Current as of

8/5/2022, 5:54:25 PM

Incident Type

Wildfire

Date of Origin

Friday July 29th, 2022, approx. 02:15 PM

Location

Siskiyou County, CA

Incident Commander

Unified Command - US Forest Service & CAL FIRE

Incident Description

Wildland Fire

Coordinates

41.819 latitude, -122.885 longitude

Total Personnel

2,404

Size

59,666 Acres

Percent of Perimeter Contained

30%

Fuels Involved

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Tall Grass (2.5 feet)

Brush (2 feet)

Significant Events

Active

Flanking

Backing

Creeping

Projected Incident Activity

12 hours: Perimeter control focus as fire behavior has moderated allowing direct tactics as well as continuing indirect opportunities and contingency lines. Structure defense of values at risk operations continue along the Highway 96 corridor near Walker Bridge, Horse Creek and Scott Bar. Fire has progressed to Collins Badly lookout in the south and is backing towards Scott Bar, and Humbug drainage, Deadwood Baldy Peak on the east flank.

24 hours: Direct and indirect line construction in all Branches as weather has moderated fire behavior. Fire continues to slowly spread along Klamath river corridor. Flanking, slope runs, and backing being forecasted for active fire behavior.

Weather Concerns

Conditions were sunny, hot, and very dry over the incident on Friday. High temperatures ranged from the lower 80s on the ridges to near 100 in the valley bottoms. Minimum humidity values were 8-15% across the entire incident. Winds were light to moderate downslope in the morning then switched to west-northwest in the afternoon with gusts up to 20 MPH.

Mostly clear conditions are expected Friday night with poor to moderate humidity recoveries and mainly slope-driven winds. Hot, dry, breezy weather continues Saturday. There will be just enough moisture and instability that a thunderstorm cannot be ruled out over the incident.