7:30 pm — final update for the day, unless something unusual happens.
Incident Information
Basic Information
| Current as of | 8/1/2019, 7:04:06 PM |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Date of Origin | Wednesday July 31st, 2019 approx. 05:30 AM — ERROR, IT STARTED TUES 7/30. |
| Location | Northwest of Ventana Wilderness off of Nacimiento Ferguson Road |
| Incident Commander | Anthony Zavalla |
| Incident Description | Wildland Fire |
| Coordinates | 36.009 latitude, -121.467 longitude |
Current Situation
| Total Personnel | 636 |
| Size | 280 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 15% |
| Estimated Containment Date | Monday August 05th, 2019 approx. 11:00 PM |
| Fuels Involved | Chaparral, timber and tall grass |
| Significant Events | Isolated torching of trees and minimal movement has been observed. |
Outlook
| Planned Actions | Increase containment and keep the fire from crossing Nacimiento Ferguson Road to the south into the Ventana Wilderness and from getting into Mill and Kirk Creek drainages and north of Cone Peak. |
Current Weather
| Weather Concerns | Typical weather patterns along the Big Sur Coast line is to have a marine layer between 1000 to 1500 feet. Land above that elevation has no humidity recovery or influence from the marine layer, which increases fire behavior. The Mill Fire is located in this environment, contributing to increased fire behavior throughout the evening. High pressure is to begin establishing today with expected increase in temperatures and decrease in relative humidities. |
USFS MILL FIRE INCIDENT REPORT AS OF 10 AM:
The Mill Fire was reported at 5:36 a.m. on July 30, 2019 on Mill Creek, north west of the Ventana Wilderness off of Nacimiento Ferguson Road. As of this morning, 280 acres have burned with 15% containment. The fire is burning in chaparral, timber and tall grass. It is burning in steep and rugged terrain. Currently, there is no threat to communities, structures or to the public. Access into the area via roads and trails has been closed off.
There are currently 676 resources assigned to the fire, including:
Crews – 23
Engines – 35
Type 1 Helicopters – 3
Type 2 Helicopters – 2
Lead planes – 2
Air Attack – 7
Basic Information
| Current as of | 8/1/2019, 11:10:00 AM |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Date of Origin | Wednesday July 31st, 2019 approx. 05:30 AM |
| Location | Northwest of Ventana Wilderness off of Nacimiento Ferguson Road |
| Incident Commander | Anthony Zavalla |
| Incident Description | Wildland Fire |
| Coordinates | 36.009 latitude, -121.467 longitude |
Current Situation
| Total Personnel | 676 |
| Size | 280 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 15% |
| Estimated Containment Date | Monday August 05th, 2019 approx. 11:00 PM |
| Fuels Involved | Chaparral, timber and tall grass |
| Significant Events | Isolated torching of trees and minimal movement has been observed. |
Outlook
| Planned Actions | Increase containment and keep the fire from crossing Nacimiento Ferguson Road to the south into the Ventana Wilderness and from getting into Mill and Kirk Creek drainages and north of Cone Peak. |
Current Weather
| Weather Concerns | Typical weather patterns along the Big Sur Coast line is to have a marine layer between 1000 to 1500 feet. Land above that elevation has no humidity recovery or influence from the marine layer, which increases fire behavior. The Mill Fire is located in this environment, contributing to increased fire behavior throughout the evening. High pressure is to begin establishing today with expected increase in temperatures and decrease in relative humidities. |
This is what it looked like first thing this am:
Rocky came through, and he had a better view on the fire, and said there didn’t appear to be a lot of places burning, although he did see one tree go up. We are expecting a Type 2 federal team (sorry forgot the name) to take over at 10 am, meeting up in King City. Also expecting to bring in more ground personnel. Probably will establish the fire camp today, as well.
Inciweb was updated last night and lists containment at 10%. Typically, inciweb is updated twice a day — morning and evening. The link, for this incident is https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6478/
This is a google earth NOAA fire map I screen shot last night. Keep in mind that all those points of fire are not completely accurate as to placements due to distortion from the satellite, but this will give you a pretty good idea:
If you didn’t get a chance to see Michael Troutman’s stunning photos of the fire yesterday afternoon, scroll down for a treat.
