• View of Half Dome and Washington Column in Yosemite Valley

    Yosemite

    National Park California

Fire Photos

Rainbow colors show progression of fire on Yosemite topo map
Slope Fire: Progression map as of Oct. 1
 
Colors designate fire's spread on park map
Vernon Fire: Progression map as of Sept. 29.
 
 
Vernon and Slope fires: Two smoke plumes across blue sky
View two lighting-caused wildfires in this one photo: Vernon Fire smoke plume on left and Slope Fire plume in distance on right.  Photo taken from Moraine Ridge, northwest of Lake Vernon, on the first weekend in September.
 
Forest scene with fire and smoke
Firefighters observe fire behavior--creeping and smoldering--in Vernon Fire in early September.
 

* View a photo gallery of Yosemite's past fire activity.

 

Did You Know?

The Bachelor and Three Graces

Giant sequoias are a fire adapted species. Their bark is fire resistant and fire helps open the sequoia cone and scatter the tiny seeds. Fire also clears forest debris from the mineral soil and provides a nutrient rich seed bed as well as clearing competing species.