Wildfire News

County: Shasta County Location: Middle Creek Road, north of Hwy 299 Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit Acres Burned – Containment 18 acres and 25% contained Road Closures on Middle Creek Rd Date Started: July 7, 2015 12:34 pm Last update: July 7, 2015 7:00 pm

County: Solano County Location: Mix Canyon Rd & Sky Ranch Road, northwest of Vacaville Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit Acres Burned – Containment 150 acres and 100% contained Date Started: July 6, 2015 10:47 am Last update: July 7, 2015 10:00 am

Thunderstorms came through the park starting July 1, and Yosemite National Park did receive six new lightning-caused fires. Most of these fires are small; single tree strikes that amount to less than a tenth of an acre. Lightning-caused fires can take days or weeks to detect because vegetation has to …

Lightning strikes ignited a dozen new fires across the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument over the past few days. As of 11:30 a.m. on Sunday July 5th, the following lightning caused fires have been discovered.Western Divide Ranger District – Grey, Angora, Shotgun and Trout 2 FiresHume Lake …

Lightning strikes ignited a dozen new fires across the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument over the past few days. The “Grey Fire” is the largest at four acres, and is burning near Grey Meadow in the Golden Trout Wilderness approximately 15 miles northeast of Springville on the …

County: Tehama County Location: off Black Butte Rd, near Black Butte Lake Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit Acres Burned – Containment 170 acres – 100% contained Date Started: July 4, 2015 4:33 pm Last update: July 4, 2015 8:15 pm

County: Amador County Location: off Ione Rd & Hwy 16, east of Rancho Murietta Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Amador El Dorado Unit Acres Burned – Containment 355 acres – 100% contained Date Started: July 2, 2015 1:58 am Last update: July 2, 2015 6:36 am

County: El Dorado County Location: off Bucks Bar Cir & Buckaroo Trail near Somerset Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Amador El Dorado Unit Acres Burned – Containment: 25 acres – 80% contained Date Started: July 2, 2015 5:10 pm Last update: July 4, 2015 7:45 am

Note: This is one of the fires attributed to the storm that moved through the parks July 1 – July 2, 2015.The Big Baldy fire was discovered on July 2, 2015 by a fire crew from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The current size of the fire is 0.1 …

County: El Dorado County Location: off French Creek Rd, south of Shingle Springs Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Amador El-Dorado Unit Acres Burned – Containment 35 acres – 75% contained Date Started: July 3, 2015 9:28 am Last update: July 4, 2015 10:00 am

Note: This is one of the fires attributed to the storm that moved through the parks July 1 – July 2, 2015.The Dennison Fire was discovered on July 2, 2015 by a fire crew from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks during an overflight of the area. Fire was contained …

Note: This is one of the fires attributed to the storm that moved through the parks July 1 – July 2, 2015.The Garfield Fire was discovered on July 2, 2015 by a fire crew from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks during an overflight of the area. Fire was contained …

County: Alameda County Location: off Geary Road in the Sunol Wilderness, 10 miles east of Fremont Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Acres Burned – Containment 45 acres – 100% contained Date Started: July 2, 2015 4:40 am Last update: July 2, 2015 8:41 am