Yosemite Fire Update for September 9, 2022

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Yosemite Fire Update for September 9, 2022

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Sept. 9. It is reproduced in full below.

Ranch Fire

Location: Northeast of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir

Elevation: 4,000 feet

Discover date: September 7, 2022

Size: Single tree strike

Cause: Lightning

Being fully suppressed

No closures

Alder Fire

Location: North of Alder Creek

Discover date: September 5, 2022

Size: 1/10 acre

Cause: Lightning strike of two trees

Being fully suppressed

No closures

Aspen Fire

Location: Northeast of Aspen Valley

Elevation: 6,200 feet

Discover date: September 4, 2022

Size: 26 acres

Cause: under investigation

Being fully suppressed,100% contained

Fire History: Burning in the 2013 Rim Fire footprint

Burning in snags and whitethorn

No closures, no evacuations

Red Fire

Location: Between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek

Elevation: 7,800

Discover date: August 4, 2022

Size: 7,340 acres

Cause: Lightning

Total personnel: 225

Fire History: Burning in the 2001 Hoover Fire footprint: burning in red fir, lodgepole pine litter.

Trail closures on segments heading out the Illilouette drainage from Glacier Point area to Merced Pass Lake.

The fire showed an increase in activity yesterday due to outflow winds from thunder activity, especially on the southwest edge.

Rodgers Fire

Location: Northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley

Elevation: 8,100 feet

Discover date: August 8, 2022

Size: 2,576 acres

Cause: Lightning

Total personnel: 45

No recent fire history; burning in mixed conifer and red fir litter, and dead and down logs.

A segment of trail in Rodgers Canyon from Neall Lake to the junction with Table Lake is temporarily closed due to fire activity, most active on the southwest side. Only observed activity was in the steep, inaccessible Register Creek drainage.

More Information

* Smoke outlook

* Yosemite Public Information Map

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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