South Fork Complex Quiet as Firefighters Work on Completing Suppression Repair
Heavy equipment removing hazard trees along the eastern flank of the fire where snags remain a safety concern for firefighters as they attempt to add direct control lines along the fire’s edge. [Image from InciWeb]
This will be the last update unless significant changes occur.
3-9 Fire: 2,840 acres with 85% containment
Pellitreau Fire: 3 acres with 100% containment
Pilot Fire: 1,055 acres with 100% containment
Sulphur Fire: 31 acres with 100% containment
3,929 acres and 90% overall containment for the South Fork Complex
A total of 149 personnel, crews, air support, engines, dozers, and water tenders support the incident.
A new flight over the fire areas using infrared to find heat sources occurred in the evening of 9/26/2023. The storm event was not sufficient to fully suppress interior heat sources such as burning stumps and root systems underground. Crews continue to patrol the fire perimeters and work to complete suppression repair.
3-9 Fire –Heavy equipment and crews are fully engaged with chipping operations along Route 1. The public can expect to see large dump trucks transporting the chips along Route 1 and Highway 36.
Forest Closure: Forest Closure Order for the South Fork Complex Fire continues to be in effect and is posted on the Six Rivers National Forest website. Please avoid closed areas.
Other Important Information:
There is a forest closure order. Hunters and other folks who want to visit the area be aware. See here for the closure order. See Map of area here.
Important links to also watch:
Earlier:
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- Red Flag Warning Issued as Lightning Strikes Pepper the Emerald Triangle
- Powerful Lightning Storm Leaves Multiple Fires to Combat in Northwestern California
- Lightning-Sparked Wildfires Stretch Resources in Northwestern California; Head Fire in Siskiyou County Estimated Over 3000 Acres
- Wildfires Unleashed on Northwestern California: Thousands of Acres Covered by Flames, Evacuations Ordered Following Lightning Storms
- Red Flag Warning Over the South Fork Complex Mostly Burning in Humboldt County But Threatening Hyampom in Trinity County
- The South Fork Complex, Burning Mainly in Humboldt County but Perched Near Hyampom in Trinity County, Grows
- Progress Being Made on the South Fork Complex Fires
- The South Fork Complex in Eastern Humboldt Near Hyampom Is Now 2,338 acres and Has 20% Containment
- Firefighters Worried About Wind and Rising Temperatures on the South Fork Complex
- Red Flag Warning Conditions Over the South Fork Complex Worry Firefighters
- South Fork Complex Cooler Today
- South Fork Complex Continues to Grow Though Slowly in Eastern Humboldt CO. on the Doorstep of the Hyampom Community in Western Trinity CO.
- Firefighters Use Cooler Temperatures to Build Containment Lines on the South Fork Complex Near Hyampom
- New Evacuation Warnings Issued for Areas of Humboldt County as South Fork Complex Increases Activity
- [UPDATE 8:14 a.m.: 400 Acre ‘Slopover’] South Fork Complex Fueled by Northern Winds, Edges Closer to Vital Hwy 36 Corridor
- No Major Movement on Southern Perimeter of the South Fork Complex
- All Evacuation Warnings in Humboldt and Trinity Counties Lifted for the South Fork Complex
- Favorable Conditions Allow Progress on the South Fork Complex as Firefighters Increase Overall Containment to 70%
- Firefighters Cleanup on the South Fork Complex as Containment Reaches 75%
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>”3-9 Fire –Heavy equipment and crews are fully engaged with chipping operations along Route 1. The public can expect to see large dump trucks transporting the chips along Route 1 and Highway 36.”
That is bloody amazing ! The snags have been standing there about 5 years (or so) !
(Since the last fire.) FS should have cleared them a long time ago.
Yep. 8 years, actually, since thes August 2015 fires. And now they are leveraging relatively unlimited fire suppression funds to make up for their past failure. The featured photo is MILES from the actual fire area FYI.
Six Rivers N.F management is a joke.
So what is that machine RHBB? Guess what they are doing? Yep.
Machine is a Feller-Buncher. Fells trees and if they are small, bunches them together. Photo looks to be taken at FH1 (Forest Highway 1) on South Fork Mtn.
They cant haul logs to a mill immediately after a fire when there is marketable timber but they can grind it and haul chips. It just doesn’t seem to make any sense unless it’s the obvious. Lobby for funds and just spend baby! That pic shows two fellerbunchers operating at several hundred bucks an hour each removing trees in an area that was burned years ago. I would be abated if I treated my private property the way the government manages our public lands. Does all this wasteful spending stop if there’s a government shut down? Unfortunately not. The cronies will still get their cut and the only thing that will close is the parks. But the government employees will still get paid to make sure no one goes into the parks. Absolutely ridiculous!
Salvage logs > Chips or sawlogs depends on the ‘cooking’ of the wood. On the tops of the ridges, they had huge fire-winds. Completely cooked logs… also burned most of the organic material out of the soil. In this case, the USFS left the burned snags… until they started to fall across the road.
On the other hand… timber companies took out most the dead trees, either for sawlogs or chips.
North end of FH1 (Titlow Hill Road), a year ago, they cleared the road as a fire break for the Ammon Ridge fires. Developed some sawlogs. Cut sawlogs are still sitting there, with a sign on them saying ‘timber sale’… and are deteriorating. Another year and they will be worthless.
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Go figure.
Completely false nonsense based on conjecture.
Salvaged logs have value for an amount of time largely determined by diameter and climate conditions.
But the biggest factor is the FACT that “environmentalists” non-profits, primarily concerned with raising funds from donors, rabidly object to all post fire action taken by land management agencies.
This is all public record FYI.
If you want to get angry at someone, call EPIC.
(Sighs…) I worked in the Timber industry for 40 years. Did you ?
You could work there another 40 and still learn nothing. Based on your verbiage you are not a forester, so “worked in timber industry” means nothing.
You could work in the “timber industry” forever and still have no real knowledge of forestry or ecology.
If I want to know about trees and timber I ask a forester, not a log truck driver or mill employee.
Especially one who adds no substance to a discussion, but relies on his resume to backup his false claims.
(Sighs again.)