State ID: CA
3 letter designator: TGU
Fire name: Forward
Location: Ponderosa Way x Forward Road
Reported acres: 3-5
Rate of spread: MROS
Report on Conditions: Timber with access problems
Structure threat: Yes
Resources: Full wildland dispatch from TGU,
Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels:
Scanner link:
Webcam link:Shingletown CAM
Agency Website:
https://www.alertwildfire.org/region/shastamodoc/?camera=Axis-Shingletown
New start
Forward Fire, Ponderosa Way @ Forward Rd. Manton, AA 2-3 ac. in the timber MROS, additional engines and aircraft requested
Inskip hill cam looks like it maybe getting well established.
https://www.alertwildfire.org/region/shastamodoc/?camera=Axis-InskipHill1
Inskip cam portrays an entirely different picture than the apparently frozen Shingletown Cam.
Shingletown cam been out of commission since 330 - no good ideas other than Inskip upwind
75 acres, critical rate of spread, AA requested 4 addl tankers
Weather
PGE Bluff Springs 98F 12RH W7G13 - Forward Rd at Ponderosa - right at fire
PGE Manton Ridge 97F 13RH SW 6G13 - out in front of fire to NE
PGE Power House Rd 103F 12RH W 7G11 behind and upwind the fire to SW
Can hear some aircraft traffic here
FIRIS providing a more sobering 25 acres total for the main and spots, both side of Digger Creek (county line)
AA taking 2 VLAT’s from MCC
Inskip cam showing numerous more spots out in front of the fire
Looked like a copter tried working one of them, but to no effect.
Per IC fire currently 35-40 acres
Intel ship just mapped it at 95 acres
There are at least 7 tankers in this shot , coming out of Redding and Sac
Im wondering if the Ponderosa burn scar from 10 years back is going to have any effect on this fire’s progression when it makes it to the site. Satellite imagry has that area looking incredibly sparse but it looks fairly lush on the cams.
From what I’ve seen from being there recently is that its really hit or miss. There is a lot of brush growing back but some areas are sparse. There’s definitely a good amount of fuel.
I posted this in the Q&A
