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Notes from IR interp @ 0023: Northeast island merged with the main perimeter over the course of 24 hours and continued to grow eastwardly. Further expansion of the main perimeter in the NNE section, also in an eastwardly direction. West perimeter saw minor growth to the west. Southern perimeter remains unchanged. Scattered heat throughout the incident, with intense heat around the NNE and SSE.
Imagery is a composite of an IR flight on 20210826 @ 0023PDT with 0620PDT IR flight.
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A mapping flight flown about 6am, 8/26/2021 on the #CaldorFire, shows extensive spotting over the bulldozer firelines into Cody Creek, southwest of Strawberry. Dozer lines are black in this map.
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Branch 10 requesting 10 engines to Div H for structure defense in the 36 mile tract
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Hello everyone
I’ve been active in the Dixie forums, thoughts I would contribute to the Caldor Fire as well.
This is a KML containing all data tagged as a completed line from today’s posted data at:
https://ftp.wildfire.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_n/!CALFIRE/!2021_Incidents/CA-ENF-024030_Caldor/GIS/IncidentData/20210826/2021_Caldor_CAENF24030_Event_ArcPro_2_7.gdb.zip
And this one contains data flagged as planned dozer and hand lines:
These can be imported into Google Earth or CalTopo, great for combining with other data for seeing a perimeter that stopped at lines, slopped/spotted over lines, or is heading toward lines or no lines.
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There was minimal spread to the east last night. The fire moved a mile downcanyon in Camp Creek, on the NW side of the fire, growing about 400 acres. It is now 1.5 miles east of Pleasant Valley. The 2019 Caples Prescribed Fire may help slow fire spread on SE.
Maps here: https://the-lookout.org/2021/08/27/caldor-fire-8-27-2021
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Critical Resource Needs by priority per PM 8/26 209:
9 - Dozers any type
3 - Hand Crew Strike Teams (G)
20 - Hand Crew any type
18 - Type 3 Strike Teams
9 - Type 6 Engine Strike Teams
15 - Type 1 Engine Strike Teams
27 - Type 3, 4, 5, or 6 Engines
6 - Masticators
6 - Feller Bunchers
1 - HLCO
1 - HCWN
1 - Federal FSC
1 - OSC
3 - OPBD
14 - DIVS
9 - TFLD
6 - FELB
9 - HEQB
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From this morning’s data package. For east end of fire:
Orange = Fire
Blue = Completed Lines, all types
Cyan = Planned Dozer Lines.
Red = Planned Hand Lines (just one spot, left edge by Sugarloaf)
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The lids come off and she looks to be off to the races again. Winds are pushing SW up canyon as usual but with slightly greater velocity. Leek springs and Armstrong lookout have decent views. The firing in DIV J doesn’t appear to be holding but let’s hope that it is, there also appears to be some heat sources detected NORTH of the 50 in DIV G, let’s really hope not as there’s no contingency line between there and ice house and we’ve seen what this thing can do with lateral crown runs.
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The fire has reached Strawberry, not with ferocious intensity but it’s there
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Columns moving towards each other on the leek springs camera.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-Leek&v=fd40740
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KCRA was live on Facebook showing a firing operation behind the building. Its probably viewable on their page
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Fire moved to Strawberry on both sides of Highway 50, made a run up the the north-facing slope to the east of the community and became established at Lover’s Leap. As of 3:30 am, it was 2.5 miles upcanyon from where it had been 28 hours earlier, and had moved past major dozer lines in Strawberry Creek. Fire is now 5.5 miles from Echo Summit. The portion of fire on north side of Highway 50 moved 1.25 miles east in same 28 hour period. Elesewhere on the fire, the bulldozer firelines south of Cody Lake were still holding at 3:30 am, on 8/29/2021. West of there, the fire had bumped into the 2019 Caples Prescribed Burn/Wildfire. West of Caples Burn, and adjacent to Mormon Emigrant Trail, the fire grew about 2,000 acres to the south. The large spot fire on southern edge of fire burned back into the main fire and continued to back actively into Cat Creek. The South side of the fire around Croft still looks like it is cooling off. No new spread downcanyon in Middle Fork Consumnes River. On the NW corner of the fire, east of Pleasant Valley, fire spread about 1/2 mile west in Camp Creek, and backed further into the North Fork Consumnes River.
More maps on The Lookout.
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