Basic Information
Current as of | 9/10/2015, 6:51:05 AM |
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Incident Type | Wildfire |
Cause | Lightning/natural |
Date of Origin | Friday July 31st, 2015 approx. 07:00 PM |
Location | 2.5 miles to the southwest of Spanish Mountain and 5 miles North of Hume Lake |
Incident Commander | Todd Pechota Commanding Rocky Mountain IMT1 John Goss Commanding Sierra NF Type 3 |
Incident Description | Wildfire |
Current Situation
Total Personnel | 2,167 |
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Size | 110,134 Acres |
Percent of Perimeter Contained | 29% |
Fuels Involved | Timber (Litter and Understory) Chaparral (6 feet) Tall Grass (2.5 feet) |
Significant Events | Active, flanking, backing, isolated torching |
Current Weather
Weather Concerns | High pressure will remain over Nevada with weak low pressure over the southern California coast. Temperatures will remain warm with very low relative humidity values. Poor to very poor relative humidity recovery will continuer into the weekend. Winds remain terrain and diurnally driven. Inversion and thermal belt will form overnight trapping smoke...otherwise mostly clear highs 80-105. Minimum relative humidity 10 to 25 percent. |
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CAL FIRE 20 Largest California Wildfires through October 2014
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