brea Fire
Location: 25 miles E of Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., CA
Specific Location: Los Padres NF, Cottonwood Canyons, 10 miles S of Hwy 166, Lat 34° 57´ 00″ Long 119° 58´ 41″
Date of Origin: 08/08/2009
Cause: Under Investigation
Situation as of 08/31/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 176
Size: 89,489 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $35,120,000
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Situation as of 08/24/2009 6:00 am
Personnel: 764
Size: 89,489 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $32,192,287
Central Coast Team 7 (Type 2, IC D’Andrea) assumed command of the fire of 0600 on 8/24/2009. Monitoring of the fire is critical to keeping the fire within existing containment lines since weather conditions resulted in warmer and dryer conditions then the previous two days.
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Situation as of 08/22/2009 6:00 am
Personnel: 1,335
Size: 89,489 acres
Percent contained: 96%
Costs to Date: $30,001,719
The acreage breakdown is as follows: 88,696 acres of federal lands and 793 acres of state DPA land. Management of the incident will transfer to Smith’s Type II Team on 8/24/09 at 0600 hours.
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Situation as of 08/21/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 1,370
Size: 89,489 acres
Percent contained: 94%
Costs to Date: $27,575,780
In Water Canyon, ~2 miles of the fire perimeter continued to actively back until around midnight. Air resources continue suppression efforts on the SE perimeter in the Water Canyon area. Crews continue improving line to the NE from Manzana Schoolhouse, patrol, and mop-up along containment lines.
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Situation as of 08/20/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 1,370
Size: 89,368 acres
Percent contained: 94%
Costs to Date: $26,674,841
Due to successful suppression actions, there was very little fire activity over most of the fire area. In Water Canyon, approximately 2 miles of the fire perimeter in extremely steep terrain continued to back into the drainage. Aerial resources and handcrews were working to check this fire spread, but the fire was still fingering down into the drainage. Some small upslope runs occurred as the backing fire crossed small drainages and the fire ran back into itself.
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Cougar Ridge Fire
Location: 12 miles S of Wallowa, Wallowa Co., OR
Specific Location: Wallowa-Whitman NF, Big Sheep Ridge, Minam River watershed, Lat 45° 24´ 53″ Long 117° 35´ 20″
Date of Origin: 08/04/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/12/2009 3:00 pm
Personnel: 108
Size: 222 acres
Percent contained: 90%
Costs to Date: $1,260,659
Incident will be turned over to local unit 8/13.
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 9:00 am
Personnel: 156
Size: 421 acres
Percent contained: 80%
The main Cougar Fire area is approximately 222 acres, but adjacent spotting is heavy, so the total area affected by the fire is roughly 400 acres in size. The Meadow Mountain fire is 21 acres in size. Persistent rains on 8/6 slowed fire spread and also suppression activities. Plans call for lining and mopping up Cougar Ridge and Meadow Mountain fires.
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Situation as of 08/09/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 115
Size: 421 acres
Percent contained: 80%
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Situation as of 08/08/2009 9:00 pm
Personnel: 179
Size: 400 acres
Percent contained: 80%
Costs to Date: $576,922
Cold trailed and hot spotted the eastern perimeter of the fire. Persistent showers occurred over the fire yesterday.
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Situation as of 08/06/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: not reported
Size: 400 acres
Percent contained: 0%
Central OR type 2 IMT (Rapp) engaged.
Muddy Creek Fire
Location: 11 mi SE of Antelope, Jefferson Co., OR
Specific Location: Muddy Creek, Lat 44°50′27″ Long 120°37′3″
Date of Origin: 08/02/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/07/2009 7:00 pm
Personnel: 5
Size: 16,600 acres
Percent contained: 40%
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Situation as of 08/05/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 8
Size: 16,600 acres
Percent contained: 20%
Today firefighters conducted burnout using roads, existing containment lines and natural barriers.
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Situation as of 08/05/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 8
Size: 15,500 acres
Percent contained: 20%
Expected Containment 08/08/2009
Running range fire pushed by winds. Most of this fire has burned on private land. It has moved onto Bureau of Land Management protected lands.
Tiller Complex Fires
Location: N and E of Tiller, Douglas Co., OR
Specific Location: Umpqua NF
Date of Origin: 08/01/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/14/2009 4:00 pm
Personnel: 30
Size: 117 acres
Percent contained: 100%
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 9:00 am
Personnel: 351
Size: 94 acres
Percent contained: 90%
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Situation as of 08/09/2009 6:30 pm
Personnel: 408
Size: 90 acres
Percent contained: 85%
Due to the discovery of six new fires yesterday and a predicted Haines Index of 5, the transition with the Type 3 organization was delayed 24-48 hours.
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Situation as of 08/08/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 434
Size: 85 acres
Percent contained: 65%
Costs to Date: $2,800,000
Six newly discovered fires in the wilderness area were added to the complex today. These “new” starts are most likely from the lightning that came through the area on 8/5. Due to the remote locations, five of the fires were staffed with smoke jumpers and one with heli-rappellers.
Suppression action has taken place on 35 fires within the complex totaling 85 acres.
Changes in acreage reported is the result of six newly discovered fires today. The team is
preparing transition plans for the Type 3 organization set to take over the complex on Monday.
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Situation as of 08/07/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 579
Size: 80 acres
Percent contained: 55%
Costs to Date: $2,100,000
Suppression action has been taken on 31 fires within the complex totaling 80 acres. Changes in acreage reported today is the result of a newly discovered fire yesterday and better mapping.
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Situation as of 08/06/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 468
Size: 70 acres
Percent contained: 35%
Firefighters continue to pick up new sleeper fires. There is continued good progress made on mop up of all known fires on the incident. Good humidity recovery overnight but minimal precipitation on the fire. Fire activity today was primarily creeping ground fires.
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Situation as of 08/05/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 413
Size: 70 acres
Percent contained: 15%
Suppression action has been taken on approximately 25 individual fires within the complex. The fires are spread out over a large geographic area, including wilderness areas. Firefighters continue to pick up new sleeper fires. Fire crews will continue with initial attack on all new starts within the established boundary. Firefighters will assist the local district with the suppression of any new starts outside of the boundary.
Steep slopes with an old growth forest characteristic are making escape routes and safety zones difficult to establish. An abundance of poison oak is growing within the fire area. Also snakes and spiders are a concern.
Wildhorse Foofurb* Complex Fires
Location: 16 miles NE of Williams, Coconino Co., AZ
Specific Location: Kaibab NF, Lat 35° 28´ 2″ Lon 111° 54´ 59″
Date of Origin: 07/21/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/12/2009 2:00 pm
Personnel: 32
Size: 13,457 acres
Percent contained: 0%
The Wild Horse Complex transitioned back to a Type 4 incident under the direction of the Williams Ranger District on Aug. 12.
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 10:30 am
Personnel: 78
Size: 13,049 acres
Percent contained: 0%
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Situation as of 08/09/2009 9:00 am
Personnel: 167
Size: 11,265 acres
Percent contained: 0%
The combined management area for the fires in the complex encompasses about 24,000 acres.
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Situation as of 08/05/2009 noon
Personnel: 186
Size: 8,394 acres
Percent contained: 0%
The Wild Horse Fire and the Red Fire transitioned to management under one organization between the Kaibab and Coconino National Forests on Sunday, Aug. 2. The combined management area for the fires in the complex encompasses about 24,000 acres.
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Situation as of 08/01/2009 7:15 am
Personnel: 68
Size: 1,149 acres
Percent contained: 0%
*foofurb: euphemism for “fire used for resource benefit.” However, as is usual with foofurbs, no benefits have been elucidated, no EIS created, no NEPA process undertaken or envisioned.
SHU Lightning Complex Fires
Location: Area around Burney, Shasta Co., CA
Specific Location:
Date of Origin: 08/01/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/17/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 926
Size: 17,623 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Costs to date: $ 31.1 million
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Situation as of 08/17/2009 7:00 am
Personnel: 1,178
Size: 17,623 acres
Percent contained: 95%
Costs to date: $ 30.2 million
The Complex consisted of 40 fires. The following acreages is for the larger fires within the complex: Burney LCA (including Gomez, and Cassel = 6,751 acres Goose = 3,949 acres Chalk = currently 6,923 acres. 34 of the 40 fires in Burney LCA are in controlled status.
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Situation as of 08/16/2009 7:30 am
Personnel: 1,429
Size: 17,623 acres
Percent contained: 90%
Costs to date: $ 28.8 million
Evacuations on Skunk Ridge Road have been lifted to locals. Access restricted on River Road.
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Hat Creek Complex Fires
Location: Communities of Old Station and Hat Creek, Shasta Co., CA
Specific Location: Hat Creek Valley, Lassen NF
Date of Origin: 08/01/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/09/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 593
Size: 11,269 acres
Percent contained: 85%
Costs to Date: $7,400,000
Crews continue to mop up and secure fire perimeter of the Sugarloaf Fire. Significant progress in fire suppression repair was made on the Brown Fire. Forest Service Campgrounds and Picnic Areas remain closed along Highway 89 between Highway 299 and Highway 44.
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Situation as of 08/08/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 948
Size: 11,269 acres
Percent contained: 80%
Costs to Date: $6,500,000
Acreage reduction due to improved mapping. The Brown fire is 100% contained. Crews continue to mop up and secure fire perimeter of the Sugarloaf Fire. Fire Suppression damage and repair has been initiated on the Brown Fire and contingency lines for the Sugarloaf Fire. Of the 34 additional fires on the Hat Creek Ranger District, all fires are contained, controlled or UTL. Forest Service Campgrounds and Picnic Areas remain closed along Highway 89 between Highway 299 and Highway 44.
The Hat Creek Complex consists of the Sugarloaf Fire at 9,356 acres and 80% contained, the Brown Fire contained (8/8/09) at 1,865 acres, and the Butte Fire, 48 acres and 100% contained and in patrol status. The additional 34 fires in the Hat Creek Ranger District continue to be controlled and called out. Containment of the Sugarloaf is expected on 8/12/09.
Transition planning to a Type 3 organization and the demobilization of excess resources continues. Actions planned for night shift are to patrol the Brown and Sugarloaf Fire. This will be the last night shift for the Hat Creek Complex.
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North Fork Complex Fires
Location: 15 miles SE of Ukiah, OR
Specific Location: Kelsay Butte, N. Fork John Day River, North Fork John Day Wilderness, Umatilla NF, Lat 44° 55′ 28″ Longitude 118° 39′ 5″
Date of Origin: 08/01/2009
Cause: lightning
Situation as of 10/01/2009 5:15 pm
Personnel: 7
Size: 12,407 acres
Percent contained: 5%
Costs to Date: Not reported
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Situation as of 09/14/2009 4:20 pm
Personnel: 107
Size: 8,410 acres
Percent contained: 5%
Costs to Date: Not reported
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Situation as of 08/23/2009 6:20 pm
Personnel: 70
Size: 1,731 acres
Percent contained: 5%
Costs to Date: $3,400,000
Transition to IC4 James. Transition of Forest T2IA crew personnel.
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Situation as of 08/21/2009 6:30 pm
Personnel: 50
Size: 1,460 acres
Percent contained: 5%
Costs to Date: $3,290,000
Smoldering, creeping. Planned Actions: Keep active fires south of the North Fork John Day River.
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 7:30 pm
Personnel: 219
Size: 1,360 acres
Percent contained: 5%
The North Fork Complex fires will be transitioned to a Type 4 (Johnson) team at 0600 on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.
The complex is comprised of the following: Fire #122, 5 acres, 0% contained; Fire #129, 355 acres, 0% contained; Fire #136, 965 acres, 0% contained; Fire #137, 5 acres, 100% contained; Fire #138, 30 acres, 90% contained; Fire #142, 25 square feet, 100% contained.
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Situation as of 08/08/2009 4:00 pm
Personnel: 378
Size: 1,360 acres
Percent contained: 5%
Costs to Date: $1,938,494
Significant precipitation, 1.7 inches was received on the complex over the last 36 hours. Lack of IR last night due to weather conditions, as well as continued precipitation resulted in no change to the reported acres or percent containment.
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Situation as of 08/07/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 462
Size: 1,360 acres
Percent contained: 5%
The complex is comprised of the following: Fire 122: 5 acres, 0% contained; Fire 129: 355 acres, 0% contained; Fire 136: 965 acres, 0% contained; Fire 137: 5 acres, 100% contained; Fire 138: 30 acres, 80% contained; Fire 142: 25 sq ft, 100% contained. Reduction in total acres due to improved mapping.
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Situation as of 08/06/2009 7:20 pm
Personnel: 426
Size: 1,436 acres
Percent contained: 5%
Costs to Date: $890,500
Reduction in acres resulting from improved mapping. Today, resulting from coordinated
discussions between the Forest, the Long Term Analysis Team and the Blue Mtn. IMT, a new
indirect strategy was adopted that encompasses Fire 122, 129 and 136. Total size of the
projection area is 13,200.
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Situation as of 08/05/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 381
Size: 1,407 acres
Percent contained: 5%
The individual breakdown is: Fire 122 - 2 acres; Fire 129 - 550 acres; Fire 136 - 800 acres; Fire 137 - 5 acres; Fire 138 - 50 acres; Fire 142 - 25 sq. ft.
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Situation as of 08/05/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 355
Size: 957 acres
Percent contained: 5%
10 threatened structures are a group of buildings within a Forest Service Guard Station facility.
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Situation as of 08/04/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 50
Size: 850 acres
Percent contained: 5%
This fire complex includes 6 fires. A Type Two Incident Management Team will take over today.
Ponderosa Fire
Location: 20 miles SW of King City, Monterey Co., CA
Specific Location: Los Padres NF, Junipero Serra Peak, S of Basin Burn (2008), Lat 35° 59´ 42″, Lon 121° 23´ 50″
Date of Origin: 08/01/2009
Cause: under investigation
Situation as of 08/2/2009 1:30 pm
Personnel: 20
Size: 458 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $4,000,000
Nacimento Ferguson Rd has been re-opened. The fire will be turned over to the district as of 8/13 0800 hrs.
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Wildcat Fire
Location: 9 miles NW of Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite NP, Tuolumne Co. CA
Specific Location: Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River, between Pate Valley and Glen Aulin, Lat 37° 56´ 13″, Lon 119° 29´ 25″
Date of Origin: 07/29/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/22/2009 4:40 pm
Personnel: 33
Size: 1,100 acres
Percent contained: 0%
More accurate acreage due to aerial mapping.
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Situation as of 08/15/2009 4:30 pm
Personnel: 30
Size: 920 acres
Percent contained: 0%
Fire is still most active on the W side of the Return Creek drainage.
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Situation as of 08/14/2009 4:30 pm
Personnel: 30
Size: 910 acres
Percent contained: 0%
Continue to monitor and protect the foot bridge at the confluence of the Tuolumne River and Return Creek.
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Situation as of 08/12/2009 5:45 pm
Personnel: 30
Size: 903 acres
Percent contained: 0%
Transition out modules that are at the end of their 14 days. Continue to monitor.
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Situation as of 08/10/2009 4:30 pm
Personnel: 30
Size: 892 acres
Percent contained: 0%
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