Update on Sierra Fires
Ok, I’m going to give this a try. It’s really hard to get any current info on the fires burning in the Sierra because the sites I use for sources are totally bogged down. I’m pulling this info from the National Interagency Fire Center. This site is only updated once a day in the morning, so this info may be a little out of date by now. I’m just copying and pasting this so the format may look strange.
American River Complex (Tahoe National Forest): 1,250 acres at zero percent contained. This complex of three fires is 11 miles northeast of Foresthill. Power lines and cultural resources are threatened.
Canyon Complex (Plumas National Forest): 3,971 acres at zero percent contained. This complex of 34 fires is 16 miles northeast of Paradise. Residences and archeological sites are threatened and road closures are in effect.
Clover (Sequoia National Forest): 13,250 acres at 10 percent contained.
North Mountain (Stanislaus National Forest): 645 acres at five percent contained. This fire is seven miles northeast of Groveland. Residences are threatened.
Oliver (Merced-Mariposa Unit, Cal Fire): 1,400 acres at 15 percent contained. This fire is 12 miles east of Mariposa. Structures are threatened.
Oliver Complex (Sierra National Forest): 1,668 acres at five percent contained. This complex of four fires is seven miles west of Fish Camp. Structures and cultural resources are threatened.
Yuba River Complex (Tahoe National Forest): 2,035 acres at five percent contained. This complex of 28 fires is 13 miles northeast of Nevada City. Residences, hydroelectric facilities, and power lines are threatened. Road closures are in effect
There are also 6 fires burning in the Lassen National Forest. Since these are on the far northern borders of the Sierra I left them off.
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Wow….a very early start to the Fire season. The smoke here in Smith Valley is still bad….I can only see the outlines of the Mountains around this valley….going to June Lake tomorrow to camp out….on the cam shot it looks smokey also…..which makes sense since a couple of those fires are just on the other side of the mountains. Very Sad.
Yesterday we drove from Camp Nelson on hwy 190 in sequoia national monument, down the western divide hwy, over to Johnsondale, then up the 22S05 over the Sherman pass, and down Kennedy Meadows road to the 395. It was very smoky, everywhere, visibility was poor. I don’t have asthma, but was getting wheezy on my 3rd day up there, and we didn’t really hike due to the poor air quality.
We didn’t see any active fires, but smelled smoke in the area of Troy meadows campground; and saw a helicopter picking up phos-check on Kennedy Meadows road.
This is NOT a good time to be out there hiking