Park Fire Incident Update 

Evening of Saturday, August 3, 2024 

For more information on the Park Fire, please visit: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/calnf-park-fire  

Acres: 401,199  

Personnel: 6,501  

Containment: 28% 

Lassen National Forest: 

The northeast corner of the fire continues to be the major focus for crews. The fire is well established in the Mill Creek drainage and firefighters have been taking advantage of favorable weather the past few days to go as direct as possible on the fire’s edge west of Tuner Mountain. Of the 401,199 Acres total acres, 95,353 are burning on the Lassen National Forest. 

In addition to direct attack, Tamarack Road is being prepped for holding as crews work to build line above Mill Creek on both sides of the canyon. Because of the incredibly steep and rocky slopes along the creek drainage, crews are scouting for areas where they can more actively attack the fire. 

There are more than 1,000 firefighters on this corner of the Park Fire including five Interagency Hotshot Crews assigned to keeping the fire away from the communities of Mineral and Mill Creek. 

CAL FIRE: 

Today the fire was moderated by wet thunderstorms and cloud cover until the afternoon cleared up and allowed for some increase in activity. Into the night the main concern is the potential for any leftover thunderstorms, but these are expected to dissipate after sunset. 

The perimeter of the fire is still burning in very receptive fuel beds. Crews continue to engage directly where possible and continue to utilize control lines from previous fires. 

Fire suppression repair activity has begun in places where it is safe to do so. 

Some evacuation zones have been reduced from Orders to Warnings while others remain in place. These evacuations are dynamic and may change due to fire activity. 

For more information on the Park Fire please visit:  

• CALFIRE Park Fire: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire  
• Butte County Sheriff: https://www.facebook.com/bcsonews 
• CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit/ Tehama County Fire Department: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRETGU 
• CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit/Shasta County Fire Department: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRESHU 
• Butte County, CA: https://www.facebook.com/ButteCounty 

BAER INFORMATION BRIEF: Fire Severity and Fire Intensity Effects

There are several types of fire severity and intensity maps that you may see. Although they look different for the same fire, they may also all be accurate. This is because fire severity or intensity are different measures of the fire effects on a specific resource such as soils, tree canopies, vegetation or wildlife habitat. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) maps are primarily measures of fire effects on soils. The following is a description of BAER fire severity mapping for soil burn severity levels. 

SOIL BURN SEVERITY RATING OVERVIEW: 

High Soil Burn Severity Rating: (severe damage to the soils): deeply burned soils with high water repellent soils (tend to be places where the fire burned the forest canopy, ground cover, roots, and organic matter in the topsoil). 

Moderate Soil Burn Severity Rating: burned soil with moderate water repellent soils (much of the root, soil structure, and organic matter stayed intact and could help buffer the rainstorms that might cause erosion) can produce increased water run-off and soil erosion depending on the timing, magnitude, and duration of future precipitation. The remaining vegetation could quickly re-sprout and provide some cover from dead needles and leaf fall to reduce erosion. 

Low Soil Burn Severity Rating: light soil burning includes land that may have burned in recent occurrences with brush or young timber growing on it. 

KEY MESSAGES: 

• Fire severity and intensity are separate measures of the effects of fire on a defined resource. 

• All fire severity or intensity maps view landscapes from different perspectives, so various maps of the same fire can look very different, and all be accurate. 

• The BAER soil burn severity maps specifically focus on severity to soils and watersheds. 

• There are also several other types of fire severity or intensity maps – many of which focus on different aspects of vegetation such as, Burned Area Reflectance Classification (BARC) and Vegetation severity or intensity maps are both vegetation maps but will also look different for the same location and time. 

• Vegetation severity and intensity maps also come from a number of different perspectives and can be short-term or long-term views. 

• During post-fire assessments, the BAER team uses the term “soil burn severity” to differentiate post-fire soil properties from fire effects on vegetation (such as tree mortality), and/or general fire effects on the long-term ecosystem health. 

• When a fire slowly consumes fuel (long residence time), the fire (soil burn) severity is usually high. 

• Ground cover refers to the organic material on the top of the soil layer, and includes vegetative litter, duff, and woody debris. 

• When organic material within the ground cover and within the soil structure burns at high intensity, some of the water repellent components vaporize, and condense on the soil at the surface or deeper depending on the severity of the fire. 

• The correlation between fire intensity and soil burn severity is not always direct because the amount of heat generated and time duration both plays a critical role in the fire effects to soil. 

• Because of the variability of fuel consumption, soil heating typically is non-uniform across landscapes. 

• Wildfire does not always impact soils and vegetation in the same way. 

• A hot, fast-moving fire can consume much of the vegetation and move through so quickly that the soils remain largely intact. 

• Soil scientists evaluate preliminary burn maps from satellite imagery to determine the effects and create a soil burn severity map. 

• Hydrologists use that information to model storm runoff over the burned area to estimate potential flood impacts to lives and property. 

• Foresters use the same satellite images to create a different map that displays post-fire impacts to the trees. 

• A hot, fast-moving fire (wind-driven) can consume the majority of vegetation (especially when dry with low fuel moistures) in a burned area and can be classified as a high intensity fire area by fire ecologists/fire behavior analysts.

• When the duration (also described as residency time) of the fire is short (fast moving, wind-driven), it can result in a low-to-moderate soil burn severity rating by BAER soils scientists because the soil did not get a lot of lingering heat on the ground.

BAER SAFETY MESSAGE: Everyone near and downstream from the burned areas should remain alert and stay updated on weather conditions that may result in heavy rains and increased water runoff. Flash flooding may occur quickly during heavy rain events--be prepared to act. Current weather and emergency notifications can be found at the National Weather Service website: www.weather.gov/lox/.

LAKE & APACHE POST-FIRE BAER ASSESSMENT UPDATE

August 3, 2024

Lake Post-Fire BAER Soil Burn Severity Map Released

Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their data gathering and analysis for the Lake burned area and coordinated with the State of California State Watershed Emergency Response Team (WERT) to produce and finalize a soil burn severity (SBS) map for the Lake Fire. The WERT (CalFire is the lead agency and WERT works with communities) and Forest Service BAER teams coordinate the assessment of the burned area to ensure post-fire threats are identified.

The SBS map and data display categories of unburned/low, moderate, and high. Approximately 70% of the total 40,882 acres analyzed are either unburned and/or low soil burn severity, while 29% sustained a moderate soil burn severity, and only about 1% identified as high soil burn severity. Of the total 40,882 acres for the Lake Fire that were analyzed by the BAER Team, 18,088 acres were National Forest System lands and the remaining 22,794 acres were non-Forest Service lands.

The BAER assessment team used initial remote sensing imagery with their field validated soils data, to develop and produce a map showing soil burn severity levels for the burned areas The SBS is broken into four different classes: unburned (green), low severity (blue), moderate severity (yellow), and high severity (red). For more information on what these different SBS classifications mean, see BAER Information Brief at: Calpf Lake And Apache Postfire Baer - | InciWeb (wildfire.gov).

The BAER team relied on their refined soil burn severity map to produce data which they are using in their subsequent modeling and determination of post fire runoff and sedimentation. The BAER teams and the US Geological Survey (USGS) both utilized the soil burn severity map as an analysis tool to estimate post-fire flows and debris flow probability. In specific areas that experienced moderate to high burn severity, there could be increased runoff from steep hillslopes and resultant increases in post-fire soil erosion and potential debris flows.

The Lake post-fire soil burn severity (SBS) map can be downloaded at the Lake and Apache BAER InciWeb site: Calpf Lake And Apache Postfire Baer Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov) as a JPEG or PDF version under the “Maps” tab.

BAER SAFETY MESSAGE: Everyone near and downstream from the burned areas should remain alert and stay updated on weather conditions that may result in heavy rains and increased water runoff. Flash flooding may occur quickly during heavy rain events--be prepared to act. Current weather and emergency notifications can be found at the National Weather Service website: www.weather.gov/lox/.

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Acres: 59,389 

Containment: 52%

Total Personnel: 1531

Community Meeting: Sunday, August 4th, there will be a Borel Fire Community Meeting at 1:30 p.m., at Woodrow Wallace Middle School Gymnasium, located at 3240 Erskine Creek Road, Lake Isabella, CA 93240.

Current Situation: The Borel Fire has not increased acreage in the past 24 hours. Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place and the status of several zones have been updated. Please see the evacuation section below for the current information and visit Genasys Protect's interactive map at tinyurl.com/jcdv55f9. It's crucial for residents to stay informed and follow the evacuation advisories, warnings, and orders to ensure their safety. Concentrated work continues as inspection teams remain in place to determine all impacted structures within the fire perimeter. The Borel Fire is under a unified command led by the California Interagency Incident Management Team (CIIMT) 11, US Forest Service, Kern County Fire Department, Bureau of Land Management, and Kern County Sheriff's Office.

Borel Fire: Yesterday’s thunderstorm brought light to moderate rain over the fire, which improved overnight relative humidity recovery and slightly increased fuel moisture levels. This, in addition to another night of calm winds, reduced fire activity in most areas last night. Today begins a warming trend, which will bring hotter and dryer conditions. The eastern and southeastern portion of the fire are still active near Erskine Creek, where access has been difficult, due to steep terrain. However, crews have made their way into this area and are constructing handline, moving north and south along the fire’s edge, to complete this segment of line. Contingency line continues to be constructed by clearing around roadways and constructing dozer line to protect the community of Claraville. The fire remains north of Walker Basin, as firefighters patrol and improve line in that area. To the north, crews are clearing roads and patrolling in the Kern Canyon Road corridor and have held the fire south of Sandy helicopter dip site. Saddle Springs Road is holding secure and crews are installing and improving line. Patrolling and monitoring activities continue along Caliente-Bodish Road. Ensuring the safety of residents and protecting property remain top priorities.

Trout and Long Fire: For continuing information, please visit: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/casqf-2024-sqf-lightning

Weather & Air Quality: The weather will be sunny, warmer and dryer today, with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Westerly winds will remain over the fire with gusts up to 18 mph. A daily smoke outlook is produced for communities affected by wildfire smoke: tinyurl.com/452x2uzr.

Sequoia National Forest & BLM Closures & Restrictions: Sequoia National Forest lands, roads, trails, and recreation sites around the Trout and Long Fires are temporarily closed under Forest Order No. 0513-24-12. Lands, roads, trails, and recreation sites around the Borel Fire are closed under Forest Order No. 0513-24-14. Fire restrictions are in effect under Forest Order No. 0513-24-10. All orders, maps, and accompanying appendices can be found on the Forest’s website: tinyurl.com/2en2d36k. The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office has temporarily closed Long Valley Campground, Chimney Creek Campground, and portions of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). View the emergency closure order here: tinyurl.com/4mprcb9b. The PCT is closed between Hwy 178 at Walker Pass (mile 653) and the South Fork of the Kern River bridge (mile 717.7).

Evacuation Center: Residents under an evacuation warning or order can go to the Tehachapi Education Center located at 126 S. Snyder Ave., Tehachapi. Animal services are available to assist in sheltering companion animals at the center. Contact the American Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767. 

Large-Animal Assistance: The rodeo grounds in Kernville (467 Scodie Ave., Kernville) is available for residents who need to move large animals or livestock. For more information, contact Orion, Kernville Chamber of Commerce, 661-340-0026.

Road Closures: Portions of Caliente Bodfish Road are also closed. Visit the Kern County Public Works Department website for the most up to date information on county road closures (tinyurl.com/z6crvp6t)

Evacuations: Everyone in areas of active fires should “Know Your Zone.” Go to Genasys Protect (tinyurl.com/jcdv55f9) to identify the zone you reside in. On Thursday, several changes to evacuation orders and warnings were announced, as described below. 

Be advised, the Borel Fire is not fully contained, only the zones listed below have been reduced. All other evacuation orders and warnings are still in effect. Please be aware that firefighting activities will continue for several more days or weeks. If any other areas become threatened, additional warnings and instructions will be issued. 

Zone 735: Genasys Zone KRN-735 has been split North and South at Ball Mountain. The southern portion, now KRN-735-B, will remain in an Evacuation ORDER. The northern portion, now KRN-735-A, has been downgraded to an evacuation WARNING. Those that remain under an evacuation warning should stay PREPARED to leave. The situation can change quickly, and visibility in the area may be reduced and roads can become blocked. 

Zone 750: The southern portion, KRN-750-A, will remain in Evacuation Warning status. Those that remain under an evacuation warning should stay PREPARED to leave. The situation can change quickly, and visibility in the area may be reduced and roads can become blocked. The evacuation warning status of the northern portion, KRN-750-B, has been restored to a normal status. There are no further advisories for Zone KRN-750-B. 

Zone 748: Zone KRN-748 has been downgraded to an Evacuation Warning status. Residents returning to the area should remain PREPARED to leave. The situation can change quickly, and visibility in the area may be reduced and roads can become blocked. 

Zone 734: The evacuation order for Zone KRN-734 has been lifted. There are no further advisories for this zone. 

Zones 752, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733 and 749: Zones KRN-752, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733 and 749 have all been restored to a normal status. There are no further advisories in place for these zones.

The Genasys Protect zone status is listed below.

• Kern County has multiple evacuation orders and warnings in effect due to the Borel Fire. The following zones are under an evacuation order: KRN-403-A, KRN-403B, KRN-735-B, KRN-736, KRN-737, KRN-738, KRN-739, KRN-740, KRN-741, KRN-742, KRN-743, KRN-747-A, and KRN747-B.
• The following zones are under an evacuation warning: KRN-100-B, KRN-102-B, KRN- 419, KRN-735-A, KRN-744, KRN-748, and KRN-750-A.

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Public Information Officer: Glen Sachet, 970-823-4060
Bucktail Fire Update –  August 3, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Nucla, Colorado,
Start Date: August 1, 2024
Cause: Unknown
Size: 3,155 acres
Percent Contained: 5 %
Resources Assigned: 144 personnel
Crews (3); Engines (3); Dozers (3); Air Resources (3); Heavy Equipment (4)

Yesterday: Firefighters focused their efforts along the western portion of the fire, using a dozer
to improve a road to strengthen it as a primary fire line and strengthen the heel of the fire. The
fire continued growth primarily to the North and East on National Forest.
Today: Resources are continuing to identify opportunities to secure indirect control lines along
25 Mesa Road to prevent fire spread to the north and east. Temperatures are forecasted to be hot,
however monsoon moisture are predicted to keep relative humidities between 15-20%. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms will stay mainly over higher terrain north of the fire.
Evacuations: None.
Closures: Road closures are in place within the area of the fire. County Road 25 Mesa is now
closed due to emergency operations on the Bucktail Fire. The closure extends from the 25
Mesa/Divide Road intersection to where the pavement starts on 25 Mesa outside of Nucla.
Houser Cow Camp Road is closed, down to Old Highway 90
(https://www.facebook.com/MontroseCountySO). A Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is in
place over the fire area. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone. If You Fly We Can’t Fly
https://knowbeforeyoufly.org/home
Smoke Information: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has
issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke for Montrose County. Visit
https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colo_advisory.aspx for details. More local air quality
information can be found at https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/.

For additional information:
InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/coupd-bucktail-fire
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control: https://dfpc.colorado.gov
Bureau of Land Management Southwest Colorado District, Uncompahgre Field
Office: https://www.facebook.com/BLMMontroseFireUnit
West Slope Fire Information website: www.WestSlopeFireInfo.com
GMUG Fire Information https://www.facebook.com/GMUGFireInfo
Road Closures Montrose County: https://www.facebook.com/MontroseCountySO
Bucktail Fire Information Hotline: (970) 823-4060

Northern Rockies Team 8, a Type III Incident Management Team led by Incident Commander Brad Bergman assumed command of the fire at 6:00 AM on August 2, 2024.

Current Status

Through hundreds of hours of hard work, firefighters have successfully kept the Black Mountain Fire from moving towards the Stonewall Creek subdivision and other state and private properties. The fire is ‘boxed in’ with direct and indirect fireline constructed around the entire fire perimeter. Ample water is available to crews via hose lays or skidgeons (a cross between a logging skidder and a fire engine) to aid in holding and improving the various firelines.

Firefighters focused on reinforcing the indirect fireline constructed by dozers and feller bunchers, north and south of the fire from the 819 trail to the ‘Plantation Road’ which is approximately ½ mile south of Forest Service Road 4106. Type 1 crews, or ‘Hot Shots,’ completed strategic firing operations yesterday and today using fire as a tool to remove fuels between the uncontrolled fire edge and completed indirect fireline. Support from Type 2 crews and aircraft aided the successful firing operations. Firefighters also successfully held the southern end of the fire along the 819 trail, spreading out to patrol the line and apply water as needed.

In the early morning hours, the Helena Hot Shots located an area of heat approximately ¼ mile east of the main fire and successfully squelched the burning stump.

Current smoke in the area was produced by firing operations yesterday and today as well as smoke drifting in from fires in Oregon and Washington.

Weather Outlook

Hot and dry weather is predicted again for Sunday along with the potential for thunderstorms with gusty outflow winds and possible lightning.

Evacuations and Closures

Evacuations: Per the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office, an Evacuation Warning remains in effect. The following area is open to RESIDENTS ONLY: North of Lone Point Dr and Tamarack. North of North Lincoln Gulch/Morris Dr. North of the intersection of Beaver Creek Rd and Stonewall Creek and all feeder roads north of that intersection.

Closures:The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest issued a road, trail, and area closure order. The closure order and map is posted on Inciweb, Black Mountain Fire.

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The town of Keller, the Hwy. 21 corridor north to Cache Creek RD., Mt. Tolman, Buffalo Lake and McGinnis Lake areas (Reynolds Resort), and south of Manilla Creek Rd. are all at level 2 now. 

For public safety, due to increased fire activity on the Limepoint Fire, Big Bar Camping Area on the Snake River in Hells Canyon is closed to all public access until further notice.

Actualización diaria del incendio Pioneer                   

3 de agosto de 2024

Datos clave

Tamaño:  33,761 (No updated IR)               

Fecha de inicio: 8 de junio de 2024                

Ubicación: 31 millas al NO de Chelan, WA

Contención: 12%                                                    

Personal: 668                          

Causa: De orígen humano, a ser determinada

Recurso asignados:  13 equipos de obreros,  4 helicópteros,  24 camiones de bomberos,  28 tanques de agua,  20 maquinarias pesadas

Comenzó la temporada de osos el 1 de agosto. Los cazadores deben actualizados con los cierres de bosques locales al visitar el  Mapa interactivo de cierres de bosques del Servicio Forestal.

SITUACIÓN ACTUAL: A las 6:00 am de esta mañana el Equipo de gestión de incidentes 15 de California, dirigido por el Comandante de Incidentes Tom Clemo, asumió el mando de las operaciones en el Incendio Pioneer. Ayer, los equipos de bomberos con sede en Stehekin llevaron a cabo prácticas, lo que incluyó la ubicación del personal y las pruebas de las líneas de tuberías y los sistemas de rociadores para proteger estructuras. Ayer por la tarde el fuego brincó Purple Creek, y arde en las elevaciones sobre el embarcadero. Se activaron los aspersores y están en función 27 millas de mangueras que atraviesan la ciudad, y están mojando alrededor de las casas y la infraestructura. Las cuadrillas trabajan para frenar el incendio con apoyo de la aviación, pero el clima caliente y seco sigue afectando y siendo un factor preocupante.

Las cuadrillas también ayudaron a atacar inicialmente un pequeño incendio que empezó al mediodía al oeste de Stehekin. Este se encuentra en un terreno empinado e inaccesible para los bomberos en tierra y fue respaldado por helicópteros y aviones. Continúa el trabajo de neutralización en la orilla del lago desde Fourmile hasta el lago. Los bomberos verán si hay focos de calor en el suelo alrededor de las estructuras y extinguirán cualquier calor que se encuentre. Los trabajos de trituración de biomasa y reforzamiento de la líneas al sur del incendio continúan lentos pero constantes.

ACTIVIDADES DE HOY: Hoy helicópteros asistirán al incendio al oeste de Stehekin al verter agua. Los bomberos combatirán activamente el fuego sobre Stehekin implementado operaciones de quema táctica para minimizar los combustibles inflamables. El incendio sigue el patrón que han tenido incendios anteriores observados en el área, subiendo por los desagües y estancando su desplazo en las tierras altas. La Movilización de bomberos del Estado de Washington y los equipos de bomberos siguen protegiendo estructuras en la orilla del lago. Trituradoras y topadoras trabajarán para ampliar las líneas de contingencia a lo largo de Nelson Ridge y mejorar las condiciones de las carreteras por el extremo sur del incendio.

CLIMA Y HUMO: Se ha emitido un aviso de calor excesivo para el sábado y el Servicio Meteorológico ha emitido una advertencia de Bandera roja como resultado de las condiciones climáticas cada vez más calurosas, secas e inestables que durarán hasta el domingo. Sin embargo, no se espera que serán fuertes los vientos todo el fin de semana. Serán más notable los efectos del humo del incendio Pioneer alrededor de Lake Chelan a lo largo del día, y se espera que habrá un poco de alivio por la tarde. Consulte el Pronóstico actual del humo para el centro norte de Washington (airfire.org) para más información sobre el humo y la calidad del aire.

EVACUACIONES:  Los niveles 1, 2 y 3 de evacuación siguen vigentes alrededor del incendio Pioneer. Visite https://t.ly/QoH9w para tener más información.

CIERRE DEL BOSQUE: Cierres vigentes del Parque nacional North Cascades: https://www.nps.gov/noca/index.htm

El Bosque Nacional Okanogan-Wenatchee ha emitido una orden de cierre sobre gran parte del área afectada por el incendio: https://bit.ly/PioneerClosure. Las fogatas están prohibidas. Hay una restricción temporal de vuelo (TFR, en inglés) sobre el área del incendio: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_6779.html. La actividad de drones no autorizados está prohibida por la TFR.

InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/wases-pioneer 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560760893080 

Línea de información sobre el incendio: 541-861-5808, de 8 AM a 8 PM

Correo electrónico: 2024.pioneer@firenet.gov