Incident Update Mosquito Fire

Situation Summary

Firefighters continue to hold the Mosquito Fire inside established control lines with the help of cooler temperatures and higher humidity. Throughout the day, crews continued to patrol, mop up and secure control lines along the Foresthill Road corridor, with a heavy focus on the area where yesterday’s spot fire made an aggressive run towards the community. Aerial reconnaissance shows very little smoke production in the areas below the communities of Foresthill and Michigan Bluff. Successful firing operations continue to take place along Deadwood Road to cut off the fire’s growth to the north.

The Mosquito Fire’s eastern front continues to steadily grow with active fire behavior into dense forested areas with critically dry fuels and little fire history. A majority of the fire’s smoke column today was produced by the fire activity in the Middle Fork of the American River on the east side. Dozers and heavy equipment worked throughout the day to continue expanding control lines to stop the fire’s eastwardly growth. On the southeast corner of the fire near Stumpy Meadows, crews constructed control lines in an effort to cut off the fire in the Rubicon River drainage. The southern portion of the fire continues to hold with firefighters constantly patrolling all portions of these control lines and mopping up hot spots well into the interior of the fire perimeter to ensure there is no threat of escape.

Today’s southwesterly winds were lighter than Tuesday, but still provided the needed air mixing to push the smoke inversion out of the fire area. With this clearer air, aircraft assigned to the incident were able to be used heavily for various operations around the fire. Helicopters have been busy throughout the day conducting water and retardant dropping missions in order to assist ground crews in extinguishing hot spots and preventing fire growth. Multiple mobile retardant bases are located around the fire to assist helicopters with quick refilling of fire retardant. Multiple Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are being used to assist with reconnaissance, mapping, and infrared capabilities to assist firefighters in locating hot spots near the fire’s edge.

Road Closures

View road closures in the vicinity of the Mosquito Fire on the Caltrans interactive map:
https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/

U.S. Forest Closures

El Dorado National Forest: The forest has issued a Forest Closure Order No. 03-22-16 which includes lands, roads and trails in the Mosquito Fire Area. View this order and related maps here: https://tinyurl.com/5dxz5cp6

Tahoe National Forest: The Tahoe National Forest has issued Forest Closure Order No. 17-22-09 which includes lands, roads and trails in the Mosquito Fire Area. View this order and related maps here:https://tinyurl.com/2dfxw6v9

Structure Status

A Damage Inspection Specialist (DINS) Team has started assessments in both El Dorado and Placer Counties. These assessments will be ongoing and will be updated as completed.

Placer County:

Please call Placer County OES at 530-886-5390

El Dorado County:

Residents can go to the interactive map in the link and zoom in to their property or type their address in the search field.
Please visit: https://tinyurl.com/4pkujys9

Evacuation Information:

Evacuation Orders

For maps and evacuation information, visit https://sites.google.com/view/mosquitofire/home

Placer County:
For a map of current evacuation orders in Placer County, please visit:
https://pcsogis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=34e6172213b540c8b8b064d8a7da4f76

Evacuation Orders are in effect for the following zones in Placer County:
Zone 1: Michigan Bluff
Zone 2: Baker Ranch Mobile Home Park
Zone 3
Zone 4: Downtown Foresthill
Zone 5
Zone 6

Zone 7: Todd Valley
Zone 8: Sierra Vista Mobile Home Park
Zone 9: North Side of Foresthill Road
Zone 10: Spring Garden/Whitehawk Ridge

Zone 11A: Yankee Jims and Shirttail Canyon (NEW)
Zone 12
Zone 14
Zone 21
Zone 22

Ready Placer Fire Information:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/07930e6e8f034ae4bba71e8bfedb2779/page/Current-Incidents/

El Dorado County:
For a map of current evacuation orders in El Dorado County, please visit:
https://eldoradocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bfbfd933f4254a0db4bdbb2ebe866c10&fbclid=IwAR3J_vO2T2MoA2zjHn365vLIISMCF5egSMFVcitiW4mFe1NWN75v65Dt32I

Evacuation Orders are in effect for the following areas in El Dorado County:
Area Name: Volcanoville
Area Name: Quintette
Area Name: Bald Mountain
Area Name: Grey Eagle
Area Name: Canyon Creek
Area Name: Georgetown

Area Name: Stumpy Meadows

El Dorado County Fire Information:
https://edcgov.us/mosquito-fire-information

Evacuation Centers

Placer County
Sierra College
5100 Sierra College Blvd.
Rocklin, CA (enter on Rocklin Road)
Parking will be in Lot B
Shelter will be in cafeteria (building J)

El Dorado County
Cameron Park Services District
2502 Country Club Drive
Cameron Park, CA 95682
Overnight shelter, meals, showers, limited health services, and parking for trailers will be provided. Animals in crates and carriers will be accepted.

Green Valley Community Church
3500 Missouri Flat Road
Placerville, CA
RV parking is limited and no hookups. Small domestic animals in crates or on leashes are allowed (no large animals or birds).

Animal Evacuation Centers

Placer County
Placer County Animal Services Center (Reached capacity and has suspended new intakes)
11232 B Avenue
Auburn, CA 95603

Nevada County Fairgrounds (Ceasing operation on 9-13-2022 and safely relocating animals to Gold Country Fairgrounds)
11228 McCourtney Road
Grass Valley, CA 95949

Evacuation Warnings

Placer County:

For a map of current evacuation warnings in Placer County, please visit:
https://pcsogis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=34e6172213b540c8b8b064d8a7da4f76

Evacuation Warnings are in effect for the following zones in Placer County:

Zone 15: Foresthill Road at Lake Clementine
Zone 23
Zone 25: Sawtooth Ridge to the American River

Zone 26: 

Ready Placer Fire Information:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/07930e6e8f034ae4bba71e8bfedb2779/page/Current-Incidents/

El Dorado County:

For a map of current evacuation warnings in El Dorado County, please visit:
https://eldoradocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bfbfd933f4254a0db4bdbb2ebe866c10&fbclid=IwAR3J_vO2T2MoA2zjHn365vLIISMCF5egSMFVcitiW4mFe1NWN75v65Dt32I

Evacuation Warnings are in effect for the following areas in El Dorado County:
Area Name: Cool
Area Name: Garden Valley
Area Name: Swansboro / Slate Mountain
Area Name: East Stumpy Meadows

El Dorado County Fire Information:
https://edcgov.us/mosquito-fire-information

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

Water Tenders

80

Dozers

65

Hand Crews

32

Total Personnel

3052

Cooperating Agencies