This afternoon’s explosive growth, as of 4:45pm, was toward the east and southeast, and the SE spread mainly stayed in the canyon, not spreading significantly onto ridgetop. The fire was still east of Volcanoville Road between Mount Hope and the powerlines, shown in green.Past the powerlines to the south, the fire had crossed Volcanoville Road.
As of 4:45, the north flank appeared to be largely holding along Chicken-Hawk Ridge.
Red fill is 4:45 pm mapping.
Yellow is 12:45 pm mapping.
Green dots = structures.
Looking south over Foresthill Road.
Looking west over Volcanoville Road and the Rubicon River. Fire pushed hard toward the southeast in this view, which looks downriver.
A wider view to the NW.
The fire spread steadily downcanyon today. This view looks north over Foresthill.
Additional 4:45 pm FIRIS Maps:
Maps and commentary by: Ryan Cowper Stephens
MAP KEY:
RED perimeter to YELLOW perimeter represents 12 hours growth
RED perimeter was captured this afternoon, September 8th @ 4:45pm
YELLOW perimeter was captured this morning at 3am
Tiny GREEN squares are structures
Overview – September 8th, 4:45 pm.Looking southwest over the American River as fire crest’s the ridge to Volcanoville.At 4:45 pm, the Mosquito Fire was a little over a half mile from the Foresthill Elementary School.
As of 1:30pm, air-attack is saying the fire HAS crossed the river to the south, into El Dorado County,
The map below was captured at 12:45, right before the fire crossed the Middle Fork or Rubicon Rivers to the south. View below is to the east, upriver.
The fire has spread into Volcano Canyon, about 1.5 miles east of Foresthill.
The fire was mainly still south of Chicken-Hawk Road, but had slopped over at Michigan Bluff.
The fire spread about 1/4 – 1/3 mile to the east between 4am and 12:45pm.
EARLIER MAPS – from 3am FIRIS mapping – By Ryan Cowper Stephens.
Mosquito Fire MAP KEY:
RED Mosquito Fire perimeter to YELLOW Mosquito Fire perimeter represents 11 hours of fire growth
RED was captured this morning, September 8 at 4am
YELLOW Mosquito fire perimeter was captured yesterday September 7 at 4pm
GREEN lines are power transmission lines
GREEN boxes are structures
Other YELLOW fill on the map are wildfire perimeters from the past 10 years
The Mosquito Fire continued to grow overnight, most significantly to the north and east, up and through the Michigan Bluff area. The fire also grew and spotted in the direction of Foresthill to the west and progressed to the southeast up to the Mosquito Ridge Lookout and to Pennsylvania Point.
The Mosquito Fire is approximately 30 miles from Lake Tahoe.The Mosquito Fire is now approximately 1.75 miles from the Foresthill Elementary School.The Mosquito Fire is now approximately .8 of a mile from the Baker Ranch Mobile Home Park.The longest run in the last 12 hour mapping period was over .8 of a mile, where the fire has now established in the East Branch of El Dorado Canyon and El Dorado Creek Watershed.There’s a lot of folks living in harms way near the Mosquito Fire. This map shows structures east of the American River and within arms reach of the fire. The majority of residents live south and west from the immediate fire area and for now, the majority of the fire’s growth has been in the opposite direction.
Fork Fire
FORK FIRE MAP KEY:
RED perimeter to ORANGE perimeter represents 9.5 hours of fire growth
RED was captured this morning, September 8 at 2:30am
ORANGE perimeter was captured yesterday, September 7 at 5pm
GREEN lines are power transmission lines
The Fork Fire on the North Fork Rancheria is moving away from town to the southeast between Roads 222 and 225.Between 5pm yesterday and 2:30am this morning, the fire grew by nearly a mile and a half.The GREEN lines are power lines. The Fork Fire was .2 of a mille from the Powerhouse at 2:30am.
Fork Fire Weather Spot Forecast:
Radford Fire
No significant changes to the Radford Fire in the past 24 hours.
Radford Fire Weather Spot Forecast:
Fairview Fire
FAIRVIEW FIRE MAP KEY:
RED perimeter to ORANGE perimeter represents 12 hours of fire growth
RED was captured this morning, September 8 at 4am
ORANGE perimeter was captured yesterday, September 7 at 4pm
The Fairview Fire grew by leaps and bounds over the past 12-hour burn cycle. This area is home to one of the last remaining large contiguous stands of chaparral in southern California and hasn’t seen fire in nearly 100 years.This unnamed fire form 1928 provides some interesting indicators of how fire likes to move across this landscape.The fire jumped 2.7 miles to the south in a little under 12 hours.
