Kerlin Fire: Maps and Information

The Kerlin Fire which began September 4 around 3 p.m. reached 975 acres this morning and is 0% contained, according to the latest maps (See below). [NOTE: earlier estimations were over 2700 acres but have been revised downwards from satellite imagery.] Mandatory evacuations are in place for residents on either side of County Road 311 from Lake Mountain Ranch to Dead Man’s Point in Trinity County.

Images:

Evacuation Information:

According to the American Red Cross, an evacuation shelter is located at the Solid Rock Church, at the intersection of Hwy 3 and Tule Creek Road in Hayfork. 

The School:

According to Mountain Valley Unified School District,

Due to the fire road closure, the school bus will only be running to just before Lucky Trail on Hyampom Road. We are all thinking of our students, their families, and their community that are being affected by the Kerlin Fire in Hyampom and wishing for their continued safety!

The bus run will resume its normal route as soon as the road has opened.

The Weather:  

The temperatures will be in the nineties today with a slight wind coming from the northwest in the afternoon.

The Roads:

Trinity County Department of Transportation tweeted a map to the road closures last night.

Road closure map Kerlin Fire sept 6

The MAPS:

    • Kerlin Fire Operations Map –to see details either zoom or click on the map and download a pdf.
      Kerlin Fire Operations Map Sept 6

      Kerlin Fire Operations Map Sept 6 [Note: acreage on this map is an estimate that has been revised downwards]

  • Kerlin Fire KMZ Map–Zoom for detail or for 3D imagery, click on the map and download a file that connects with your Google Earth program.

    Kerlin Fire Heat Map Sept 6

    Kerlin Fire Heat Map Sept 6

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Guests
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Guests
5 years ago

These fires make my heart ache.

Forcing Us Out of the Forest
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Forcing Us Out of the Forest
5 years ago

$1000 bucks says Calfire will let this one get enormous before they send in a serious force to fight this fire. Remember Calfire is working with the United Nations along with many other Nations to implement agenda 21 which will move people living scattered in “resource protection zones” into urban “population centers”. The fires will be used as the excuse why people cannot live in or visit these “high fire risk,resource protection zones”. Calfire is now in the business of “controlling and directing” fires, has anyone noticed this? They allow these fires to get enormous, protect the urban zones with neighborhoods and critical infastructure, then they backfire. The end result will be like in Sonoma where people are not allowed to rebuild their house after the fire due to “increased fire risk zoning”
When California was formed it was the plan to only have ranchers, farmers and elites living in these hills, and that worked for 110 years untill the 1960’s “back to the land movement. In the 1950’s after the end of WW2 the logging began again again, this time in interior Forests and this time with bulldozers, skinner cats, and all kinds of heavy machinery, which destroyed the forest like never before; before this it was oxen and steam donkey. After mechanized l9gging it became clear it would take a very long time for these forests to heal or “produce” timber again. This foiled the plan to keep these “worthless logged over timberlands” in timber company and rancher control since the timber companies, industrialists and ranchers all realized they could log the land, then sell the land to “back to the land” hippies and make way more money$$$ than selling logged over clearcut and destroyed forest lands or holding onto them for the next 75 year logging cycle.
The goal now is to force those people outta the “tpz timber production zones” and outta the “rangeland zones” . These fires are allowed to get big purposefully. I wonder who is the head and top brass at Calfire who cintinues to let these infernos grow to unprecedented size and monstrosity?? Time for the general public to demand answers rather than sit back and let calfire watch the whole state burn up, why are they not hiring more firefighters every year and increasing Calfires budget? Because evrything you are witnessing is in Agenda 21 and their actual plans.

Cloud Seeding
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Cloud Seeding
5 years ago

We need more cloud seeding!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_21

Ice
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Ice
5 years ago

Forcing Us: It’s a Forest Service fire. Cal fire has nothing to do with it. Forest Service is Federal money, nothing to do with Cal fire budget. So your wntire rant is for nothing. Forest Service is sending all they can but has hands full with other fires like the Delta fire near Shasta lake.

Guest who?
Guest
Guest who?
5 years ago

Sounds like you could use some oxygen. You’ve been breathing too much smoke!
CalFire is not present. Their agenda doesn’t go to 21.
Time to put on your Illuminati Hard Hat!
The Rothschilds have taken control of CalFire!!! They took over FoodStamps and track your purchases on your EBT card!
AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!
RUN!

Canyon oak
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Canyon oak
5 years ago

Looks like it’s headed straight for the grow cuts.

Emeral
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Emeral
5 years ago

Boy all these fires I’m thinking the price of weed will stabilize this yr. Mendo burnt trinity burnt shasta burnt lake burnt between the fires and the abatements this may be what the market needs.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Emeral

Yup. That’s what matters. The money growers make.

Chuck U
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Chuck U
5 years ago

That is some revision downward! 2 completely different animals, we were a bit fatalistic with 2700 in 24hrs! Burn scar and dozer lines from 2015 to consider, courtesy of kymkemp.com. Kym is the best!!!

https://kymkemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/iap_11x17_land_MPIndex_20150824_0700_RouteComplex_CASRF1476.pdf

Kasey Wildheart
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Kasey Wildheart
5 years ago

Need to know the source of these figures and an official update from fire authorities, our local volunteer fire dept in Hyampom is standing by 2700 and 0%. We need verification. Thanks!

Guest
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Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I don’t know how you do it. I go to government sites but working through their layers of indecipherable jargon and various screen reroutes always frustrates the heck out of me. I’m always grateful when I see an issue come up on this site when finally the information I want is concisely there.

Grumpy
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Grumpy
5 years ago

Air Attack just ordered a Lead plane 3 large air tankers and a Vlat to the fire

Kym Kemp Rules
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Kym Kemp Rules
5 years ago

Kym, where is my comment, why am I on moderation?

Grumpy
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Grumpy
5 years ago

At 1215 4 Lats ( large air tankers) 1 Vlat ( very large air tanker) and 1 Lead plane assigned to Kerlin fire

Chuck U
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Chuck U
5 years ago

Serious air show right now!!! Not used to DC-10 full thrust over my house! I’ll take the camera up to where I can see down valley when I go load firewood.

Chuck U
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Chuck U
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I gave it some time to reload and went to a good vantage point and waited a good half hour, nothing. I think they have been diverted to the Delta.

Chuck U
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Chuck U
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Yes, but I had a mouth full of turkey sandwich when I heard it. Nothing solid like late morning to be able to go sit and wait but I will carry my camera as I work.

Chuck U
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Chuck U
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

We all know how you feel about me laying on the couch eating bon bon’s while you are busting your butt to provide the best fire coverage anywhere, it is quite clear.

local yocal
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local yocal
5 years ago

looks like 4 100ft greenhouses are getting ready to “Go Up In Smoke”.

local yocal
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local yocal
5 years ago

Its like a little trinity pines lots of greenhouse .

Pinkasso
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Pinkasso
5 years ago

Large number of air tankers hitting this fire right now. been seeing them fly over me most of the day. seems a big push going on right now.

Chuck U
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Chuck U
5 years ago

Gusty winds and 24% RH

Nobody
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Nobody
5 years ago

It’s silly to think it’s held at 975 acres and 0 contained. I also find it hard to believe anybody there obeyed mandatory evacuations. I can look at the incident map & determine structures burnt & already know there probably a lot more than crops destroyed. Some genuinely decent humans probably didn’t make it out. Ironically this ordeal best bet for government take away few legit homesteads left