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Alder Fire
- Location: North of Alder Creek
- Discover date: September 5, 2022
- Size: 1/10 acre
- Cause: Lightning strike of two trees
- Being fully suppressed
- No closures
Ranch Fire
- Location: Northeast of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
- Elevation: 4,000 feet
- Discover date: September 7, 2022
- Size: Single tree strike
- Cause: Lightning
- Being fully suppressed
- No closures
Aspen Fire
- Location: Northeast of Aspen Valley
- Elevation: 6,200 feet
- Discover date: September 4, 2022
- Size: 26 acres
- Cause: under investigation
- Fire History: Burning in the 2013 Rim Fire footprint
- Being fully suppressed, 75% contained
- No closures, no evacuations
Burning in snags and whitethorn.
Red Fire
- Location: Between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek
- Elevation: 7,800 feet
- Discover date: August 4, 2022
- Size: 6,082 acres
- Cause: Lightning
- Fire History: Burning in the 2001 Hoover Fire footprint
- Trail closure: Trail closures on segments heading out the Illilouette drainage from Glacier Point area to Merced Pass Lake
Burning in red fir, lodgepole pine litter. The fire is most active on the southwest side; fire showed an increase in activity yesterday (9/7/22) due to high temperatures and afternoon wind.
Rodgers Fire
- Location: Northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley
- Elevation: 8,100 feet
- Discover date: August 8, 2022
- Size: 2,540 acres
- Cause: Lightning
- No recent fire history
- Trail closure: A segment of trail in Rodgers Canyon from Neall Lake to the junction with Table Lake is temporarily closed due to fire activity.
Burning in mixed conifer and red fir litter, and dead and down logs. The fire is most active on the southwest side.
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Last updated: September 8, 2022