Red Salmon Complex, Which Is Burning in Three Counties, Grew 1500 Acres in the Last Day

Red Salmon Complex

The Red Salmon Fire burning at dusk. [Crop of a photo from Yurok Fire, courtesy of Cheif Rod Mendes]

The Red Salmon Complex, located in northern Humboldt and Trinity Counties and Southwestern Siskiyou County, grew over 1500 acres in the last day and is now 39,149 acres and still only 19% contained. The fire is about 8 miles as the crow flies from the town of Hoopa.

The fire was quite active and running uphill and torching some trees yesterday and continues its push towards Hoopa lands. Currently, it is over a mile from them. According to the Norther California Geographic Coordination Center, “Threats remains to cultural and historic sites of the Karuk, Hoopa, and Yurok Tribes, Spotted Owl and Coho Salmon Habitat, high value forest and tribal timberlands, and to trail systems in the Trinity-Alps Wilderness. Road, trail and area closures in effect.”

The Resources:

Red Salmon resources 9.7

The Plan:

According to information on InciWeb,

The inversion lifted slightly yesterday afternoon and the southeastern portion of the fire in One Mile Creek became active. Dozers continued to clear line in the southwest area of the fire, largely by reopening existing lines from previous fires. Crews continued to conduct firing operations along the 10N02 Road, around Bear Creek camp and Pack Saddle Ridge to create a buffer and strengthening the road as a containment line. The southwest corner of the fire stayed north of Tish Tang Creek, holding along Tish Tang Ridge. Firefighters continued to patrol the northeast portion of the fire along Nordheimer Creek and China Creek.

Fire crew efforts will be focused today clearing dozer lines created during the Corral Fire of 2013, near the fire perimeter in the southwest area of the fire. Tactical firing operations continue along 10N02 Road, which serves as a primary line containing the fire east of the Hoopa Valley Reservation. Along the northwestern and northeastern flanks of the fire, crews will continue to patrol and mop-up further strengthening containment lines.

Compelling Imagery From the Fire

Red Salmon Complex [Photo from Yurok Fire]

Red Salmon Complex [Photo from Yurok Fire]

Red Salmon Complex [Photo from Yurok Fire]

Red Salmon Complex [Photo from Yurok Fire]

The Weather:  

A Red Flag Warning is in effect from tonight at 10 until Wednesday at 8 a.m.

Like most of the rest of the state, the areas surrounding the fire are expected to be hot and dry and creating “critically dry fuels,” according to fire officials.

Winds will be coming from the west towards the afternoon today and gusting up to 12 mph.

The Closures:

According to information issued on InciWeb,

The Red Salmon Fire Forest Closure Area became effective on August 8, 2020 under Forest Supervisor’s orders on the Klamath, Shasta-Trinity, and Six Rivers National Forests. As hunting seasons open, hunters are reminded the closure is in place for their safety as well as the safety of firefighters. Complete closure information is available on InciWeb for the Red Salmon Complex.

The Maps:

  • Operations Map –to see details either zoom or click on the map and download a pdf.
Screengrab of the operations map.

Screengrab of the operations map.

 

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

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Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago

Kym, your link embedded in the operations map has a ‘v’ at the end of ‘pdf’… won’t load as is.

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

You’re welcome. Inciweb has stopped posting operations maps so I was excited to see one. They give a much better guage as to how much and where incident command anticipates the fire to grow.

Bozo
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Bozo
3 years ago

>“Threats remains to cultural and historic sites of the Karuk, Hoopa, and Yurok Tribes, Spotted Owl and Coho Salmon Habitat, high value forest and tribal timberlands, and to trail systems in the Trinity-Alps Wilderness. Road, trail and area closures in effect.”

Yup. According to our resident ‘Greenies’. Let it burn.
Don’t want to er… ‘massacre’ the wildlife with fire lines.

Connie Corp
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Connie Corp
3 years ago

As an environmentalist, contributor to the line drawn that became the Trinity Alps Wilderness , and defender of wilderness areas all over this country, I would like to point out that painting people with a broad brush and labeling people as “greenies” is not only insulting but inaccurate. I don’t believe in letting it burn or destroying important indigenous areas, or needed habitat for animals. I do believe in keeping firefighters safe in dangerous terrain, using minimal invasive measures in sensitive areas and allowing the firefighting agencies to do their jobs. When I have a difference of opinion or questions I go to them and ask for information. Unless you’re part of the Team in charge….let them do their job.

Bozo
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Bozo
3 years ago
Reply to  Connie Corp

>”…firefighting agencies to do their jobs…”

Dunno on that point. Kym posted a nice letter advising us to ‘let it burn’.
Other posters said that firefighter dozer lines would be a ‘massacre’ to wildlife.
I disagreed.

Your post sounds like it was written by some sort of committee.

” insulting but inaccurate”
“destroying important indigenous areas”
“needed habitat”
“firefighters safe”
“minimal invasive measures”
“Team in charge”

My point of view… Log it, Graze it, or Watch it Burn.

These days, we:

Step 1) Watch it burn.
Step 2) Leave the charred trees standing around. (Good for woodpeckers and bark beetles).
Step 3) Don’t re-plant the trees.
Step 4) Land turns to brush lands.
Step 5) Burns again.