Tuesday Operations Map
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July 24, 2018 - Tuesday Operations Map of the Ferguson Fire in Mariposa County near Yosemite National Park.
Monday Evening Information
July 23, 2018 - A Ferguson Fire community meeting is scheduled for Tuesday July 24th, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Yosemite Valley Auditorium, 9035 Village Drive, Yosemite National Park, CA. 95389. Representatives from the Unified Command of CAL FIRE, the U.S. Forest Service and the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office will present an overview of the current situation and actions underway to contain it. Parking is available along Village Drive or in the Yosemite Village Parking Area.
Firefighters are making good progress building lines to help contain the 36,102-acre Ferguson Fire. The fire stands at 16% containment with one nonresidential structure reported destroyed. Because of the efforts of crews throughout the fire area, dozens of homes have been saved.
North of the Merced River, the fire is now burning on the Stanislaus National Forest. Firefighters are making good progress with road widening and line construction using a mix of heavy equipment and hand crews in the Montgomery Gulch area. Line construction is moving steadily east toward Eagle Peak and Buena Vista.
To the south, crews completed the line from Jerseydale to the Wawona campground to protect Wawona and Yosemite National Park.
The fire was relatively inactive for most of the day because of a day-long inversion that settled in. Most of the activity was to the south near Chowchilla Mountain but also a now-contained 10-acre slop over east of Jerseydale that crews have in check.
Aerial firefighting resources being utilized include a pair of DC-10 tanker planes and a fleet of helicopters whose use has been instrumental to slow the fire’s spread.
Along the western edge of the fire area, firefighters have been successful with operations to protect structures in Jerseydale and are now mopping up areas on that edge of the fire to ensure it remains within their containment lines. Just to the north, strategic firing operations along the Sweetwater drainage are complete and have provided even more protection for communities further west.
Weather forecasts are calling for hotter and drier air throughout the week as conditions align for critical and extreme fire weather in the coming days.
Yosemite National Park remains open. For information on Yosemite National Park, go to: nps.gov/yose or call 209-372-0200.
