The fires to the south ran about 2 miles north yesterday, and spots out front are now about 4 miles from burning into Elkhorn.
Elkhorn is on upper-left.
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Pyrogeography… Thanks for your intel and posts. I wouldn’t be able to interpret these IR pics without your input. Just a WAG, but I’d say these fires will burn together in a few days…maybe before the next wind event.
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The country between the two is pretty high, looks kind of sparse. I’ve never been up there. Curious what kinds of conditions it needs to carry fire.
Quick Monday afternoon update, the northern finger up along Div A/B is (was) still behaving around Sanford Ridge at East Low Gap. A new Div ZZ was established today to define the space between Elkhorn and the Doe/Glenn Zone. It has spotted over this afternoon and is currently standing up and hands are under the table, about ready to flip the entire thing over.
Orange are the new Sections in which fire has gotten established. It spotted over the 25N16 line at the Ides Cove trailhead into Section 12. The entire Div fell back to DP-41 and their safety zones to regroup and draw new lines. Tried to go the 25N42 road just right of the “ZZ”, but fire has since impacted that established in Sec 13. So falling back to a line roughly diagonal from Oven Lid to DP-46 but not sure how realistic that is in upcoming WX (highlighted purple.) The Fish Ridge area has been well-prepped so it’s ready to get some action. Also, they’re pulling the contingency card and looking at the Ball Rock 25N01 road (highlighted green), which is their last stand to to the east, before getting back down into the foothills and South Fork Elder Creek, which is an ugly area.
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Elkhorn made a big run to the south yesterday, squirted up over the crest of the South Yolla Bolly Mountains. IR from 9pm on 9/7/2020. VIIRs and MODIS from later in the night both show the fires merging, with about 10,000 acres of new growth, with spread east toward Raglin Ridge.
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The bulk of that southward spread I believe was a firing operation yesterday on Div X. It was getting good depth but spotted over yesterday afternoon. Big plan was eventual tie in with the southern fire, just not the spotting to the east. They’re giving that drainage that ZZ and YY have been fighting for, to the fire today and falling back to the 25N01 Ball Rock road where they have a good anchor and start firing north from Ball Rock. Little by little, continually evaluate and make it to Snake Ridge (the new YY). If successful, then continue north to Fish Ridge (the new ZZ). They’ll also be working from Oven Lid NE towards lines in Div X to build some immediate contingency.
The VIIRS hits up on the top looks like the smoke columns for Elkhorn and Hopkins are joining - got the telltale scattered pattern between the two, and it’s getting close.
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http://www.alertwildfire.org/shastamodoc/index.html?camera=Axis-SaintJohn1
impressive at 1300hrs
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That is the MNF complex . But yes, impressive!
CIIMT5 transitioned Tuesday and should have the fire tomorrow morning. There will be no calfire or local government resources on federal ground as of 8am Wednesday.
re you talking chief officers or ground resources?
I believe suppression and all. The statement was in response to someone planning for what to do with some slops and what resources they could plan on for day. With other scuttle that I’m hearing, it’s definitely a…change. 7am briefing will paint the picture.
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I’m sorry but can you clarify what exactly this means?
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Per NOPS AM update: 255,309 acres grass and brush, 27% contained. This fire consists of Elkhorn, Vinegar, Hopkins and Willow Fires which have all merged. California Type 1 IMT 5 (Young) in Command.
MODS: This is now a SHF incident
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The eastern (TGU) CalFire side of this is rapidly getting tied up and radio traffic diminishing. There is a new q/a thread for the SHF-Rock Complex that should cover any future updates as this thing pushes west.
9/11 update: this fire is now the North Zone of the MNF-August Complex. That’s much more reasonable considering this will basically chew through what’s left of the Mendocino NF after the 2018 Ranch.
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