Containment on the Hill Fire in Humboldt County Continues to Grow
Hill Fire [Image from 2024 Hill Fire Facebook page]
Press release from InciWeb:
CURRENT SITUATION:
Yesterday, firefighters were able to keep the spot fire on Sugarloaf Mountain in check. Moderate weather helped keep fire activity to a minimum and the fire stayed within containment lines. While the suppression of Sugarloaf Mountain remains the priority, fire personnel continue to mop up and patrol other areas of the perimeter.
Suppression repairs begin today with hand crews and excavators. Working closely with resource advisors, crews will restore dozer lines in the fire area to their natural condition. Repairs after wildfires are necessary to aid the process of healing the affected environment. These repairs include but are not limited to, returning roads to their original conditions, cleaning culverts for proper drainage, and clearing slash piles. Moderate weather conditions are expected to remain in the area today, supporting these recovery operations.
Many hazards still exist within the fire interior. Smoke may be visible as stumps, logs, and other materials continue to burn well within the containment lines.
WEATHER:
A cutoff shortwave trough passing over the area today will create a complex but generally moderate fire weather environment. Southeast wind in the morning will generally enhance the surface inversion and delay afternoon sea breeze, similar to how it did Friday. That said, cool marine air easing into the area will continue to gradually decrease temperatures and increase relative humidity, especially in the afternoon. Winds will generally be terrain influenced, with gusts generally below 15mph. Marine influence will only increase Sunday, with slightly better smoke mixing.
CLOSURES:
Forest Closure Order currently in effect for the area impacted by the Hill Fire. It is temporarily prohibited to be on any national forest system land, trail, or road within the closure area. To view the closure order and map of closure area visit the following link www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1191963.pdf.
Road closures are currently in place on Friday Ridge Rd. at Forest Service Route 6N06, Friday Ridge Rd. at Forest Route 5N01 and Friday Fridge Rd. at Forest Route 5N04. For updated road closure information, visit protect.genasys.com or humboldtsheriff.org/emergency.
FIRE RESTRICTIONS:
Forest fire restrictions also went into effect on July 12th. Campfires and stove fires are restricted to those developed areas listed in the forest order located at https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1188610.pdf.
Smoking, welding, and operating an internal combustion engine also have restrictions in place.
EVACUATIONS:
Humbolt County: Evacuation order and warnings remain in effect. For current updates on evacuations, visit https://www.facebook.com/HumboldtSheriff and https://humboldtgov.org/2383/Current-Emergencies.
Conditions are subject to change at any time, visit https://protect.genasys.com/search for a full zone description.
Sign up for Humboldt Alert emergency notifications at https://humboldtgov.org/2014/Emergency-Notifications
Trinity County: Evacuation warnings remain in effect. For current updates on evacuations, visit https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064589806351 and https://www.trinitycounty.org/OES
Evacuation Center:
For information on assistance available to those displaced by the Hill Fire, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767.)
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services in coordination with the Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services and the American Red Cross-Gold Country Region established an Evacuation Center for those impacted by the Hill Fire to receive fire information. The Evacuation Center is located at Trinity Valley Elementary School, 730 CA-96 in Willow Creek. The center is not open to the public, however information on how to request assistance is posted at this location.
Total Resources: 1578 personnel, 42 Crews, 96 Engines, 37 Heavy Equipment, 11 Helicopters
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Ya know. If they logged more up there it would cut the fuel loads way down thus the fires would not be as bad , get more money to USFS and save the state on money fighting fires.
But alas the idiots in sacramento and DC are smarter than the folks who grew up here.
I am talking well thought out logging not the maxam bullshit but we’ll thought out logging plans.
Gotta have mills to take it to.
Mill on-site using portable mills.
Gotta be able to meet building codes and sell it at Lowes and home dumbo.
https://us.fsc.org/en-us/certification/certifying-bodies-in-the-us
Don’t want a bunch of dipshits on the ranch, a forester can approve a harvest and then an operator can chop and load. Oh yeah, the price of fuel and other commifornia factors make it easier to source lumber from places where the environazis don’t have as much power.
Smaller mills (mostly) died as the USFS converted from Forest Management to er… ‘Recreation’. Conversion started big time about 40 years ago.
Cut it all down and rake the forest floor to remove any organic matter that could catch fire.
And if it’s gets too hot after all the logging and the burning, we’ll all move to Greenland…and move…and move…and move as the permafrost melts and the landmass shrinks.
And while it is true that all the wealth from all the logging will go to the top 1%, we have well learned the lessons taught us by The Gilded Age, which showcased the Trickle-down Economics which have faithfully produced that burgeoning middle class that we all enjoy.
That’s what the fires are doing.
Thank you
Could they use the supertanker on this one or the Park fire?
The national forest service finally OK the use of 3 of the C-130s with MAFFS systems last week, that should help. You gotta wonder why it takes them so long to bring out the big guns though.