Lookout maps and commentary by: Ryan Cowper Stephens
Table of Contents:
Smith Complex
Happy Camp Complex
SRF Lightning Complex
There are a number of fires burning in far Northwestern California and now we’ve got maps to prove it. Due to a mechanical failure on the plane used to map these fires up north, we’ve had four straight days of UTF (unable to fly) status. Not having accurate mapping on fires can cause many logistical issues on the ground for firefighters and at minimum, it’s stressful for people who live near these fires to be completely in the dark about where the active fire is and which way it’s moving. Last night, they finally got wings in the air and we now should have very accurate infrared perimeters for many of the fires.
SMITH COMPLEX:
Progression Map:
Ops map:
IAP:
Smith Complex IR interpreter’s log book:
Although they got a plane up, the IR scan for the Smith Complex was partially corrupted.
Smith Complex Lookout 12 hour progression maps
Red to Orange fill in the fire perimeter represents 12 hours of fire progression
Smith Complex Overview:
Kelly Fire Overview:
Kelly Fire Looking East up HWY 199 :
Over the past 12 hours between IR mapping, fire spread to the south and west. Fire moved along the 199 corridor to the west, into the Cedar Forest campground. To the South fire ran 1.76 miles up Coon Mountain.
Holiday, Diamond, Corral Fires Overview:
Holiday Spread:
Fire spread 2.37 miles North to the California/Oregon border
HAPPY CAMP COMPLEX
Ops Map:
Canyon, Elliot, Ufish, and Malone Fires
Branch X:
Head Fire
Branch XX:
Head Fire Topo Map:
Head Fire Lookout Maps
Overview:
Scott Bar Looking west:
Hamburg Looking East:
New Start?:
SRF LIGHTNING COMPLEX (Includes Bluff Complex, Glen, Lost, Let er-Buck, Pearch, and Lone Pine Fires)
Briefing Map Overview ALL FIRES:
IAP:
PEARCH FIRE
Note poor IR data in maps*
Pearch Topo:
BLUFF COMPLEX
Bluff Complex Overview:
LONE PINE FIRE
Briefing Map:
Lone Pine Topo Map: