Any update on this? Haven’t seen much about it all day.
6 hrs ago
Incident Overview
HAPPY CAMP, CALIFORNIA—The Slater Fire started during the night of September 7, near Slater Butte Fire Lookout on the Klamath National Forest. As of 8 am September 9, 2020 the wind driven wildfire has grown to an estimated 30,000 acres—moving in a northwesterly direction into Oregon. An estimated 150 homes were lost in the Happy Camp area. An evacuation order was issued for the town of Happy Camp as well as various roads adjacent to Happy Camp. Currently Highway 96 is closed from Fort Goff on the northeast side of Happy Camp and to Clear Creek on the southwest side. The Grayback Road is closed from Happy Camp northwest to Oregon. The community of Gasket, California has also been ordered to evacuate.
Initial attack fire fighters from the Klamath National Forest, CAL FIRE and local volunteers fire departments have been aggressively fighting the fire but high winds, high temperatures and very dry vegetation have hampered efforts. In addition, high winds and smoke have prevented use of air attack planes.
Incident Management Team 10 is arriving today. They will be taking over management of fire fighting efforts a 6 am, September 10, 2020
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Info is hard to come by. Can’t find out what the deal is with the fire in Seiad Cr. to the east
of main fire. Looks like maybe a firing op on NE corner of Slater? Who knows.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/SlaterFire?src=hashtag_click&f=live
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Do you suppose they mean Gasquet (rather than Gasket), CA?
I can’t find Gasket on the map; but Gasquet is basically due west & the fire seems to be burning north/northwest.
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That’s correct, Gasquet. It’s marching into Oregon:
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Thanks… that’s a good lookin’ dog you have.
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There was a new start in Seiad Valley. They were calling that the Devil
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Thanks. So many fires to track I didn’t get around to that one.
Mods - can you combine the ?? and the ??? version of these threads when you find a free moment. 
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IA thread - CA-KNF-SLATER
Reported 643am on Slater Butte just north of and above Happy Camp and it exploded on GOES17 IR.
Happy Camp is right in the bullseye of this with the current WX.
RAWS Slater Butte RH19 E27G49
RAWS Happy Camp RH15 NE13G23 (10 min resolution)
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It’s also visible on the NWS Sat image. Here is the CHP log for current status.
CHP Incident 200908YK00017
Sep 8 2020 7:45AM
FIRE-Report of Fire
1-398 Indian Meadows Dr
Sep 8 2020 9:14AM [20] A41-010 SHUTTING DOWN INDIAN CREEK AT DAVIS - FLAMES AT THE RDWY ON INDIAN CREEK / MPM 3
Sep 8 2020 8:50AM [18] 41-D2 MPM 81.7 - ONE WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL IN EFFECT FOR A BIT
Sep 8 2020 8:25AM [16] PER YREKA FIRE MIGHT AFFECT SR96 SOMETIME IN THE DAY TODAY
Sep 8 2020 8:20AM [15] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from CLOSURE-Closure of a Road to FIRE-Report of Fire by CHP
Sep 8 2020 8:12AM [11] 1039 CT - APPEARS CODE RED AREA FRM SCSO BORDERS THE 96
Sep 8 2020 7:56AM [9] 1039 CO RDS
Sep 8 2020 7:53AM [8] 1039 CT W/ CORRECT LOCATION
Sep 8 2020 7:52AM [7] PER SCSO, LOOKING TO EVACUATE / CLOSE INDIAN MEADOWS DR FRM GREYBACK UP TO SOUTH FORK OF INDIAN CRK (ABOUT 7.5 MI UP GREYBACK)
Sep 8 2020 7:50AM [5] CT HAS 1 HR ETA FOR RESPONSE
Sep 8 2020 7:48AM [3] 1039 CT
Sep 8 2020 7:47AM [1] PER 41-S1, SCSO REQ’ING CHP ASSIST W/ ROAD CLOSURE AND POSS EVACUATIONS
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So, I must admit - still feels so strange to barely bat an eye these days when a fire like this burns 22K acres in 12 hours (according to a post on the IA thread).
Wow…
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I totally agree. The Klamath burns 34 square miles of timber in 12 hours and nobody notices. Is this the new normal?
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It’s not the new normal. This is the beginning of a sliding scale. The change of the last ten years(give or take) is only just beginning of a scale that is sliding in a direction of hotter air, ground, and water. The hotter air can hold more moister and still have a low RH, the live fuel and soil moistures will continue to plummet for decades. The rivers, lakes and oceans will get warmer as well. The new normal will be when all the vegetation finishes changing, adapting, or being replaced by different species altogether… many decades from now.
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This thing has burned well into Oregon, currently knocking on the back door of Cave Junction, and the Oregon Caves Natl Monument.
RAWS Slater Butte has not let up since last night. Consistent E roughly 30G50 give or take since midnight.
RAWS Crazy Peak would be just west of the fire, showing a 180 wind shift from north to south late afternoon, as well as further north at Illinois Valley Airport.
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And they sure aren’t going to get any help from Southern Oregon tonight!
I’m sure when CA called OR to advise them the fire had crossed into OR, they said “thanks, good luck, gotta run”!
Heavy structure loss on Indian Creek north of town. The entire town is under mandatory evac’s. Very few resources, mostly local government engines from the county. Strong and erratic winds all day, still blowing when I left at 2000.
It appears sometime after 1 am another new fire started east of the Slater. Spotting seems unlikely source given the offshore winds. Looks pretty big on morning satellite…
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What the… 
MODIS/VIIRS puts it just north of Seiad Valley in the upper Devitts Peak area.
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