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U.S. Forest ServiceFire and Aviation Management

Incident Update

Overview Date: September 18, 2014 8:00 a.m. EDT

National Preparedness Level: 2

Red Flag WarningsRed Flag Warning in effect for a portion of centralWyoming.

Weather Discussion

Two separate weather features will bring unsettledweather to much of the western U.S. today. First, anupper level trough of low pressure over the PacificNorthwest will deliver light rain and higher humidity tothat region, including the extreme northwest corner ofCalifornia, the Great Basin, and into the northern

Rockies. Meanwhile, the remnants of TropicalDepression Odile will cause flooding with significantprecipitation and embedded thunderstorms for thesouthwest U.S. and southern Plains. Sandwichedbetween these two weather systems it will be dry but alittle cooler for the rest of California today, as onshore flow develops. East of the Rockies, it will be cool anddry in the upper Midwest, with a cold front bringing strong winds to the Upper Mississippi Valley.

Wildfire Activity

Northern California Area (PL3)

King (9/13/14), CAL FIRE,Amador-El Dorado Unit, 11 miles E of Placerville, CA, Unified Command

between IMT1 (Giachino) and CAL FIRE (Tyler) Cause: Unknown

Size: 28,000 Acres Cost: $9.6M

Containment: 5%

Destroyed/Damaged: 0/0residences, 0/0commercial properties, 0/0 other

Threatened: 2007residences, 0commercial properties, 1505 other

Evacuations in effect

Extreme fire behavior with crown runs and spotting

Numerous residences and energy infrastructure threatened

Happy Camp Complex (8/14/2014),USFS, Klamath NF, 1 mile E of Happy Camp, CA, IMT1 (Opliger)

Cause: Lightning Size: 126,000 Acres Cost: $81.1M

Containment: 68%



Evacuations and road closures have been lifted

Increase in acreage due to the transfer of command of the Man fire from the July Complex

Initial attack activity Light57 new fires

New large fires 1Large fires contained 1

Uncontained large fires 14

NIMOs committed 0

Type 1 IMTs committed 3

Type 2 IMTs committed 5

Personnel (approximate) 11,000

Helicopters committed: 70

Air tankers available: 13

(LATS: 12 VLATS: 1 MAFFS: 0)Fires year-to-date 39,851

The above numbers come from NIFCs daily Situation Report and

represent all agencies except for air tanker numbers, which areForest Service.

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Northern California Area (PL3) continued

Boles (9/15/14), CAL FIRE, Siskiyou Unit, 1 mile S of Weed, CA, IMT1 (Derum)

Cause: Unknown

Size: 375 Acres Cost: $2.4M

Containment: 60%


Threatened: 1000

residences, 100

commercial properties, 0

other


Damage inspection underway, initial number of 150 homes destroyed will be updated as more accurateinformation is obtained and validated

Northwest Area (PL3)Onion Mountain (9/13/14), USFS, Rogue River-Siskiyou NF, 15 miles W of Grants Pass, IMT2 (Williams)

Cause: Unknown


Containment: 8%


Threatened: 300

residences, 0

commercial properties, 50

other Active fire behavior with spotting

36 Pit (9/13/14), USFS, Mt Hood NF, 10 miles SE of Estacada, OR, IMT2 (Rabe)

Cause: Unknown


Containment: 30%




Active fire behavior

Southern California Area (PL3)

(New Fire) June (9/16/14), USFS,Inyo NF, 1 mile SW of June Lake, CA IMT2 (Wakoski)

Cause: Unknown

Size: 65 Acres Cost: $3M

Containment: 50%




Courtney (9/14/14), CAL FIRE, Merced-Mariposa Unit, 3 miles E of Oakhurst, CA, IMT3 (Dozen) Cause: Unknown


Containment: 70%




Last report unless significant activity occurs

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