7 pm – this was from earlier today, but it has been a busy day for me in my non-digital life, so haven’t had time to get it up. Rose is back up the coast, and I have two days here to catch up with digital and non-digital life. Lots and lots of smoke, but no columns do I see.
The latest update (9/6/16) on the Soberanes Fire:
Fire remains active in areas where growth occurred over the last two days on the southern front of the fire, as well as on slopes above several interior drainages. There was continued growth in Zigzag Creek, above the head of Higgins Creek and on the slopes above Pick Creek. Fire is now established on the north facing aspect of Willow Creek to a point south of the Tassajara Zen Center. The fire is still approximately 2 ½ miles south and west of the Zen Center.
Managers began collecting data on previously used indirect lines east of Arroyo Seco in the event the fire continues spreading in that direction. Crews monitored fire in the Big Sur and Pick Creek drainages and continued holding actions on indirect control line. A new evacuation warning was issued for an area south of Anderson Peak, extending to Dolan Canyon and bounded to the east by North Coast Ridge Road.
Managers looked for opportunities to secure indirect line along the east side of Coast Ridge but no firing operations occurred on Monday due to an unfavorable wind shift. Structure protection actions continued on Partington Ridge. Crews began working around structures from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park to Dolan Road, in case fire reaches that area.
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) personnel have completed erosion and flooding modeling and are preparing presentations and reports for forest close-out and ICP briefings.
An evacuation WARNING along the Pacific Coast Highway was expanded Monday effective at 6 p.m. to include an area south of Anderson Canyon along Highway 1. The new evacuation warning includes the Big Sur-Partington/South Coast Center Area and applies to all residents and businesses east of Highway 1 starting at the intersection of Highway 1 and Grimes Canyon, extending south to the intersection of Highway 1 and Dolan Canyon. This area is bounded to the east by North Coast Ridge Road and includes all residents and businesses on Dolan Ridge Road. The new warning is due to warmer, drier weather that has increased fire activity on the east side of North Coast Ridge Road.
An evacuation WARNING remains in place for Tassajara Road from Carmel Valley Road to the Tassajara Hot Springs Zen Center.
An evacuation ORDER remains in effect for North Coast Ridge Rd. from mile marker 1.5 to Marble Peak at the end of the road.
9:30 am – And here is an interesting map they call the Planning Map:
9:30 am – will be offline more than on today, but in the mean time, here is John Chesnut’s map.
And, once again (I am sounding like a broken record) today’s map – fire only gained 500 acres and it looks as if the borders are secure for the moment. The USFS says they could be challenged today, always depending on winds, from north of Anderson Peak to south of Marble Peak. So far this am, the winds are calm to non-existent.
Confusing signals – one day expanded evacuation orders, next day news that the boundaries are secure??
Thank you Kate, for the fire info, it brings me peace of mind, just knowing whats going on with the fire,
in laymens terms. I like the broken record too, your good.
Lisa, the boundaries are secure comment is mine, based on no movement toward the containment lines, more of a joke, than anything … But it all depends on winds. When winds are anticipated to be out of the north east, then we have to worry about the containment line out of the coast, and I think that is what they were anticipating yesterday, but based on the lack of fire growth, it doesn’t appear that happened. Still might today, though. I think the IMT is being overly cautious as this area from Graves to Dolan is more populated than most.
bigsurkate
Time to put the fire over your knee and give it a spanking. Saw fire engines heading south from carmel at 430 pm