CA-KNF-Head

[fishcop]

State ID: CA
3 letter designator: KNF
Fire name: Head
Location: South of Hamburg
Reported acres: 200
Rate of spread: Rapid
Report on Conditions:
Structure threat: Evacuation Warnings in place
Resources:
Hazards:
Weather: Thunder cell in the area with outflow winds
Radio channels:
Scanner link: Siskiyou County Sheriff and Fire - West
Webcam link: ALERTCalifornia - Fort Jones 1
Agency Website:

Watch Duty link: Watch Duty

Per CHP CAD, Highway 96 is being closed near Hamburg and Scott River Road is being closed near Scott Bar.

[SIXONENINE]

Air Attack overhead reporting 300-400 acres burning on both sides of the Klamath & Scott Rivers, with very active and very aggressive fire behavior. Large T-Storm cells near the fire.

[fishcop]

Fire now on both sides of both the Scott and Klamath Rivers.

[MVUFirePhotographer]

IC states fire is now 1000-1500 acres

[BlueZebra]

Except for a hundred or so acres south of Hamburg, this area has burned more times than I have fingers and toes.

[SIXONENINE]

Hamburg, Horse Creek & Scott Bar communities under evacuation orders.

[Penitentes]

Type 1 team ordered

[w8n4fyr]

Should be team 5

[925Fire]

FED team or state?

[fishcop]

The east side of Scott River has no fire history until you hit the McKinney Fire scar. There’s a lot of room to run there.

[pyrogeography]

The West side of the Scott River all burned in 2014 Fryingpan Fire, and north of 96 in 2016 Gap and 2022 McKinney.

[w8n4fyr]

Should be Fed team 5 (Young)

[Penitentes]

The radio chatter didn’t specify.

[Penitentes]

Estimated 3,000–4,000 acres.

[Thatguyoutwest]

Looking southwest from Medford

[Penitentes]

Per AA, west wind on the fire. Spot 1/3 of a mile in front to the east.

[Billntedz]

CIMT Team 5 orders being processed as we speak

[E3181Tem]

That fire is very hungry.

[srffsc]

https://col.st/Dmwau

It got real hot real quick

[Penitentes]

“This thing’s rippin,’” says AA, “cranking right up the ridge with a southwest wind on it.”