Here’s What We Know about that Smoke

Smoke from the Shelly Fire in the Marble Mountains Wilderness as seen by Air Attack 05 on July 5. [Credit: Air Attack 05]

Currently, the Shelly Fire located in Siskiyou County, Klamath National Forest is bringing some Moderate smoke impacts (24hr avg AQI) along the Highway 96 corridor and river drainages due to nighttime and morning inversions. Conditions are expected to remain Moderate in impacted areas for the next several days. Overall, Good air quality conditions are expected along the coast.

Air quality monitors and the current Air Quality Index (AQI) for communities should be viewed at https://fire.airnow.gov. USFS Air Resource Advisors (ARAs) have not yet been assigned to fires impacting our area (https://outlooks.wildlandfiresmoke.net/outlook).

ALERT – Hazardous (AQI 301 and higher, 24 hr. avg):

None

ADVISORY – Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy (AQI 151-300 range, 24 hr. avg):

None

Regional Smoke Outlooks – Good , Moderate , to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (AQI 0-150 range):

Del Norte, Humboldt, and Trinity County – Overall, Good to Moderate air quality conditions with brief periods of increased smoke impacts inland and upper-level haze possible. Coastal areas are expected to have Good air quality with some haze aloft.Theseconditions are expected to occur through the week. This Air Quality Smoke Advisory will be updated as conditions substantially change.

 

U.S. EPA AIR QUALITY INDEX (https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/)
Notice	Level of Concern	AQI Value	Actions to Protect Yourself
	Good	0 – 50	None, air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk
	Moderate	51 – 100	Sensitive individuals should limit prolonged or heavy exertion
	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG)	101 – 150	People within USG should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion
Advisory	Unhealthy (UH)	151 – 200	People within USG should avoid all prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion
	Very Unhealthy (VUH)	201 – 300	Everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion
Alert	Hazardous (HAZ)	> 301	Everyone should avoid any outdoor activity

 

Air quality monitors and the current Air Quality Index (AQI) for communities should be viewed at https://fire.airnow.gov. Particulate Matter (PM2.5) monitors are presently located in Eureka, Crescent City, Hoopa, Willow Creek, Weaverville, and Gasquet.

Fire information can be found at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ or https://fire.airnow.gov/. Current weather information can be found at www.wrh.noaa.gov.

For further information, visit the District’s website at www.ncuaqmd.org or call the District’s Wildfire Response Coordinator at (707) 443-3093 x122.