8/19/08 Edits - Canyon Complex Update
Incident: Canyon Complex Wildland Fire
Released: 8/19/2008
Canyon Complex Fire Information Update
www.inciweb.org and www.fs.fed.us/r5/plumas/
Contact: Public Information Office (530) 283-2050
FRIDAY, August 15, 2008 - 8 am PDT Update - This the last formal update for this complex.
News & Events for the Canyon Complex:
- Crews have completed rehab work on all primary and contingency control lines as of today.
- Interior burning continues to put up occasional smoke plumes from the Canyon Complex. Several of these smoke plumes continue to concern residents. Mop up of all smokes within 300 feet of the burned perimeter has been completed as of today. Crews will begin systematic patrol of this complex today.
- The Pacific Crest Trail is now open from State highway 70 South through the Bucks Area Wilderness to LaPorte Road. It is closed from State Highway 70, north and northwest to the Pumas-Lassen National Forests Boundary. There is no alternate route available. PCT hikers are advised to utilize the Plumas Transit bus service from Quincy to Chester; then pick up the PCT in Chester.
CANYON COMPLEX STATUS: The potential for high fire behavior still exists within the Canyon Complex with re-burn potential low to moderate. Moderate fire behavior continues to be observed in isolated areas of interior unburned pockets; the expectation is to see occasional columns of smoke. Overall, fire behavior is currently low, with the fire backing downhill, smoldering and creeping. Rehab is 100 percent complete on both the north and south branches. This fire is now in patrol status. The Belden fire is still only 70% contained.
Forest Closures: A new Pacific Crest Trail Closure (Forest Order No. 10-08) is now in effect. Also, go to www.fs.fed.us/r5/plumas/ for more information on forest closure Order No. 12-08 (Canyon Complex). Both closures remain in effect at this time.
FIRE FACTS:
CANYON COMPLEX: Started: June 21, 2008; Cause: Lightning; Location: Feather River, Mount Hough and Beckwourth Ranger Districts; Acres: 37,831; Cost: $45,345,783; Resources: 2 crews, 1 helicopter, 1 engine, 2 dozers, 7 water tenders, 104 total personnel. Expected containment date for the Canyon Complex, because of the Belden Fire, is September 30, 2008.
FIRE BEHAVIOR: Minimal fire activity at this time.
For Air Quality and Defensible Space Info: Plumas County Air Quality Info: http://www.countyofplumas.com/air quality 08 01 08.pdf; Plumas County Fire Safe Council: http://plumasfiresafe.org/.
COOPERATING AGENCIES & PARTNERS: Plumas County Sheriff, Butte County Sheriff, Cal Fire, California Highway Patrol, Cal Trans Plumas and other resources.
