

White line shows previous perimeter and red line is current perimeter. Overview: New mapping changed the perimeters quite a bit.

To the South fire ran 1.76 miles up Coon Mountain.įire spread 2.37 miles North to the California/Oregon border Fire moved along the 199 corridor to the west, into the Cedar Forest campground. Over the past 12 hours between IR mapping, fire spread to the south and west. Red to Orange fill in the fire perimeter represents 12 hours of fire progression Smith Complex Lookout 12 hour progression maps Last night, they finally got wings in the air and we now should have very accurate infrared perimeters for many of the fires.Īlthough they got a plane up, the IR scan for the Smith Complex was partially corrupted. Not having accurate mapping on fires can cause many logistical issues on the ground for firefighters and at minimum, it’s stressful for people who live near these fires to be completely in the dark about where the active fire is and which way it’s moving. Due to a mechanical failure on the plane used to map these fires up north, we’ve had four straight days of UTF (unable to fly) status. There are a number of fires burning in far Northwestern California and now we’ve got maps to prove it. 18.Ĭlick here for a map showing all wildfires of any size burning in California.Lookout maps and commentary by: Ryan Cowper Stephens

#North cal fire map update
Cal Fire’s latest update lists 14 large wildfires burning in the state, all but two in Northern California.Īlmost 12,500 firefighters were battling those blazes as of Friday, said the summary from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.Ĭrews were bracing for a windy weekend, with gusts of 30 to 35 mph expected Saturday in much of the state, including Lake Tahoe, Lassen County, eastern Plumas County and eastern Sierra County.Ĭal Fire gave these details of the 14 fires.
