Ranch Fire Photos
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CrazyHermit
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This one got pretty close to my house, but now it's moving towards Fish Canyon. Hwy. 39 is closed again.
I don't see a map of the burned area yet, but if it's going up Roberts Canyon you might be right.
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6961
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CrazyHermit
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Fun Fact - Roberts Canyon is named after Henry Roberts, East Fork miner, who owned a stage coach service in Azusa. When miners would get off the Santa Fe train they'd walk over to his stables across the tracks and catch a ride up to Eldoradoville. Ralph Follows had a stable right next to his. His house was right at the mouth of the canyon.
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I've been looking at the caltopo "fire activity" data:Sean wrote: ↑I don't see a map of the burned area yet, but if it's going up Roberts Canyon you might be right.
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6961
https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=34.1915 ... a=modis_mp
Not super-precise but (in theory) real-time and is reporting what is actually on fire, as seen by satellites. I want to say the reported area was South of where it is now, so the Silver-Fish road going around Silver Mt was probably burned.
It’s probably burned. I was thinking of that.
What’s containment on it now?
I may have hiked through the remains of Roberts cabin when hiking out from the first descent of Winking Mummy Gulch. Some cacti and stuff around a foundation. Also tried to descend Roberts Canyon once before, but there was so much brush my buddy Jeff and I ran out of time. We had bushwhacked up Silverfish. It involved lots of crawling.
What’s containment on it now?
I may have hiked through the remains of Roberts cabin when hiking out from the first descent of Winking Mummy Gulch. Some cacti and stuff around a foundation. Also tried to descend Roberts Canyon once before, but there was so much brush my buddy Jeff and I ran out of time. We had bushwhacked up Silverfish. It involved lots of crawling.
I was hiking up on the Dawson Peak trail last thu. when this started, maybe 12 miles northeast. It seemed far enough away, but given that I had to hike towards the fire, back to my campsite, it had me worried enough that I went back up to the ridge to get reception and call the fire dept. The lady I talked to was very patient but had also clearly fielded a million phone calls by that point, lol. (people on the 210 must have seen it 20 mins before I did)
Was taken aback by how quickly a huge smoke cloud formed—was like a bomb went off, I'd never seen a fire just after it started like that (i'm new-ish to CA
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Looking past Iron mtn.
There wasn't much wind for a couple hours so the smoke was fairly contained, but closer to sundown the wind picked up and it got pretty smoky where I was.
Made for a nice sunset, anyway. Next day the wind shifted and I didn't see any more of it until I hiked out and drove past it on the way home.
Was taken aback by how quickly a huge smoke cloud formed—was like a bomb went off, I'd never seen a fire just after it started like that (i'm new-ish to CA
).There wasn't much wind for a couple hours so the smoke was fairly contained, but closer to sundown the wind picked up and it got pretty smoky where I was.
Made for a nice sunset, anyway. Next day the wind shifted and I didn't see any more of it until I hiked out and drove past it on the way home.
SGVTThe crews were working toward two major goals Wednesday: reinforcing the northern edge of the fireline along Rincon Red Box Trail, and completing a firebreak along the northwestern shoulder division between Fern Canyon and Cold Springs Canyon, to tie together the two western edges of the fire.
Is this the cabin in question?Taco wrote: ↑It’s probably burned. I was thinking of that.
What’s containment on it now?
I may have hiked through the remains of Roberts cabin when hiking out from the first descent of Winking Mummy Gulch. Some cacti and stuff around a foundation. Also tried to descend Roberts Canyon once before, but there was so much brush my buddy Jeff and I ran out of time. We had bushwhacked up Silverfish. It involved lots of crawling.
https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=34.1811 ... 3&z=17&b=t
Negativo, the remains I found were only a few hundred feet from the mouth of the canyon.dima wrote: ↑Is this the cabin in question?Taco wrote: ↑It’s probably burned. I was thinking of that.
What’s containment on it now?
I may have hiked through the remains of Roberts cabin when hiking out from the first descent of Winking Mummy Gulch. Some cacti and stuff around a foundation. Also tried to descend Roberts Canyon once before, but there was so much brush my buddy Jeff and I ran out of time. We had bushwhacked up Silverfish. It involved lots of crawling.
https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=34.1811 ... 3&z=17&b=t