Map of the Ruth Complex: The Lightning Fires Burning in Southern Trinity County

Today, the US Forest Service created a new map of the Ruth Complex–the Dutchman, Secret, and Willie Fires–from information gathered early this morning. We’ve provided it below.

Please give the map a minute to load. Use the + and – symbols to zoom in or out:

Note the spot fire on the eastern flank of the Willie. Also, note the large yellow area to the southeast of the Willie indicating a chemical hazard. At this point, we don’t know what the hazard is or how serious the danger. We’ve requested more information.

ops_arch_e_land_20170813_0130_Ruth Complex_SRF000897_0600.pdf

 

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Bozo
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Bozo
6 years ago

Hmmm… Current Map on INCI web doesn’t look like the one posted above.

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5492/

(10:14 Sunday 8/13/2017)

FireFamily
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FireFamily
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

The difference is the map posted on inci web is a public map. the one kym is sharing is a operational map designed for freighters, not the public. they often have different information sense the needs of the two audiences are so different. the constant part between the two maps should be the perimeter and acres.

Bozo
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Bozo
6 years ago

>”These pdf maps are usually the most accurate.”

I (usually) agree… but I’m not sure why the maps are wildly different…
and what the ‘chemical’ hazard is.

Interesting.

Don
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Don
6 years ago

Thanks for the updates. Keep them coming.
Don

Michael
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Michael
6 years ago

The area in yellow is old manganese mines from early last century, maybe left over mining chemicals in that area…cyanide was used often in old mining operations…Yellowjacket Mine area…

Michael
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Michael
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

That’s Yellowjacket Place further west. He was a tribal leader in the area. The USFS office in Mad River has pictures of him…Yellowjacket and Blue Jay mines are in the yellow area on the map..

Covelo or busted
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Covelo or busted
6 years ago
Reply to  Michael

Tribal leader?There was no tribe left.He was a good man.

Susan Nolan
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Susan Nolan
6 years ago
Reply to  Michael

Looks like the south slope of Red Mountain, in designated wilderness for decades.

laura
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laura
6 years ago

thank you for updates. occasional spotter planes do big circles over over the Blocksburg area and i was wondering why? the sky to the west looks clear all the way to the coast.

Silverlining
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Silverlining
6 years ago

Best of luck Kettempom.

Covelo or busted
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Covelo or busted
6 years ago

There are many names in this area with Yellow jacket, in the title…. Yellow jacket was a mans name……[Jack French was his” white” name i believe, he was friends w/Lucy Young] and some how survived the Holocaust.Dont get one place name confused with another because it has Yellowjacket in the title………Creek, mine, spring……

Ruthian
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Ruthian
6 years ago

The yellow area is a cartel grow area and has been for at least five years. I suspect they are warning firefighters to stay away from it.

Ruthian
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Ruthian
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

We have ran into their waterlines and catchment systems for years. They do not show up on google earth but they are there and have been reported yearly. Why they are still there would be a good story. It is very very rough terrain; it isn’t found by casual day hikers