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California WILDFIRES, 2006
For general descriptions of going large fires, follow the Situation
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Large Fires or the National
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and
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or the
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Location |
Command |
Fire Name
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Size
(acres)
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Dates
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| Shasta-Trinity NF -- Trinity Alps Wilderness, W of
Weaverville; Oven and Bake Fires
have burned together up near the New River headwaters, near Denny Pigeon Fire
-- 14 mi W of Weaverville on Hwy 299W (Big Flat / Big Bar area) |
Oplinger's CIIM Team 4; Johnson's Central Sierra Team is managing Branch IV to the
north, out of Petersburg. |
Bar Complex
BakeOven Fire
Pigeon Fire
maps
map of 3
Bar Complex origins |
100,414+ acres
84% contained |
BakeOven 7/23- Pigeon
9/2-10/10/06 |
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To find out more about fires in local media check SoCal news media for videos, live feeds, photos and stories:
NorCal news media, several sites:
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Fires That Are 100%
Contained or Merged |
| Los Padres NF -- SW of Pyramid Lake at Piru Creek; into
Sespe Wilderness |
Area Command with Custer's Red Team managing the East
Section and Dietrich's CIIMT-5 managing the West Section; Feser's Team 1 is
likely to transition in today. |
Day Fire
|
162,702 acres
100% contained |
9/4-10/2/06 |
| CDF Mendocino Unit - 8 mi E of Piercy |
R Rodello/N Brown, ICs |
Noble Fire
|
1,014 acres 100% contained |
9/24-9/30/06 |
| Tahoe NF -- 10 mi E of Downieville; near Plumas NF |
Oplinger's CIIMT 4 (with Alaska Team 1
to replace them when they hit 2 wk timeout on Saturday.) |
Bassetts
Fire |
2,114 acres 100% contained |
9/19-9/26/06 |
| Angeles NF -- S of Placerita Canyon Road, E of Placerita
State Park, NW of Santa Clara Divide |
Dave Conklin, IC |
Walker Fire |
206 acres 100% contained |
9/23-9/25/06 |
| Klamath NF -- Marble Mtn Wilderness Area -- 18 mi E/NE of
Orleans, CA; plan to combine this complex with Happy Camp Complex on 9/17. |
Returned to Type 3 org bt Swartzlander's NorCal Team 1 |
Uncles Complex Rush, Uncles and Hancock |
28,200+ acres 50% contained |
7/23-... 9/26/06 |
| Klamath NF, near the community of Happy Camp; plan to
combine this complex with Uncles Complex on 9/17. |
Swartzlander's NorCal Team 1 |
Happy
Camp Complex Titus, Goff, Big Buck, Rattlesnake fires |
6,134 acres 100% contained |
7/23-9/24/06 |
| San Bernardino NF -- 4 mi NW of Lake Arrowhead |
Garwood's SoCal Team 2 |
Pinnacles
Fire |
2,370
acres100% contained |
9/19-9/23/06 |
| Inyo NF -- Sawmill Canyon, Adobe Hills, Black Mtn |
Mike Ryan, IC |
Sawmill
Fire |
7,428
acres100% contained |
9/14-9/23/06 |
| Angeles NF -- 1 mi N of Clear Creek Station |
Walker's SoCal Team 1 |
Pines Fire |
113 acres 100% contained |
9/19-9/22/06 |
| RUU - CDF/Riverside County -- Banning |
B. Seabert, IC |
Ranch Fire |
1,658 acres 100% contained |
9/17-9/18/06 |
| RUU - CDF/Riverside County -- Cherry Valley, N of
Beaumont |
Andrew Bennett, IC |
Orchard Fire |
1,536 acres 100% contained |
9/16-9/18/06 |
Tahoe NF -- Mosquito Ridge RD (Mosquito Narrows) and burning
into the
Eldorado NF |
Oplinger's CIIM Team 4 |
Ralston Fire
|
8,423 acres 100% contained |
9/4-9/16/06 |
| Six Rivers NF -- Gasquet/Orleans RD, Smith River NRA |
Six Rivers NF Type 3 organization; monitor status |
Orleans
Complex Lightning Fires Somes, Crawford &
Hancock Fires
|
15,710+ acres 90% contained |
7/24- |
| Pigeon Fire was combined with the Bar Complex --
09/08/06 Shasta-Trinity NF -- Trinity Alps Wilderness, W of
Weaverville; Little Fire is at Canyon Creek trailhead; Oven and Bake Fires
have burned together up near the New River headwaters |
Don Feser's CIIM Team 1 |
Bar Complex
maps
map of 3
origins
4 lightning fires
Little Fire is contained; Bake &
Oven fires have burned together near Denny; small
Martin Fire 3.5 acres |
33,500+ acres 49% contained |
7/23- |
| Pigeon Fire was combined with the Bar Complex --
09/08/06 Shasta-Trinity NF -- 14 mi W of Weaverville on Hwy 299W (Big
Flat / Big Bar area) |
Don Feser's CIIM Team 1 |
Pigeon Fire
map (364K pdf) perspective
with BakeOven Fire origin (now approaching Hobo Gulch / N Fork of the New
River) |
7,074+ acres 33% contained |
9/2- |
| San Bernardino NF -- I-15 Cajon Pass, 2 miles N of Devore |
Roger Murray, IC |
Bluecut Fire
|
80+ acres 100% contained |
9/5-9/6/06 |
| San Bernardino NF -- 3 mi N of Mentone, Morton Peak Area |
joint: Kerr's SoCal Team 2 / Thompson's CDF Team |
Emerald
Fire |
2,129 acres 100% contained |
8/29-9/2/06 |
| Yosemite NP -- 5 mi ESE of White Wolf in the Middle Fork
Tuolumne River drainage |
Beasley, IC |
Middle T
Fire (was WFU) |
451 acres 100% contained |
7/20-8/27/06 |
| Yosemite NP, 1.5 miles NW of El Capitan near Yosemite Valley |
Woychak's SoCal Team 2 |
Boundary
Fire |
536 acres 100% contained |
8/21-8/27/06 |
| CDF Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit -- 12 mi NW of Grass Valley |
Quadro, IC |
Marysville Fire
|
442 acres 100% contained |
8/16-8/17/06 |
Mendocino NF - Hunter Ridge
19 Miles SE of Covelo |
Norm Walker's SoCal Team 1 |
Hunter Fire |
16,296 acres 100% contained |
7/24-8/16/06 |
| LA County -- North bound 5 at Quail Lake Road, Gorman |
CDF Team 7, Hutchinson, IC in Unified Command with Los Angeles County Fire Dept (Gil) and Kern
County Fire Dept (Racicot). |
Quail
Fire |
4,864 acres 100% contained |
8/13-8/16/06 |
| CDF Riverside Unit/ Riverside County Fire, San Jacinto |
|
Golf
Fire pdf file |
800 acres 100% contained |
8/8-8/10/06 |
| BBD: Bakersfield area BLM-- 5-10 mi SE of Weldon, CA |
Allan Johnson's Central Sierra Team |
Cottonwood Fire |
2,346 acres 100% contained |
8/5-8/8 |
| Six Rivers NF -- S of Burnt Ranch; W side of Underwood
Mountain |
Ed Locke |
Panther Fire |
904 acres 100% contained |
7/24-8/7/06 |
Mendocino NF - Hunter Ridge
19 Miles SE of Covelo |
Opliger's CIIM Team 4 |
Kingsley Complex Kingsley, Soldier & Minnie, plus
part of Hunter Fire now on the Grindstone RD |
6,854 acres 100% contained |
7/24-8/6/06 |
| CDF Shasta-Trinity Unit -- Junction City, W of Weaverville |
CDF Incident Command Team 4 (Dave Ault, IC) |
Junction Fire
299 1-way traffic |
3,126 acres 100% contained |
7/25-8/2/06 |
| San Bernardino NF - 8 mi SW of Big Bear Lake The Millard
Complex merged with the Sawtooth Complex in the Mission Creek drainage late
7/14 afternoon. As the fires progress toward the west and northwest they
are being managed as the Heart Incident, which is focusing on protection of
the Big Bear community. |
Unified Command Ron Hunt |
Heart/Millard
Incident
maps
from ESRI |
23,917 acres 100% contained
(peak 626 firefighters) |
7/9-8/1/06 |
| Shasta-Trinity NF -- 26 mi NE of McCloud; fire threatening
electrical transmission lines |
Garwood's SoCal Team 2 |
Laken Fire |
507 acres 100% contained |
7/25-7/31/06 |
| Los Padres NF -- San Rafael Wilderness |
Bill Kaage, NorCal 2, Type 2 IMT |
San Rafael
Lightning Complex Bald, Mormon, Abel, & Horse fires |
2,026 acres 100% contained |
7/22-7/30/06 |
| Modoc NF -- 15 mi N of Alturas |
Darrel Miller |
Sage Fire
map |
4,855 acres 100% contained |
7/26-8/4/06 |
| Cleveland NF -- 5 mi S of Alpine; Carve Acre, Horsethief,
and Japatul/Lyons Valley Road area & in Pine Creek Wilderness. |
Wilcock / Henson
Unified Command |
Horse Fire
map (pdf file) |
16,681+ acres 100% contained |
7/24-7/30/06 |
| Los Padres NF -- Mt Pinos Ranger District - 2 mi NW of
Frazier Park |
Don Feser, CIIMT 1 |
Mt Pinos
Lightning Complex [orig: Scott Fire (600
acres), Ridge Fire (450 acres), Boy Fire (15 acres), Wood
Fire(1/8 acre) & monitoring additional 20 lightning fires that have
been contained.] |
3,179 acres 100% contained |
7/24-7/29/06 |
| CDF Shasta-Trinity Unit -- N of Shasta Lake City |
Gunderson |
Shasta Fire |
225 acres 100% contained |
7/25-7/29/06 |
| San Bernardino NF - Red Mountain |
Norm Walker, SoCal Team I |
Oak Fire
map |
225 acres 100% contained |
7/22-7/26/06 |
| LA County -- Catalina Island near the airport |
LACO, Massey |
Empire Fire |
1,094 acres 100% contained |
7/22-7/26/06 |
| CDF San Benito-Monterey Unit -- E of the community of San
Ardo |
CDF Incident Command Team #10 |
Rico Fire |
13,684 acres 100% contained |
7/22-7/25/06 |
| CDF/RUU -- Anza Valley area, Coyote Canyon & Covered Wagon |
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Coyote Fire (pdf file) |
460 acres 100% contained |
7/23-7/26/06 |
| Joshua Tree National Park -- one in Whispering Pines area;
one in Lost Horse Valley region of the park |
Dave Kerr/Dave Golder
Joint Command -SoCal 2, Type 2 IMT |
Whispering Pines Fire |
993 acres 100% contained |
7/23-7/25/06 |
| CDF Fresno-Kings Unit -- Auberry/Powerhouse |
Steve Lawshe |
Aubrey Complex Smalley Fire - 150 acres, 50% contained.
Power Fire - 100 acres, ?% contained.
Casino Fire - 5 acres, 100% contained. |
300 acres 100% contained |
7/23-7/25/06 |
| Modoc NF -- Just E of Clear Lake in Big Sage Mgt. Unit |
Curtis Stanley |
Bump Fire |
552 acres 100% contained |
7/22-7/25/06 |
| San Bernardino NF -- 5 mi SE of Phelan, Interstate 15
and Hwy 138 |
Wakowski/Wessell Unified Command, FS with San Bernardino
Co Fire |
Ramp Fire |
450 acres 100% contained |
7/22-7/23/06 |
| CDF Fresno-Kings Unit -- |
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Three Rocks Fire |
6,500 acres 100% contained |
7/22-7/24/06 |
| San Bernardino NF -- Providence Mountains |
Shane Littlefield |
Tuffnut Fire |
1,321 acres 100% contained |
7/20-7/25/06 |
| CDF San Bernardino Unit -- |
|
Covington Fire |
280 acres 100% contained |
7/20-7/22/06 |
| combined with Heart
San Bernardino NF - 7 mi N of Cabazon - 3 fires in the San
Gorgonio Wilderness; merged with the Sawtooth Complex to the
east on Fri - 7/14. |
Unified Command Forest Service/CDF/Riverside CoFD: Walker, Windsor & Wade
Norm Walker, IC, SoCal Team 1 |
Millard
Complex
maps
from ESRI
7/15 map
maps
old map
(orig: Millard fire burning near Millard Canyon; For Sure fire - burning in Hell For Sure Canyon; Jump Off fire & State fire => contained) |
24,210 acres 60% contained (peak 967
firefighters) |
7/9- combined with Heart on 7/19 |
| CDF San Bernardino Unit - near Pioneertown; merged with the
Millard Complex to the
west on Fri - 7/14. |
Unified Command CDF/Forest Service Rick Henson, IC,
CDF Team 8 |
Sawtooth
Complex
(Ridge Fire)
maps
from ESRI
7/15 map
maps
NASA smoke
photos from the Desert Sun (also check sites at bottom of page) |
61,700 acres 100% contained (peak 2,296
firefighters) |
7/9-7/18/06 |
| CDF Lassen-Modoc Unit -- 3 mi SW of Susanville in
Cheney Creek area |
Waterman |
Creek Fire |
1,611 acres 100% contained
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7/18-7/20/06 |
| Plumas NF - 12 mi. N of Beckwourth |
Dave Sinclear, NorCal I |
Grease Fire |
366 acres 100% contained 251
firefighters |
7/16-7/19/06 |
| CDF Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit -- South of Middletown on Highway
29 |
Baxman |
29 Fire |
550 acres 100% contained
364 firefighters |
7/17-7/19/06 |
| CDF Santa Clara Unit --Del Puerto Canyon, W of Patterson |
Bernie Paul, CDF Team 1 |
Canyon Fire
live cam - Mt Hamilton
livecam movie |
34,217
acres100% contained 1,901 firefighters |
7/9-7/18/06 |
| CDF San Bernardino Unit; Sunset & Edgemont, Redlands |
Chittenden |
Edgemont Fire (Inaccessible terrain to engines,
erratic fire behavior with long flame lengths.)
Check the HotList Forum under News. |
575 acres 100% contained
494 firefighters |
7/14-7/15/06 |
| Cleveland National Forest -- W of Pine Valley; Pine Valley
Bridge and I-8 |
Jeff Robinson |
Pine Fire |
120 acres 100% contained
195 firefighters |
7/14-7/15/06 |
| CDF / Riverside County Fire -- Anza |
Mello |
Cary fire (pdf file) |
161 acres 100% contained |
7/12-7/12/06 |
| Modoc NF - 44 mi NW of Alturas, CA (T.42N., R.4E., SW
section 4) |
Chris Orr |
Lava Wildland
Fire |
200 acres 100% contained |
7/8-7/11/06 |
| CDF Santa Clara Unit -- Patterson Pass & Midway Rd:
Altemont Pass |
Dave Shew |
Midway Fire |
6,400 acres 100% contained |
7/11-7/12/06 |
| CDF San Luis Obispo Unit & Bakersfield BLM -- California
Valley City |
Unified Command Bakersfield BLM & San Luis Obispo CDF; Ric
Grobbini/ K Chambers |
Beck Fire |
1,200 acres 100% contained |
7/11-7/12/06 |
| Kern Co., 5 mi N of Lebec, Digier Canyon |
Kern Co FD |
Arco Fire |
689 acres 100% contained |
7/9-7/11/06 |
| Joshua Tree National Park |
Foley |
Pushwalla Complex Pushwalla and Berdoo fires |
2,200 acres 100% contained |
7/9-7/11/06 |
| CDF Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit - Don Pedro Reservoir & Hwy 49,
near Moccasin Power House |
Dale Hutchinson -CDF Team #7 |
Pedro Fire |
1,998 acres 100%
contained |
7/3-7/7/06 |
| CDF Santa Clara Unit - Del Puerto Canyon Road, near Frank
Raines Park, west of Patterson, off I-5 |
Tim Streblow - CDF Team #5 |
Del Puerto Fire |
2,593 acres 100%
contained |
6/30-7/4/06 |
| Modoc NF - N of Hwy 299 and W of Hwy 139; 16X16 mile area:
T39N to T41N, R7E to R9E |
Norm Walker's SoCal Team I |
Miller
Complex Fires Severe lightning storms in excess of 25 fires.
photos
perimeter map |
300 acres 100% contained
331 firefighters |
6/26-7/4/06 |
Modoc NF - 50X30 mile area.
T38N to T43 N & R6E to R14E |
Ken Paul's Orca Team |
Happy Complex
Fires appx 30 fires; two largest fires
perimeter map |
1,700 acres 100% contained
519 firefighters |
6/26-7/4/06 |
| Lassen NF - 30 Miles NE of Susanville |
Bill Kaage's NorCal Team II |
Observation
Complex Fires |
4,300 acres 100% contained
271 firefighters |
6/25-6/30/06 |
| Antelope Lake Recreation Area; Plumas NF |
Kent Swartzlander IC, NorCal Team #1 |
Boulder
Complex Fires currently 2 large fires (Boulder & Hungry Fires) & 15 small fires; originally
55 small fires started by lightning strikes |
3,200 acres 100% contained
169 firefighters |
6/24-7/5/06 |
| Los Padres NF - S of the community of New Cuyama; 45 mi E of
Santa Maria |
Don Faser's CIIMT 1 |
Perkins
Complex Fires Perkins Fire
McPherson Fire |
15,043 acres 100% contained
505 firefighters |
6/19-6/27/06 |
| Los Padres NF - S of the community of New Cuyama; 45 mi E of
Santa Maria |
Don Faser's CIIMT 1 |
Perkins Fire
photos
map |
15,043 acres 100% contained |
6/19-6/25/06 |
| San Bernardino NF - 6 mi E of Big Bear City, in the Arrastre
Creek area |
Garwood's SoCal Team #2 |
Arrastre
Fire
photos |
361 acres 100% contained |
6/9-6/13/06 |
| Cleveland NF - near communities of Corona & Orange |
Unified command with USFS (So Cal Team 2, Kerr), CDF (ICT 6,
Hutchinson) and OCFA (Dean) |
Sierra Fire
map
live
picture -MtWilson cam
google
media stories
NBC4-TV
slideshow
sfgate.com |
9,850 acres
100% contained1,445
firefighters |
2/6-2/18/06 |
| Klamath NF -- Approx. 10 mi SE of Cecilville, CA |
Rich Simon, IC of FUMT |
Caribou
Complex WFU Caribou (140 acres) Moraine (0.25 acres)
photos |
225+ acres (wildland fire use) |
6/27- |
| Mendocino NF - Yolla Bolly - Middle Eel Wilderness - Harvey
Ridge near Ides Cove Trailhead |
Dale Shippelhoute, IC of FUMT |
Yolla Bolly
Complex WFU - Wildland Fire Use 5 fires started by lightning & being
managed to restore wilderness
photos |
1,247+ acres (wildland fire use) |
6/26- |
| San Bernardino NF - 2-3 mi S of Running Spring; 4 - 5 mi NE
of Highland |
Walker's SoCal Team 1 |
Plunge Fire |
485
acres
100% contained |
1/23-1/26/06 |
| Klamath NF -- Approx. 10 mi SE of Cecilville, CA |
Rich Simon, IC of FUMT |
Caribou
Complex WFU Caribou (140 acres) Moraine (0.25 acres)
photos |
225+ acres (wildland fire use) |
6/27- |
| Mendocino NF - Yolla Bolly - Middle Eel Wilderness - Harvey
Ridge near Ides Cove Trailhead |
Dale Shippelhoute, IC of FUMT |
Yolla Bolly
Complex WFU - Wildland Fire Use 5 fires started by lightning & being
managed to restore wilderness
photos |
1,247+ acres (wildland fire use) |
6/26- |
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