![]() For Phase 2, approximately 39% of the 403,473 acres are either unburned/very low and/or low soil burn severity, while 57% sustained a moderate soil burn severity and only about 3% identified as high soil burn severity. The map and the data display SBS categories of unburned/very low, low, moderate, and high. The BAER specialists recently completed their data gathering and analysis of the Dixie burned area to produce a Phase 1 soil burn severity (SBS) map on August 25-analyzing 365,678 acres, and a Phase 2 SBS map on September 15-analyzing 404,473 acres. ĭue to the large size and continual active burning of the Dixie Fire, the USFS BAER team divided the burned area into three phases for their assessment and analysis. For information about the DOI BAER assessment, please go to the LAVO Dixie Fire webpage found at. The DOI BAER team is currently conducting field reconnaissance of fire impacted recreation facilities, infrastructure, cultural resources, watershed and hydrology, fish and wildlife habitat, rare plants, and invasive species within the LAVO. This DOI BAER team is evaluating post-fire values-at-risk and will recommend stabilization and rehabilitation treatments specific to the LAVO. In addition to the Forest Service (USFS) BAER team that began last month evaluating post-fire effects of the Dixie fire on National Forest System (NFS) lands, a US Department of Interior (DOI) BAER team is focused specifically on the portion of the Dixie fire that burned in Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO) and was assembled by the National Park Service (NPS) on September 9, 2021. Post-fire conditions of loss of vegetation and the changes in the soils may increase the flow of water and could cause potential debris and sediment flow impacts. Their focus is on the direct damage caused by the fire itself, rather than from suppression, and the after-effects. These multi-disciplinary and sometimes multi-agency teams assess wildfire-impacted burned areas almost immediately after the fire threat passes. “It is exceedingly resistant to control.Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams are sent to federal lands following significant wildfires to identify imminent post-fire threats and give recommendations on how to reduce the potential impacts on human life and safety, property infrastructure, and critical natural and cultural resources. We don’t have any record of that happening before,” Porter said. “The Dixie Fire is the first fire that we’re aware of that has burned from the west side of the mountain range all the way over and to the valley floor on the east side of the mountain range. Three first responders had been injured fighting the fire, according to officials.Ĭal Fire Director Thom Porter said Wednesday that the Dixie Fire was the first wildfire burned across the range of Sierra Nevada in history. ![]() It had destroyed more than 1,200 structures, including 645 single residences, Cal Fire said.Īt least 16,085 structures were still threatened by the flames. The Dixie Fire, the nation’s largest active fire, burned down 678,369 acres with 35 percent containment as of Thursday, about three times the size of Manhattan. ![]() ![]() It prompted a new round of evacuation orders on Wednesday as gusty winds helped spread the fire within about 15 km of Susanville, a town with 15,000 residents. Meanwhile, the Dixie Fire, California’s second-largest in history which has been active for more than a month, also swelled more than 60,000 acres in two days. There are 653 firefighters battling the fire, which is zero percent contained.Īs of Thursday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said 86 structures had been confirmed destroyed by the fire and nearly 7,000 structures remain threatened. The latest data released by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services on Thursday revealed that 25,000 people had been evacuated in El Dorado county due to the fast-moving fire. San Francisco: Fuelled by wind and dry conditions, the Caldor Fire burning in El Dorado county in Northern California has scorched 65,474 acres of land so far, and grew 10 times in size in just 48 hours, according to Inciweb, an interstate incident information system.Īccording to Inciweb, spotting and rollout continued to be the main contributor to fire spread throughout Wednesday evening and multiple new spot fires were expected Thursday, so the blaze sparked on August 14 had potential to grow further, reports Xinhuaa news agency. ![]()
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