McKinney and Yeti Fires – August 4, 2022

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McKinney and Yeti Fires
Maps: Zeke Lunder
Captions: Ryan Stephens

Table of Contents:

  1. McKinney and Yeti Fire Weather Forecast
  2. McKinney Fire
  3. Yeti Fire

 

McKinney and Yeti Fire Weather Forecast:

—McKinney Fire—

To better understand what’s happening around the fire and in our maps, Click here to watch the Thursday morning August 4 McKinney fire operational update from KNF facebook page.

 

McKinney Fire Behavior Forecast:

 

McKinney Infrared Lookout Maps:

LOOKOUT MAP KEY: Areas shaded RED are where the fire is most active. Areas shaded YELLOW are where the fire is cooling down.
RED to WHITE perimeter lines represent approximately 24 hours growth as of 9:37pm on August 3.
BLACK lines are dozer lines that may or may not have been completed.
Area shaded in BLUE are recent wildfire perimeters.

Overview of the #McKinneyFire looking north.
Looking north up the Indian Creek drainage. (See the fire behavior forecast for Branch IV). A lot of dozer and hand line has been put in on the edge of the fire here, and very little spread has occurred in center of image in past several days.

Overview of all Ops in Branch V.

A closer look at containment line progress on the south end of the fire.

Looking northeast near the Mill Creek drainage. (See the fire behavior forecast for Branch X). Fire continues to back actively into Mill Creek.
Looking south over the Klamath River and Highway 96. (See the Fire behavior forecast for Branch XX). Fire made a run to the northeast in the upper-center of this image.
Looking southwest at China Peak and the eastern edge of the fire. (See the fire behavior forecast for Branch I). No, discernible growth in this part of the fire.

—Yeti Fire (previously China2)—

MIDDAY UPDATE – 8/4/2022, 2pm.
Noon FIRIS flight shows progression of firing along West Grider Road overnight, and of slopover above China Grade Road.
Color fills are from last night’s IR flight. Red outline is from noon on August 4 FIRIS data.

Firing on west side of fire. Slopover in center of image was lined overnight, per Ops briefing on KNF Facebook page. The aerials show an old road there. Unclear on status of spots to the east.

Firing along the West Grider Road was tied into handline down to bottom of the hill. Solid red fill shows fire’s extent at about 9:45pm, last night.

EARLIER…

We got some nice photos of the Yeti underburning low and slow down to the Klamath river. These photos were taken Yesterday, August 3 around noon and are coming to us from Jamie Allen in Seiad Valley, CA.

To better understand what’s happening around the fire and in our maps, click here to watch the Thursday morning, August 4 Yeti and Alex fire operational update from the KNF Facebook page.

 

Yeti Fire Behavior Forecast:

Yeti Infrared Lookout Maps:

LOOKOUT MAP KEY: Areas shaded RED are where the fire is most active. Areas shaded YELLOW are where the fire is cooling down.
RED to WHITE perimeter lines represent approximately 25 hours growth as of 10pm last night, August 3rd.
TEAL lines are from 12pm yesterday afternoon, August 3rd.
BLACK lines are dozer lines that may or may not have been completed.
Area shaded in BLUE are recent wildfire perimeters.
TAN fill under the Yeti perimeter is the 1987 China Fire.

 

Overview of the Yeti Fire looking north.
Looking northeast. Firing operations were initiated on the ridge in center of map to keep pace with the fire’s spread to the west, downriver. Teal line shows fire edge at about noon on August 3. Firing continued to the west. Red shows heat at about 10pm on August 3. There was some slopover on the firing in the center of the image. Light tan fill shows extent of 1987 China Fire. Dark blue on right is 2014 Frying Pan Fire.
Looking east. Light blue in foreground is edge of 2020 Slater Fire.
Looking south east. 2020 Slater Fire on right. Light green fill on left is 2012 Goff Fire.
Looking west. The fire is well-established in West Grider Creek. Firing operations appear to have been conducted off of the road system in center-left of image.
Looking northwest. Slopover from firing on the ridge left of center is where red outline dips below green (noon on August 3) perimeter.

***END MCKINNEY AND YETI FIRE