Incident Update Monument Fire

Situation Summary

Current Situation:

Today, resources responded to several calls from community members near Junction City to investigate reports of smoke; this resulted in crews identifying drift smoke that was lingering nearby and not a cause for concern. From the North/South zone boundary to Cedar Gulch as well as the Barker Valley Road area firefighters continued patrolling the fire line as well as extinguishing any areas of heat with mop-up operations. West of Cedar Gulch and north of Hyampom Road near Fox Lane, crews are increasing the fire line depth to 300 feet with mop-up. This will fully secure the fire line to Hyampom Road where firefighters continue to mitigate hazards near and on the roadway as well as continuing to patrol for any new smokes.

CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 5 is meeting daily with Trinity County Sherriff’s office, CHP, California Interagency Incident Management Team 5, assisting agencies and stakeholders to evaluate the existing evacuation warnings and orders. The goal is to safely repopulate these communities in collaboration as soon as possible.

Northern California has experienced large fire activity and will likely experience an extended fire season. Fires burning in northern California are exhibiting extreme fire growth based on critical fuel conditions. The prioritization of resources is always based on life, property, and natural resources. Under these drought conditions, wildfires are burning rapidly with extreme severity and have traveled up to 8 miles in a single day. Fire spread is fuel driven and does not depend on wind speed, as we have seen in previous years. Firefighters are experiencing conditions never seen before, such as increased rates of spread, spotting and active nighttime burning. We coordinate very closely with the US Forest Service and CalOES for our local and out of state partners, to ensure resources are shared.

Community Meetings:
A virtual community meeting will be held at 6:00 P.M. tomorrow, September 1st.
The meeting will be live streamed on the CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit Facebook
page, CAL FIRE IMT 5’s YouTube channel and Shasta Trinity National Forest
Facebook page.

Sign up for Trinity County Code Red Alerts:
https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/BF42F95647FB

Property Damage Assessment: 

For questions and information regarding the status of your property, call Trinity County Office of Emergency Services (OES) at (530) 623-1116.

Evacuation Information:

TRINITY COUNTY EVACUATION ORDERS

Trinity County

For the latest evacuation information and road closures in Trinity County visit:
https://www.facebook.com/Trinity-County-Sheriffs-Office-1635934306689276

SOUTH ZONE EVACUATION ORDERS:

• Forest Area: Interior of the forest boundary
• Barker Mountain Area: North of SR3 and Hayfork Summit Rd. extending to Barker Mountain, south of the forest boundary, and west of Dutch Creek Rd.
• North West Hayfork Area: North and east of SR 3 and Hyampom Rd., south of Farmer Ranch Rd., and west of Brady Rd.
• South West Hayfork Area: All areas along the south side of Hyampom Road, from Nine Mile Bridge, east to Cedar Gulch Road

SOUTH ZONE EVACUATION WARNINGS:

• South Junction City Area: North and east of Dutch Creek Rd., south of Evans Bar, west of Johnson Point.
• North East Hayfork Area: North of SR 3, east of Alder Gulch Dozer line to Clems Flat, south and west of Hayfork Summit Rd. North of SR 3, east of Barker Valley Rd., south of the fire’s edge, west of Alder Gulch at the Alder Gulch Dozer Line. North of SR 3, east of Big Creek Rd., south of the fire’s edge, west of Barker Valley Rd.
• North Hayfork Area: North of SR 3, east of Brady Rd., south of the fire’s edge, west of Big Creek Rd.
• South Hayfork: North of Salt Creek Growers to Hyampom Rd. and 9 Mile Bridge, south of Hyampom Rd. and SR 3, west of Wildwood Rd.

TRINITY COUNTY Road Closures

Trinity County Road Closures:

• All roads inside the fire’s edge.
• All roads at the forest boundary.
• All roads accessed north from SR 3 / Hyampom Rd. that are west of Big Creek Rd., and east of Nine Mile Bridge
• Hyampom Rd. at Nine Mile Bridge east to Hyampom Rd. at Cedar Creek Rd.

For the most up to date road closure information from Cal Trans, go to https://roads.dot.ca.gov/  

Evacuation Centers:

Trinity County Evacuation Centers:

• Fireman’s Hall Pavilion (Humboldt County)
  9 Park Street
  Fortuna, CA 95540
  
  
• Willow Creek Bible Church (Humboldt County)
  39 Barannan Mountain Road
  Willow Creek, CA 95573

Animal Evacuation Centers:

Trinity County Animal Evacuation Centers:

For assistance with large and small animal evacuations call: (530) 623-8126

Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.

Engines

145

Water Tenders

70

Helicopters

20

Dozers

70

Hand Crews

56

Other

45

Total Personnel

2477

Cooperating Agencies