FIRE UPDATE – 9/11/20 9:45AM – From CAL FIRE
- STATS: Over 14,800 firefighters, 28 major wildfires, over 3.1 million acres burned, 19 fatalities(CA), over 3,900 structures destroyed.
- North Complex – Butte, Plumas, and Yuba counties
The former Bear Fire portion of complex is now called the West Zone fire – The West Zone is 70,412 acres and 5% contained. 10 deaths associated with this portion of fire.
Complex total of *252,534 acres, 23% contained
*Evacuations in place - *Includes the Bear(West Zone) and Claremont Fire
- August Complex, Tehama, Glenn & surrounding counties
Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest)
*746,607 acres 25% contained
*Merged fires including Elkhorn, Hopkins, Willow, and Vinegar
*Includes multiple fires including the Doe Fire
*A California Interagency incident Management Team and Great Basin Team in command
*A CAL FIRE Incident Management Team is deployed on the west zone of the fire. - Slater Fire, Siskiyou County
5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)
*140,802 acres, timber, 0% contained
*Evacuations orders in place - Schoolhouse, Siskiyou County
Schoolhouse Gap Road, north of Fort Jones
*45 acres, grass and brush, 50% contained
*Forward spread stopped - Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties
Butte, Tehama and Glenn Counties
*19,609 acres, 95% contained
*Includes multiple other smaller fires
*Decrease in acres as Elkhorn was moved to the August Complex.
*16 structures destroyed - Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County
14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
*76,996 acres, 19% contained - Oak Fire, Mendocino County
North of Willits
*1,100 acres, 40% contained
*Evacuations in place - Devil Fire, Siskiyou County
Klamath National Forest
*4,000 acres, 0% contained - LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties
Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties
*363,220 acres, 95% contained
*Hennessey (merged fires) 305,651 acres, 95% contained
*Wallbridge 55,209 acres, 95% contained
*1,491 structures destroyed
*Evacuations in place - SCU Lightning Complex, multiple Easy Bay counties
Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties
*396,624 acres, 98% contained
*20 fires in the complex, several have merged together
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*224 structures destroyed*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 command - CZU August Lightning Complex, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties
*86,509 acres, 85% contained
*Multiple fires
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*1,490 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 3 command - W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County
11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management – Northern CA District)
*84,817 acres, 98% containment - Top 20 Wildfire Records
5 of the Top 20 largest wildfires in California History have occurred in 2020.
Largest Wildfires – #1 August Complex (Elkhorn Fire was merged with the August Complex), #3 SCU Lightning Complex, #4 LNU Lightning Complex, #9 North Complex, and #16 Creek Fire.
Most Destructive – #9 LNU Lightning Complex and #10 CZU August Lightning Complex
Deadliest Wildfires – #10 North Complex, and #20 LNU Lightning Complex