Lake Fire (Barton Flats)

[Pitownpi]

Evacuations for Burns Canyon, Rim Rock, and Pioneertown

Incident: Lake Fire Wildfire
Released: 3 hrs. ago

The San Bernardino County Sheriff Department has initiated a mandatory evacuation for the Burns Canyon and Rimrock areas.

Pioneertown is now under a voluntary evacuation.

There is a shelter for evacuees at Copper Mountain College 6162 Rotary Way, Yucca Valley, CA 92252

Small animals may be taken to the Town of Yucca Valley Animal Shelter 4755 Malin Way Yucca Valley CA

Large animals may be taken to the Yucca Valley Equestrian Center 7429 Avalon Ave. Yucca Valley, CA

ALSO:
"All aircraft on the incident were forced to land after an unmanned aircraft systems (drone) was spotted in the area of Onyx Summit just before 6:00 pm. The public is strongly encouraged not to fly drones in areas near the flight restriction area. It is prohibited to fly any type of aircraft in the temporary flight restriction area. IF YOU FLY WE CAN'T! "

See what I mean with these drones!
probably was my new neighbor!

[Pitownpi]

looks like a lobe has made it nearly to summit of ole Greyback, not much to burn up there.
wind-driven fire got away from them in the North East yesterday.
It got onto Bighorn ridge for sure after crossing North Fork
today ... we'll see
looks better over near Bighorn area.

looks like it's almost gotten to the Sawtooth/Millard Complex fire of 2006 on the entire perimeter,
as would be expected.

[arocknoid]

Many thanks to Jim and Pi for their info and updates, and endless thanks to all those involved in battling this blaze.

We *will* get some rain to help put an end to this.

and pi, sorry about the un-neighborly furryfolk.
maybe facilitate a transfer?:
"Large animals may be taken to the Yucca Valley Equestrian Center 7429 Avalon Ave. Yucca Valley, CA"

kidding aside, let us prepare for the changes we face. Post-fire I hope the USFS will see to a phased-in reopening of the wilderness vs. a global long-term closure. History tempers optimism for that.

kind regards,
arocknoid

[Hikin_Jim]

and pi, sorry about the un-neighborly furryfolk.
maybe facilitate a transfer?:
"Large animals may be taken to the Yucca Valley Equestrian Center 7429 Avalon Ave. Yucca Valley, CA"

[Hikin_Jim]

It's a sad day for San Gorgonio Wilderness lovers. The Lake Fire burned up the east flanks of San Gorgonio Mountain up to and past the Sky High Trail. It may reach all the way to the krummholz at the very summit later today. Bighorn Mountain's east flank has also burned up to somewhere around 10,000 feet elevation. The entire San Gorgonio Wilderness and the PCT to the east is closed until 01 Oct 2015 per Forest Order.

Details and maps on my blog

HJ

[Wildhorse]

Hiking Jim -

It is a terrible day indeed. The burning of this wilderness and the one in the San Jacintos is devastating.

Thank you for your reports here and at your blog.

[Pitownpi]

"The San Bernardino County Sheriff Department has issued a message in order to give residents in the areas of Lake Williams, Erwin Lake, and Lake Baldwin advance noticed to prepare for evacuation, in the event it becomes necessary. As of 8:00 am today the Lake Fire is approximately 1.5 miles east of the first trigger point that affects Lake Williams. If the Lake Fire reaches the pre-designated trigger points, residents in these areas will be notified to evacuate. Residents in the affected areas, particularly those with live stock that may need to be moved, are encouraged to make arrangements now for relocation of their animals."

http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4302/

1200 6.25.2015
winds backed off some last night, gusting now a bit.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=sgx&sid=BCNC1&num=48&raw=0

Fire is making another run somewhere around Onyx Summit?
can only see this plume now...




and 3 sisters burning active flames on north side of ridge

[Florian]

Looking up from Palm Springs this afternoon the fire is heading to SG summit from the east. Looks like it may take the south face of the mtn as well.

-Florian

[Pitownpi]

thanks florian!
...
sadly it has gotten windy again,
bighorn looks to have some really large fires on it.
hopefully they can hold it at the ridgeline...south of Bighorn is gotta be serious fuel!



the latest pdf files overlayed onto quads,
not sure when today it was done but doesn't show it past ridge yet...


Onyx area looks much better to me now !
3 Sisters down to a few smoldering areas
been watching them fly all day, dropping retardant etc. DC10's

my guess is 25kAC, 19%....

[some guy]

30,000+ ac

http://ftp.nifc.gov/incident_specific_d ... /20150626/

Too bad that the fire area will be closed for a couple+ years, but assuming same intensities as the Mountain Fire, it's probably not actually devastating to the forest itself.