River Complex Daily Update September 17, 2021

INCIDENT FACTS:

Incident Start Date: July 30, 2021 Incident Start Time: 2:02 PM Incident Type: Wildland Fire Incident Location: River Complex, Klamath National Forest, Trinity County Total acreage: 189,832 Haypress/Summer: 183,892 Cronan: 5,940 Containment: 45% Resources: 1,275 personnel, 27 hand crews, 14 helicopters, 101 engines, 20 dozers, 24 water tenders, 12 masticators, 11 skid steers.

Property Damage Assessment: For questions or information regarding the status of your property, call Trinity County Office of Emergency Services (OES) at (530)-623-8223.

CURRENT SITUATION:

Crews were busy yesterday improving lines around the fire ahead of the cold front expected late Friday through Sunday. Short-range spotting from rollout and torching continues to be problematic and the upcoming storm has the potential of creating spot fires as much as a mile out. Hand and dozer lines from Carter Meadow to Sugar Hill were completed and are mostly tied in. South of Callahan, near the McKeene Divide, there were small pockets of heat up against the dozer and hand lines and hand crews continued to work on improving the lines to the south of town. A dozer and a hot shot crew were used below Craggy Peak on an old roadbed in the wilderness area to begin work on a line to keep the upcoming storm from impacting Highway 3. Small amounts of new growth were detected in the area of a spot fire near Tangle Blue Lake and it was worked with aircraft. The fire has backed into Minnehaha Creek above Eagle Creek and retardant was dropped across the dozer lines by Minnehaha. Crews were mopping up along the lines in areas south of Coffee Creek to the Boulder Creek Trailhead. Both the area of Cecilville and the Cronan Fire will remain on patrol status through the at least the duration of the upcoming storm.

SMOKE: Please visit: www.wildlandfiresmoke.net/outlooks/NorthernCalifornia

EVACUATIONS: Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/emergencyservices Trinity County: https://www.trinitycounty.org/OES

ROAD CLOSURES: Coffee Creek Road west of Sugar Pine. Cecilville Road, east and south from Mathews Creek and Sawyers Bar Road from Highway 93 to Yellowjacket Road. Please be aware of fire traffic. Get road info at: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/publicworks/page/closures-and-delays

CLOSURES: The state-wide Forest Service closure has been lifted. Some Forests remain closed, check with your local Forest Service unit to see if closures remain in effect.