Sheep Let It Burn Fire
Location: 13 mi E of Pinehurst, Kings Canyon National Park, Tulare Co. CA
Specific Location: S of Lookout Peak, 1.5 mi SW of Cedar Grove, Lat 36° 45´ 31″ Lon 118° 41´ 25″
Date of Origin: 07/17/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 10/04/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 31
Size: 9,007 acres (3,119 acs KCNP - 5,888 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 70%
Costs to Date: $1,567,000
Fire has transitioned to the Hume Lake Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest. Bye bye Kings Canyon NP. THANKS FOR THE DISASTER.
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Situation as of 10/03/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 46
Size: 9,007 acres (3,119 acs KCNP - 5,888 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 70%
Costs to Date: $1,567,000
Suppression rehabilitation activities and demobilization of resources.
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Situation as of 09/28/2010 3:40 pm
Personnel: 132
Size: 8,802 acres (3,109 acs KCNP - 5,693 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 55%
Costs to Date: $1,500,000 (this number is highly inaccurate)
Fire continues to grow.
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Situation as of 09/25/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 200
Size: 8,450 acres (3,095 acs KCNP - 5,355 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 30%
Costs to Date: $1,335,000 (this number is highly inaccurate)
Finished firing operations on 9/24/10. Western spread of fire has been stopped on DIV W.
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Situation as of 09/22/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 160
Size: 7,887 acres (3,089 acs KCNP - 4,798 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 30%
Costs to Date: $1,250,000
Crews are holding line from Deer Meadow to the N along Deer Ridge.
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Situation as of 09/20/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 178
Size: 7,562 acres (3,078 acs KCNP - 4,484 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,199,000
The fire crossed Lightning Creek on 9/13/10. Fire is showing approximately 150 to 400 acres of growth per day. Burnout on the S. side of the fire in front of the main fire. Also, holding operations along FS Road 14S11. Crews have begun burnout operations and holding line from Deer Meadow to the North along Deer Ridge.
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Situation as of 09/18/2010 3:45 pm
Personnel: 137
Size: 6,990 acres (3,057 acs KCNP - 3,933 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,184,000
The fire isn’t burning enough resources to satisfy the Federal Gummit, so personnel have been added to boost the destruction quotient.
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Situation as of 09/17/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 95
Size: 6,990 acres (3,057 acs KCNP - 3,933 acs SNF)
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: No reporting. Gummit stonewall blackout. Need to know basis only. Top Secret.
Another 800 acres incinerated yesterday. La la la …
Inversion patterns holding the smoke in the Central Valley and causing severe health problems. La la la…
USFS expanded their area closure on the Hume Lake Ranger District. Deer Meadow Giant Sequoia Grove now threatened. Potential fire spread in Highway 180 corridor and N of the Kings River. La la la….
Planned burnout operations to remove fuels from the oncoming fire and provide better control of the western line are anticipated to begin tomorrow. Additional hotshot crews have been ordered to complete this assignment.
It’s a party fire! Join the festivities! Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
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Situation as of 09/16/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 115
Size: 6,191 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,100,000 (no update)
Fire growth has been showing 150-400 acres daily. SQF has 3143 acres incinerated and NPS has 3048 acres incinerated. Deliberately. No NEPA, no regrets. Burn baby burn.
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Situation as of 09/14/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 95
Size: 5,765 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $1,100,000
After two months of burning and a million dollars spent, this fire continues to grow. The arsonist functionaries in charge promise to continue to “monitor” its “progress” however.
Uphill runs on W side of Lightning Creek as another 500 acres incinerated.
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Situation as of 09/12/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 118
Size: 5,261 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $995,000
After two months of burning and a million dollars spent, this fire continues to grow. The arsonist functionaries in charge promise to continue to “monitor” its “progress” however.
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Situation as of 09/11/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 140
Size: 5,113 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $915,000
Meeting scheduled for 9/14/10 at Hume Lake Ranger District Office between USFS-SQF and NPS-KNP.
Continues to back down to the west toward Lightning Creek.
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Situation as of 09/08/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 115
Size: 4,857 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $875,000
Rattlesnake Creek trail closure within Kings Canyon National Park. Also, an Area Closure in the Hume Lake Ranger District. A Temporary Flight Restriction in the area of the Sheep Fire is also in effect.
Incident Planning Meeting scheduled for 9/9/10 at Hume Lake Ranger District Office between USFS-SQF and NPS-KNP. Cost increase due to more detailed accounting analysis.
Fire continues to back down to the west toward Lightning Creek. Scouting west of west perimeter for a proposed handline.
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Situation as of 09/05/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 53
Size: 3,915 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Rattlesnake Creek trail closure within Kings Canyon National Park. Also, an Area Closure in the Hume Lake Ranger District. A Temporary Flight Restriction in the area of the Sheep Fire is also in effect.
Incident Planning Meeting scheduled for 9/9/10 at Hume Lake Ranger District Office between USFS-SQF and NPS-KNP.
Fire continues to actively back down to the west toward Lightning Creek.
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Situation as of 08/25/2010 4:20 pm
Personnel: 61
Size: 2,425 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Party fire. Burn down the park. Cool, man.
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Situation as of 08/23/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 53
Size: 2,025 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire showed moderate to high activity and began to run up the slopes toward Lookout Peak. Fire will be monitored, not suppressed, by 53 highly paid personnel, but no monitoring reports will be produced. This is a party fire. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
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Situation as of 08/21/2010 4:15 pm
Personnel: 45
Size: 1,805 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Lower fire activity today resulting in less smoke from yesterday. [sic]
Fire unstaffed.
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Situation as of 08/19/2010 4:20 pm
Personnel: 103
Size: 1,805 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire has spread onto the Sequoia National Forest on the western flank.
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Situation as of 08/18/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 78
Size: 1,246 acres (no update)
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire growth yesterday not reported. Firing operations allegedly planned adjacent to threatened Park facilities. Fire personnel doubled. Trails closed. Air pollution. Water pollution. Wildlife habitat destruction. Heritage giant sequoia groves threatened. Visitors impacted on the busiest weekend of the year.
Park Superintendent Karen Taylor-Goodrich is the government functionary responsible for this fiasco.
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Situation as of 08/17/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 39
Size: 1,246 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire doubled in size. Firing operations planned for 8/17/10 and 8/18/10 to secure fire in the Cedar Grove area near Hwy 180. Park facilities threatened. Trails closed. Air pollution.
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Situation as of 08/13/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 0
Size: 648 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire has crossed the W Fork of Sheep Creek and is moving toward the US Forest Service/Park Service Boundary [Sequoia NF]. Completed hose lay around Cedar Grove Helibase as a contingency measure. Continue to monitor by air.
