Six Rivers July Lightning (Wildfire)

Active lightning strikes on July 30 and 31 on the Six Rivers National Forest resulted in multiple fires on all of the forest’s districts—from north to south, the Gasquet Ranger District/Smith River National Recreation Area, Orleans Ranger District, Lower Trinity Ranger District and the Mad River Ranger District.There are 9 fires on the Gasquet RD, 8 on the Orleans RD, 18 fires on the River Complex (Lower Trinity RD and Shasta-Trinity NF) and 5 fires on the Mad River Complex (Mad River RD).