California Statewide Fire Summary for Saturday, September 17, 2022 

September 17, 2022 - As of this morning, there are 6,643 firefighters making progress on 10 major wildfires, and two extended attack wildfires in California. One fire has been contained. Yesterday, firefighters also responded to 24 new initial attack wildfires across the state.

Since the beginning of the year, 359,153 acres have burned in California. While firefighters continue battling the current major wildfires, CAL FIRE and fire departments across the state remain prepared for potential more significant wildfires.

Strong winds and moderately low relative humidity across portions of interior Northern California today. Wetting precipitation likely for most, if not all the region Sunday thru Wednesday. Significantly cooler and wetter weather through Wednesday. W-SW to NW coastal gap winds; S to SE winds up the Sacramento Valley and SW winds from the Cascade/Sierra crest eastward will strengthen substantially today with widespread gusts of 25-40 mph combining with moderately low relative humidity in the interior areas. Stronger W to SW gusts of 50-70 mph or more are possible along higher elevation exposed mountain ridges this afternoon through tonight. Southern California will experience high temperatures 5 to 8 degrees below normal Saturday with readings generally in the lower to mid-80s in the valleys, upper 60s and low 70s at the coast, and low to mid 90s in the deserts. No precipitation is expected Saturday. Another round of sundowner winds with gusts of 40 to 45 mph is possible across the south coast of central and western Santa Barbara County this evening and tonight. Accompanying relative humidity values will remain very high.

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Fires of Interest:

**CAL FIRE Fires**

Mountain, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Gazelle-Callahan Road x Gazelle Mountain Lookout Road
*13,440 acres 85% contained
*Continued threat to structures
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Demobilization of resources
*Resources continue to strengthen control lines, mop-up and complete suppression repair
*CAL FIRE IMT 5 (Hopkins) is in command

**Unified Command Fires**

Mosquito, Placer County (more info…)
Oxbow Reservoir, 3 miles east of Foresthill
*71,292 acres, 21% contained
*Continued threat to structures with multiple communities threatened
*Threats exist to critical infrastructure, endangered species, watersheds, private timberlands, cultural and heritage resources
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Damage inspection is ongoing
*Infrastructure repair is underway
*Moderate fire behavior with creeping, flanking and backing observed
*CAL FIRE ECC Support Team 5 assigned
*CAIIMT Team 5 (Young) in command
*Unified Command CAL FIRE and USFS

Fairview, Riverside County* (more info…)
Fairview Ave x Bautista Rd, Bautista Canyon
28,307 acres, 98% contained
*Suppression repair is ongoing
*CAL FIRE ECC Support Team 10 assigned
*CAL FIRE IMT 6 (Veik) will transition the fire to the local unit @ 0700 on 9/17/2022
*Unified Command CAL FIRE, Hemet City Fire and USFS

**Federal Incidents**

2022 SRF Lightning Complex, Trinity County* (more info…)
Willow Creek Area
*41,591 acres, 97% contained

Yeti, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Seiad south of HWY 96 and south of the Klamath River
*7,886 acres, 98% contained

Red, Mariposa County* (more info…)
Between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek
*8,364 acres, 60% contained

Rodgers, Mariposa County* (more info…)
Northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley
*2,785 acres, 60% contained

Barnes, Modoc County (more info…)
Buck Creek Rd x Buck Creek Overlook Rd
*5,843 acres, 96% contained

Radford, San Bernardino County* (more info…)
2N10 x 2N06, Community of Big Bear
*1,079 acres, 92% contained

Summit, Tulare County (more info…)
*1,125 acres, 30% contained

**Initial Attack Incidents**

Forward, Tehama County (more info…) FINAL
Manton Ponderosa Way x Digger Creek, Manton
160 acres, 100% contained
*All threats mitigated

Dutch, Placer County (more info…)
I-80 x Ridge Rd, Dutch Flat
*48 acres timber, 75% contained
*Resources continue with suppression repair and mop-up operations

*Updated acreage based on incident information released after ICS-209 0700 taken from Inciweb

Source: CAL FIRE