August 25, 2022 - Yosemite National Park officials report fire crews are utilizing Minimum Impact Suppression Techniques (MIST) to confine and contain the Red and Rodgers fires - employing a combination of natural barriers (large areas of granite, trails, and creeks) and short sections of handlines to tie the barriers together. There are no immediate threats to structures or critical infrastructures. 

Red Fire

• Location: Between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek 
• Elevation: 7,800 feet
• Discover date: August 4, 2022 
• Size: 1,045 acres 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Fire history: Burning in the 2001 Hoover fire footprint 
• Trail closure: A segment of trail along Illilouette creek from Mt. Starr King to Lower Merced Pass Lake is temporarily closed due to fire activity.

Burning in brush and mixed conifer timber litter, and dead and down logs. Activity is on the north and west perimeter.

Learn more: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8332/. 

Rodgers Fire

• Location: Northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley 
• Elevation: 8,100 feet
• Discover date: August 8, 2022 
• Size: Approximately 680 acres 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Fire history: No recent fire history
• Trail closure: A segment of trail between Pate Valley and the Pacific Crest Trail is temporarily closed due to fire activity.

Burning in mixed conifer and red fir litter, and dead and down logs. Activity is on the northeast corner.

Learn more: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8333/


Smoke Outlook

The Red fire was discovered on August 4, 2022 between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek at 7,800 ft. elevation. It is a lightning caused fire that is burning in the 2001 Hoover Fire footprint. Fire crews are assessing natural barriers, like granite, to confine and contain the fire. There are no trail closures and no threat to infrastructure. The Red Fire along with the Rodgers Fire are being managed under a type 3 organization.

Smoke Report 8/25/2022
The high-pressure system is still a dominant influence on smoke movement in Yosemite National Park. This is predicted to be the case for the remainder of the week. Hazy conditions will persist into the late morning in the region today, with clearing in the afternoon. 
Yosemite Valley is likely to be unhealthy for sensitive groups for the 24-Hour air quality index, with periods of unhealthy and possibly very unhealthy persisting until midday, when it should start to clear out to be good in the late afternoon. 
El Portal should be good overall, with elevated levels into moderate midday. 
Foresta should be moderate overall, with periods of unhealthy in the morning and clearing by midafternoon. 
Tuolumne Meadows is likely to be moderate overall, with morning hours in unhealthy for sensitive groups, and clearing in the afternoon. 

More Information

Air quality information can be found through fire.airnow.gov/.

Access the Yosemite Public Information Map. 
Source: NPS