September 13, 2020 - Over 16,750 firefighters continue working to gain containment on the 29 major wildfires across California. Firefighters across the State responded to 36 new wildfires yesterday, and all were contained quickly. Since the beginning of the year, wildfires have burned over 3.3 million acres in California, which is larger than the State of Connecticut. Since August 15, when California’s fire activity elevated, there have been 22 fatalities and over 4,100 structures destroyed.

While weather conditions have continued to be more seasonable compared to last week, firefighters are monitoring the forecast closely as Monday could bring elevated fire risk. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect Monday over the Northern Sierra, potentially impacting the North Complex with gusty winds. A Red Flag Warning is also in effect this afternoon through this evening due to gusty winds and low humidity for much of Northeastern California. With the changes in weather conditions, we may see the return of critical fire next week.

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Fires of Interest:

**CAL FIRE Incidents**
Shackleford Fire, Siskiyou County (more…) 
Southwest of Quartz Valley Reservation
*50 acres, 20% contained

Willow Fire, Yuba County (more info…)
Willow Glen Road, Dobbins
*1,311 acres, 75% contained
*Evacuations in progress
 
Oak Fire, Mendocino County (more info…)
North of Willits
*1,100 acres, 85% contained
*Evacuations in place
 
LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties (more info…)
Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties
*363,220 acres, 96% 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, 87% 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, grass and brush, 70% contained
*Forward spread stopped
 
**Unified Command Incidents**
North Complex, Plumas County (more info…)
Southwest of Susanville (Plumas National Forest)
*258,802 acres, 26% contained
*12 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)
*201,908 acres, 8% 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, 79% 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)
*14,283 acres, 41% 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, 95% contained
*Includes multiple other smaller fires
*Decrease in acres as Elkhorn was moved to the August Complex.
*16 structures destroyed

**Coordinated Command Incidents**
August Complex, Tehama County (more info…)
Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest)
*877,477 acres, 28% contained
*North/South Zone 846,812 acres, 24% contained
*West Zone 30,665 acres, 0% contained
*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**
Bullfrog Fire, Fresno County (more…)  NEW
SE of Bullfrog Lake, Sierra National Forest
*1,200 acres, 0% contained

Fork Fire, El Dorado County, (more info…)
15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest)
*1,736 acres, 7% contained
*Evacuation orders remain in place

Slater/Devil Fires, Siskiyou County, (more info…)
5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)
*130,482 acres, 0% contained
*2 fatalities
*Evacuations orders in place
 
Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
North of Duarte
Angeles National Forest
*31,991 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)
*117,242 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)
*85,288 acres, 16% contained          

SQF Complex, Tulare County (more info…)
25 miles north of Kernville (Sequoia National Forest)
*74,304 acres, 12% contained
*Castle and Shotgun Fires merged into this complex

W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County (more info…)
11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management - Northern CA District)
*84,817 acres, 98% containment

Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*3,152 acres, 20% contained

Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*828 acres, 50% contained

Woodward Fire, Marin County (more info…)
3 miles southwest of Olema (Point Reyes National Seashore)
*4,910 acres, 95% contained
 
Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)
2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)
*25,131 acres, 50% contained

Moraine, Tulare County https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7089/. Click or tap if you trust this link. (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*575 acres, 70% contained
 
Rattlesnake, Tulare County https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7131/. Click or tap if you trust this link. (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness 
*1,596 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
  Source: CAL FIRE