Sheep Fire Update
Incident: Sheep Fire Wildfire
Released: 9/8/2010
The Sheep Fire, in Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Forest has grown to 4,857
acres based upon a mapping mission last night (3012 acres on the park and 1,845 acreson the
forest).
The Sheep Fire continues to grow predominately to the west. Hot and dry conditions over the last
wekk have encouraged fire growth. Cooler temperatures and higher relative humidities are
forecasted for this area for the next few days.
Visitors to the Cedar Grove should anticipate significant smoke in the valley at periods
throughout the day. Visitors to Hume Lake should expect smoke in the valley in the morning
hours. This is based on inversion patterns that hold the smoke in the valley. As the day warms and
the inversion breaks, smoke should lift out of the valley.
The Don Cecil Trail in Kings Canyon National Park (from the trailhead at Cedar Grove to the
park boundary) and the Kanawyer Trail on Forest Service land are closed for public safety. These
trail closures are in effect until further notice. The U.S. Forest Service has issued a temporary area
closure for the Sheep Fire on the Hume Lake Ranger District between Horse Corral Meadow and
the Kings River and from Corral Meadow east to the boundary with Kings Canyon National Park.
There are 53 personnel assigned to the incident and it has cost $875,000 to date.
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