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California Statewide Fire SummarySeptember 14, 2020

9/14/2020

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Nearly 16,500 firefighters continue working to gain containment on the 28 major wildfires across California. Since the beginning of the year, wildfires have burned over 3.2 million acres in California, which is larger than the State of Connecticut. Since August 15, when California’s fire activity elevated, there have been 24 fatalities and over 4,200 structures destroyed.

Red Flag conditions have returned today to northeastern California.  The combination of gusty winds and low humidity brings potential critical fire weather through much of the week, and may affect firefighting efforts on the North Complex.  Elevated fire weather conditions are expected in portions of central and southern California due to very warm and dry conditions, and smoky conditions will persist in the much of the valley areas throughout the state.
 
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Fires of Interest:
**CAL FIRE Incidents**
Shackleford Fire, Siskiyou County (more…) 
Southwest of Quartz Valley Reservation
*50 acres, 30% contained

Willow Fire, Yuba County (more info…)
Willow Glen Road, Dobbins
*1,311 acres, 92% contained
*Evacuations in place
 
Oak Fire, Mendocino County (more info…)
North of Willits
*1,100 acres, 95% contained
 
LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties (more info…)
Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties
*363,220 acres, 97% contained
*Hennessey (merged fires) 305,651 acres, 96% contained
*Wallbridge 55,209 acres, 95% contained
*1,491 structures destroyed
*5 fatalities
*Evacuations in place
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 in command

SCU Lightning Complex, multiple Easy Bay counties (more info…)
Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties
*396,624 acres, 98% contained
*20 fires in the complex, several have merged together
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*224 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 command

CZU Lightning Complex, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties (more info…)
*86,509 acres, 89% contained
*Multiple fires
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*1,490 structures destroyed
*1 fatality
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 3 command
 
Schoolhouse, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Schoolhouse Gap Road, north of Fort Jones
*45 acres, 80% contained
 
**Unified Command Incidents**
North Complex, Plumas County (more info…)
Southwest of Susanville (Plumas National Forest)
*264,374 acres, 38% contained
*14 fatalities
*Evacuations in place
*Includes the Bear and Claremont Fire
*CAL FIRE Team 4 is now in unified command with US Forest Service IMT Team 4

Creek Fire, Fresno County (more info…)
Northeast of Shaver Lake (Sierra National Forest)
*212,744 acres, 10% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*Heavy tree mortality in the area
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1
*Great Basin Team 1

Valley Fire, San Diego County (more info…)
Near Alpine (Cleveland National Forest)
*17,665 acres, 87% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*CAIIMT 15 in command
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command

El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County (more info…)
West of Oak Glen (San Bernardino National Forest)
*14,478 acres, 44% contained
*Evacuations in place
*California Interagency Incident Management Team 11 in unified command with CAL FIRE, Yucaipa Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department

Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties (more info…)
Butte, Tehama, and Glenn Counties
*19,609 acres, 97% contained
*Includes multiple other smaller fires
*Decrease in acres as Elkhorn was moved to the August Complex.
*16 structures destroyed

 *Coordinated Command Incident**
August Complex, Tehama County (more info…)
Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest)
*788,880 acres 30% contained
*North/South Zone 739,791 acres, 30% contained
*West Zone 49,009 acres, 0% contained
*Decreased acreage due to better mapping by USFS
*1 fatality
*Includes multiple fires including the Elkhorn, Hopkins, Willow, Vinegar, and Doe fires
*A California Interagency Incident Management Team and Great Basin Team in command
*A CAL FIRE Incident Management Team is deployed on the west zone of the fire.

**Federal Incidents*
SQF Complex, Tulare County
(more info...)
25 miles north of Kernville (Sequoia National Forest)
*90,845 acres, 12% contained
*Castle and Shotgun Fires merged into this complex

Slater/Devil Fires, Siskiyou County, (more info…)
5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)
*130,482 acres, 5% contained
*2 fatalities
*Evacuations orders in place

Bullfrog Fire, Fresno County (more…)
SE of Bullfrog Lake, Sierra National Forest
*900 acres, 0% contained

Fork Fire, El Dorado County, (more info…)
15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest)
*1,752 acres, 7% contained
*Evacuation orders remain in place

Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
North of Duarte
Angeles National Forest
36,366 acres, 6% containment
*Evacuations in progress
*EA Silver Team in command
 
Lake Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
Southwest of Lake Hughes
Angeles National Forest / Los Angeles County Fire Department
* 31,089 acres, 96% contained
 
Dolan Fire, Monterey County (more info…)
Hwy 1, 10 miles south of Big Sur (Los Padres National Forest)
*118,465 acres, 40% contained
*Structures threatened
*Type 1 NW Team 2 (Allen) in command

Apple Fire, Riverside County (more info…)
Oak Glen/Cherry Valley (San Bernardino National Forest)
*33,424 acres, 95% contained

Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County (more info…)
14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
*87,849 acres, 16% contained          

W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County (more info…)  FINAL
11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management - Northern CA District)
*84,817 acres, 100% containment

Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*3,350 acres, 20% contained

Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*828 acres, 10% contained

Woodward Fire, Marin County (more info…)
3 miles southwest of Olema (Point Reyes National Seashore)
*4,920 acres, 96% contained
 
Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)
2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)
*26,440 acres, 54% contained

Moraine, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*575 acres, 70% contained
 
Rattlesnake, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness 
*1,441 acres, 0% contained
 
Top 20 Wildfire Records
  • 5 of the Top 20 largest wildfires in California History have occurred in 2020.
  • Largest Wildfires - #1 August Complex, #3 SCU Lightning Complex, #4 LNU Lightning Complex, #9 North Complex, and #16 Creek Fire.
  • Most Destructive - #9 LNU Lightning Complex and #10 CZU Lightning Complex
  • Deadliest Wildfires - #7 North Complex and #20 LNU Lightning Complex



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