Incident Update River Fire

Situation Summary

Current Situation:
Firefighters took advantage of the cooler temperatures today and made good progress on building containment lines around the fire. A combination of additional hand crews, ground resources, and aircraft today, increased containment to 15% while keeping fire spread acreage to a minimum.

Tonight, fire personnel will continue to strengthen containment lines and provide structure protection and tactical patrol throughout the night. There is potential for an increase in fire behavior tomorrow with a forecasted rise in temperatures and gusty winds. Damage assessment is underway, however suppression efforts and fire activity prohibit damage inspectors from entering all affected areas.

Evacuation Orders:

• Refer to PCSO Evacuation Map for Placer County
• Refer to Ready Nevada County Evacuation Map for Nevada County

Placer County:

• Zone 1 : Evacuation Order-Railroad tracks west to the river. Mt. Howell Rd north to
  Ben Taylor Rd.
• Zone 2 : Evacuation Order-Rollins Lake Rd west to the river. Ben Taylor Rd north to
  Rollins Lake.
• Zone 3 : Evacuation Order-City of Colfax, west of I 80

Nevada County:

• NCO-E050: Dog Bar Rd. (Central); Mount Olive Rd.(Western)-North of Buck Ridge Rd.; Dog Bar Rd. and East; South of Rattlesnake and Birch Meadow Acres; West of Clydesdale Rd.
• NCO-E102: Sierra Knoll Estates; Dog Bar (South) – North of Retherford Rd.; Sierra Knoll Estates and East; South of Taylor Crossing Rd.; West of the Bear River (County Line)
• NCO-E103: Mount Olive (Eastern)-North and South Mt. Olive Rd., West of Hwy 174, North of Bear River, East of Mt Olive Including Rolphholm Rd. and Clydesdale Rd.
• NCO-E178: Sunshine Valley Rd., Old Coach Way- All of and North of Old Coach Way, East of Woodpecker Ravine, South and West of Lower Colfax Rd.
• NCO-E180: Orchard Springs & Bear River Pines-South of Greenhorn Access Rd., West of Rollins Lake, North of the Bear River, East of Hwy 174.
• NCO-E386: Powerline Rd., Talking Pines Rd., Panorama Dr.-The east side of Colfax Hwy south of Bertino Rd. The west side of Lower Colfax Rd. south of Panorama Dr., North of the Chicago Park Post Office.

Evacuation Warnings:

Placer County:

• Zone 4: Railroad tracks west to the river, west Weimar Cross Rd. north to Dogbar Rd.
• Zone 5: East of I 80 to Rollins Lake, north to Secret Town

Nevada County:

• NCO-E048: Alta Sierra Country Club; Brewer Rd. (Northern); Fay Rd., Carrie Dr., Rainbow Rd. – North of Wolf Creek; Annie Drive and West; South Alta Sierra Dr.;
  West of Dog Bar and Norvin Way
• NCO-E163: Brewer Rd. (Southern); Buck Mountain; Lodestar Dr.- North of Conestoga Dr.; Brewer Rd. and East; South of Clover Valley & Norvin Way; West of Dog Bar Rd.
• NCO-E179: Peardale, (Central) Lower Colfax, Dalmatian- South and West of Hwy 174, North of Sunshine Valley and Panorama Dr., East of Woodpecker Ravine
• NCO-E181: Sontag; You Bet Rd. (Western); Greenhorn Access Rd.; Lost Lake Rd. (Southern)-East of Hwy 174, North and South of You Bet Rd., West of Greenhorn
  Creek and North of Greenhorn Access Rd.
• NCO-E187: You Bet Rd. (Eastern and Southern)-South of You Bet Rd., West of Steep Hollow Creek, North of Bear River and Rollins Reservoir, East of Little Green Horn Creek.
• NCO-E192: Woodpecker Ravine,Casa Loma Dr., Southern Rattlesnake Rd., Goodall
  Mine Rd.-South of Highland Dr., West of Woodpecker Ravine, North of Oak
  Meadows, East of Rattlesnake Rd.

Evacuation Centers:

Placer County: Regional Park Gymnasium, 3770 Richardson Dr, Auburn

Nevada County: Bear River High School, 11130 Magnolia Rd, Grass Valley

Road Closures:

• Refer to PCSO Evacuation Map for Placer County
  
• Refer to Ready Nevada County Evacuation Map for Nevada County

Animal Evacuation Centers 

Placer County: Placer County Animal Services Center: 11232 B Avenue Auburn, CA 95603

Nevada County: Nevada County Fairgrounds (animals only), 11228 McCourtney Rd, Grass Valley, CA 95949 is an animal shelter

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

Engines

90

Water Tenders

28

Dozers

20

Hand Crews

24

Total Personnel

858

Cooperating Agencies