Red Salmon Complex UPDATE

California Interagency Incident Management Team 14 assumed command of the Red Salmon Complex yesterday at 6:00 p.m. This Complex includes both the Salmon Fire and the Red Fire, which were both lightning caused. The Red Salmon Complex is currently a total of 670 acres and 0% containment.

Both fires are actively burning in rugged and remote portions of the wilderness making access for firefighters difficult. A variety of helicopters will be assisting ground crews in actively working to suppress the fires.

The Salmon Fire was reported on July 27, 2020 and is located at the top of the Eightmile Creek drainage near Salmon Mountain in the Trinity Alps Wilderness portion of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The Salmon Fire is currently at 475 acres.  

The Red Fire is located in the Red Cap drainage about a mile west of the Salmon Summit Trailhead and about a mile east of Black Mountain on the Six Rivers National Forest. The Red Fire is currently 195 acres.

United States Department of the Interior

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Yosemite National Park

P.O. Box 577

Yosemite, California 95389

PUBLIC SAFETY CLOSURE ORDER

AUTHORITY

Under the authority of 54 U.S.C. Section 100751(a) and Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations §1.5(a)(1) the Superintendent is closing the following portion of the park to public use or certain activities.  This closure is necessary for the following reason(s):

            -Maintenance of public health and safety

CLOSURE AND/OR PUBLIC USE LIMIT

Due to Blue Jay and Wolf Fire activity, the following Yosemite National Park trails are closed to public use:.

-The trails from White Wolf to Harden Lake, Lukens Lake, Ten Lakes, Grant Lake, and the Pate Valley Trail

-The trail from Lukens Lake to Yosemite Creek Campground

-Yosemite Creek Campground trails from Tioga Road to the north rim of Yosemite Valley

-The trail from Tioga Road to Ten Lakes Pass and Grant Lakes.

Trail segments marked as closed on the accompanying map titled Fire Safety Closure Version 6 are closed to all travel.

EXCEPTIONS

There are no exceptions to this order.

DETERMINATION

This Public Safety Closure is required in order to maintain the health and safety of park visitors and employees and to allow fire management operations to continue unimpeded.

FIRE SAFETY CLOSURE

The Blue Jay Fire is a lightning fire, ignited in Yosemite National Park on July 24th, 2020 By order of the Superintendent of Yosemite National Park and under authority of Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section l.5(a) and Section (a)(l): In order to maintain the health and safety of park visitors and employees, and to allow fire management operations to continue unimpeded, the Superintendent of Yosemite National Park is expanding trail closures to include the trails to Ten Lakes Pass and Grant Lakes; the pre-existing closures for Lukens Lake-Yosemite Creek and Yosemite Creek Campground trails from Tioga road to the north rim of Yosemite Valley remain in effect. The trail segments marked on the accompanying map [found in the "Maps" tab] entitled Blue Jay Fire Safety Closure Version 5 are closed to all travel. The Blue Jay Fire has crossed trails with active fire and fire hazards in the area include:

• Falling limbs, snags (dead standing trees), and fire damaged trees
• Possible smoky conditions which may cause respiratory problems
• Poor visibility due to smoke
• Hot ash and unseen hazards

Fire Safety Closure

The Blue Jay Fire is a lightning fire, ignited in Yosemite National Park on July 24th, 2020.

By order of the Superintendent of Yosemite National Park and under authority of Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1.5(a) and Section (a)(l):

In order to maintain the health and safety of park visitors and employees, and to allow fire management operations to continue unimpeded, the Superintendent of Yosemite National Park has closed:

• Ten Lakes trail to the Lukens Lake Junction (first junction north of Tioga road)

• Middle Fork Tuolumne River trail between Ten lakes and Lukens Lake trails

• Lukens Lake Trail from Tioga Road to Lukens Lake

• Lukens Lake Trailhead to Yosemite Creek

• Yosemite Creek trails from Tioga Road to the north rim of Yosemite Valley

The trail segments marked on the accompanying map entitled Blue Jay Fire Safety Closure Version 4 are closed to all travel.

The Blue Jay Fire has crossed trails with active fire and fire hazards in the area include:

• Falling limbs, snags (dead standing trees), and fire damaged trees

• Possible smoky conditions which may cause respiratory problems

• Poor visibility due to smoke

• Hot ash and unseen hazards

Notice of closure will be posted and area will be monitored to ensure compliance. Your cooperation in complying with this temporary restriction is greatly appreciated. Please see attached map for more information.

The designation will remain in place until rescinded.

7/31/2020 - Firefighters on the Klamath National Forest continue to make good progress controlling the fires that resulted from the lightning that was received earlier this week. Of the 35 fires that were discovered, 18 have been called out, 14 are controlled or contained, and three are moving towards containment. Some of the additional resources that were brought in to support local firefighters are being released as activity winds down. This week firefighters worked in adverse conditions to control fires that burned across the forest. Two heat-related injuries have been reported during this event. The three fires that are still working towards containment are all on the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District. None of these fires have increased in acreage. Three miles south of Beaver Creek Campground, the Little Soda Fire is 54 acres with 60% containment. The 96 Fire, located three miles downriver of Horse Creek on Highway 96, is also reporting 60% containment today. It remains at nine acres. Near Happy Camp, the Doolittle Fire is 11 acres and 95% contained. Firefighters remain on scene at each of these fires, strengthening control lines and mopping up.

To read the full news release, click here.

The map for July 31, 2020 shows fire status and location of the 35 lightning-caused fires from the July 26 and 27 storms as of today.  Click to download the .pdf file.

Firefighters have been busy the last several days after widespread lightning started 35 fires on the Klamath National Forest. Additional engines, crews, dozers and aircraft were brought in from neighboring units to bolster local firefighting capabilities. Firefighters have been working in steep terrain and very high temperatures to contain these fires. Two heat-related injurieshave been reported during this event.
 Today is the first day that no new lightning fires were discovered since the storms came through.  Most of the fires are less than .25 acres in size. All but three of these fires are contained, in patrol status, or have been called out. The three fires that remain active have fire personnel on scene strengthening containment lines and mopping up.

To see the full news release, click here. 

 Active fires on the Klamath National Forest as of July 30, 2020

Click here to download a .pdf of the map 

 Link to July 29, 2020 News Release:  Klamath National Forest Fighting Multiple Fires from Recent Lighting

 View the 7/28/2020 news release:  Click here