Incident Update Monument Fire

Situation Summary

Current Situation:

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

Contingency line construction near Helena, with resources from both zones is ongoing and will assist in the protection of Junction City and Weaverville from future fire threats. Reinforcement of established fire line, mop-up and patrol continue from the North/South zone boundary to Cedar Gulch. Several small spot fires west of Cedar Gulch and north of Hyampom Road were observed and extinguished; crews will continually monitor this area and secure the fire line overnight.

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. Wednesday, 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. All links are listed above or use the QR code to the left.

Trinity County Evacuation Orders, Evacuation Warnings, & Road Closures

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

Road Closures:
Soldier Creek, Carr Creek, Barker Creek, Barker Valley and Big Creek Roads along with all other roads within the evacuation areas remain closed. Traffic on SR299 between the communities of Helena and Burnt Ranch are subject to intermittent closures. For the most up to date road closure information from Cal Trans, go to https://roads.dot.ca.gov/ 

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

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:

• Hoopa Rodeo Grounds (large animal)
  Pine Creek Road
  Willow Creek, CA 

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.

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

Engines

174

Water Tenders

68

Helicopters

20

Dozers

58

Hand Crews

50

Other

37

Total Personnel

2415

Cooperating Agencies