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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
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
Aspen Fire
Location: Northeast of Aspen Valley
Elevation: 6,200 feet
Discover date: September 4, 2022
Size: 26 acres
Cause: under investigation
Being fully suppressed,100% contained
Fire History: Burning in the 2013 Rim Fire footprint
Burning in snags and whitethorn
No closures, no evacuations
Red Fire
Location: Between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek
Elevation: 7,800
Discover date: August 4, 2022
Size: 7,340 acres
Cause: Lightning
Total personnel: 225 Fire History: Burning in the 2001 Hoover Fire footprint: burning in red fir, lodgepole pine litter.
Trail closures on segments heading out the Illilouette drainage from Glacier Point area to Merced Pass Lake.
The fire showed an increase in activity yesterday due to outflow winds from thunder activity, especially on the southwest edge.
Rodgers Fire
Location: Northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley
Elevation: 8,100 feet
Discover date: August 8, 2022
Size: 2,576 acres
Cause: Lightning
Total personnel: 45
No recent fire history; burning in mixed conifer and red fir litter, and dead and down logs.
A segment of trail in Rodgers Canyon from Neall Lake to the junction with Table Lake is temporarily closed due to fire activity, most active on the southwest side. Only observed activity was in the steep, inaccessible Register Creek drainage.
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Last updated: September 9, 2022