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Southern
California WILDFIRES, 2003
For
general descriptions of going large fires, follow the Situation
Report link on the links page under NEWS.
Take a look at NIFC's info on Current
Large Fires or the National
Large Fires Map. Check also
California Fire Maps
and Geomac.
For updated SoCal fire info there's the simple but persistent South
Ops News & Notes.
For some autocam photos check hpwren.ucsd.edu/Cedar/
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Location |
Command |
Fire
Name
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Size
(acres)
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Dates
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| Los Padres NF, W of Lake Piru, Ventura County |
Vail CIIMT 1 transioned to a Type 3 organization (Abell) |
Piru
Fire
photos
|
63,991
100% contained |
10/23-11/15/03 |
| San Bernardino NF, near Fontana, Claremont & Rancho
Cucamonga |
Studebaker's CIIMT 2 turned it over to Cable's team |
Grand
Prix Fire
(San Bernardino
National Forest
909-382-2600)
CDF
Grand Prix
Fire Column photo
photos
 Initial
Attack photos
Padua Fire was part of the Grand Prix Fire
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59,448
100% contained |
10/21-11/8/03 |
| San Bernardino NF, N end of the city of San Bernardino,
began at Old Waterman Canyon Rd and Hwy 18; threatening many mountain
communities |
Mortier's CIIMT3 is managing Lake Arrowhead,
Running Springs areas & Cable's CIIMT5 is managing the Big Bear Area.
Wendt's NorCal Team 2 is helping out. |
Old
Fire
(San Bernardino
National Forest
909-382-2600)
Rim of the World
with current map & info on homes
photos
photo essay |
91,281
100% contained |
10/25-11/5/03 |
| Cleveland NF, San Diego Co, Cedar Creek & Boulder Creek
Rds. |
Lohrey IC (PNW Team 2)/
Rich Hawkins (CNF)/
John Hawkins (CDF Team 5) unified command |
Cedar Fire
Cedar
Fire site (CDF)
Photos
of the fire seige at Scripps Ranch
Maps from SignOnSanDiego
more Photos
Map
of the Cedar Fire
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280,278
100% contained |
10/25-11/5/03 |
| MVU - CDF, San Diego Co, Valley Center |
Loren Snell (CDF Team 1) |
Paradise
Fire
Paradise
Fire Map in same frame as Cedar Fire
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56,700
100% contained |
10/26-11/6/03 |
| Los Angeles Co, Claremont, LA Co/Angeles National Forest
Boundary |
Gelobter's CIIMT 4, fire now returned fire to local
jurisdiction |
Padua
Fire working to protect Mt Baldy Village (Angeles
National Forest
626-574-1613) Padua Fire was part of the Grand Prix Fire. |
10,446
100% contained |
10/21-10/31/03 |
| Ventura Co, 5 mi N of Simi Valley, also near Moorpark (this
incident was split off from the Verdale Fire) |
Haines (CDF Team 6) & Osby (City of LA) Sanchez (Ventura
Co Fire Dept) & West (LA County) in unified command |
Simi
Incident (S of Hwy 126)
National Park Service Simi
Fire website
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107,568
100% contained |
10/25-11/1/03 |
| Camp Pendleton / Fallbrook, San Diego Co. |
Domanski's Type 2 IMT, fire now returned fire to local
jurisdiction |
Roblar
2 Fire |
8,592
100% contained |
10/21-10/28/03 |
| Los Padres NF, 8 mi N of Lake Cachuma Happy Canyon Rd at
Delaguerra Springs |
Duprey Type 3 IC |
Happy
Fire |
287
100% contained |
10/24-10/25/03 |
| Los Angeles Co, 4 mi W of Santa Clarita, ValVerde community
and Oil fields are threatened |
Osby = Type 2 IC (LA Co Fire Dept) |
Verdale Fire (N of Hwy 126) |
8,680
100% contained |
10/24-10/28/03 |
| RRU - CDF, Riverside Co, 13 mi NE of Temecula, Sage Area |
Dave Matis (CDF Team 2) |
Mountain
Fire |
10,331
100% contained |
10/26-10/29/03 |
| MVU - CDF, San Diego Co, Mine Canyon Rd., Otay Mtn |
Pontsler (CDF IC) |
Otay
Fire |
45,971
100 % contained |
10/26-10/28/03 |
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