Grizzzly Flats, CA…The overnight inversion layer was present until 2:00 p.m. which decreased fire spread, spotting, and visibility well into today’s firefighting operations. As the inversion lifted erratic winds and low humidity increased fire activity with ember casts of up to half a mile. Steep terrain, ash pits and fire weakened trees continue to pose a threat for fire crews throughout the fire. Damage inspection teams continue to inspect properties and infrastructure throughout the area.

The nighttime inversion layer returned bringing a reduction in fire spread, spotting, and visibility. Down-canyon winds and low humidity increased fire activity in Division D. Firing operations continued in the Eastern flanks, while firefighters took advantage of the slow easterly winds to improve control lines. Terrain continues to be challenging for fire crews throughout the fire. Damage inspection teams continue to inspect properties and infrastructure throughout the area.

To better provide public and firefighter safety due to extreme fire conditions throughout Northern California, and strained firefighter resources throughout the Country, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is announcing a temporary closure of nine National Forests. This closure will be effective on August 22, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. through September 6, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. The closure order can be found at https://tinyurl.com/USFSClosure.

Local Assistance Center: Address: 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville, CA 95667. Located at Folsom Lake Community College, El Dorado Campus, Fitness Center Building. Hours: Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesdays 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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AMADOR COUNTY – WARNINGS:

Shenandoah Road at the Amador County line west through the River Pines community, continuing west on Shenandoah Road to Ostrom Road.
South on Ostrom Road to Jibboom Street, West on Jibboom Street to Fiddletown Road.
East on Fiddletown Road to Hale Road. South on Hale Road to Shake Ridge Road.
East on Shake Ridge Road to Charleston Road.
South on Charleston Road to the intersection of Charleston Road and Rams Horn Grade.
Due east to Highway 88 at Tiger Creek Road.
Tiger Creek Road east to Salt Springs Reservoir Road.
East on Salt Springs Reservoir Road to the east end of the Salt Springs Reservoir.
Due north from the east end of Salt Springs Reservoir to Highway 88.
South of the El Dorado-Amador County line with a western border of Highway 88 due south to the east end of Salt Springs Reservoir.
Southern border of the Calaveras County line.
Eastern border of the Alpine County line
EL DORADO COUNTY – ORDERS:

Grizzly Flat: The areas on Grizzly Flats Road east of Kendra Way into Grizzly
Flats Proper. The areas of Diamond Railroad Grade, Old School House, Sweeney Road, Caldor Road, and Steely Ridge.
Grizzly Flats Road east of four corners in somerset into Grizzly Flats Proper.
The areas of Myers Lane, Varmet Ridge Road, Rodwell Canyon Road, Snowbird Lane, and Mehwald Lane.
East of Sly Park Road between Highway 50 and Mormon Emigrant Trail to Ice House Road. This includes the communities of Pacific House and Fresh Pond.
North of Highway 50, east of Forebay Road to Ice House Road.
Intersection of Perry Creek and Hawk Haven, the East side of Fairplay Road from Perry Creek South to Cedarville Road. This includes Slug Gulch, Omo Ranch, and all roads off of Slug Gulch and Omo Ranch.
All roads off of Omo Ranch from Cedarville Road to Hwy 88.
The area between Highway 88 and Mormon Emigrant Trail
South of Highway 50 from Snows Road to Ice House Road.
Between Highway 50 and Slab Creek from Snows Road to Ice House Road.
South of Highway 50 from Ice House Road to Silver Fork Road. This includes the community of Kyburz.
North of Highway 50 from Ice House Road to Silver Fork Road to include Ice House Reservoir, Union Valley Reservoir, and Loon Lake.
Silver Fork Road in Kyburz east to Twin Bridges.
North and south in a line extending from Twin Bridges to the Placer County line and south to the Amador County line.
Areas south of Farnham Ridge Road and east of Bridgeport School Road to the Amador County line.
From Twin Bridges east to Echo Summit.
From Highway 50 South to Amador/ Alpine County Line.
From Highway 50 North to Flag Pole Peak.
Pleasant Valley Road and all intersecting roads extending south from Newtown Road to the intersection of E-16 (Mt Aukum Road).
All roads accessed from E-16 (Mt Aukum Road) between Pleasant Valley Road and Bucks Bar Road.
This includes all roads and residences accessed from Moon-Shadow and Gopher Hole Road off Bucks Bar Road.
EL DORADO COUNTY EVACUATION WARNINGS:

North of Slab Creek to Wentworth Springs Road between Sand Mountain and Loon Lake.
Mosquito Road from the bridge North to include the Community of Swansboro.
North of Highway 50 to Slab Creek between Smith Flat and Snows Road.
South of Highway 50 to Pleasant Valley between Smith Flat and Snows Road, and North of Pleasant Valley between Holm and Newtown.
South of Pleasant Valley between Bucks Bar Road and Newtown Road, East of Bucks Bar Road to Kingsbury Drive.
Southwest of Bucks Bar Road to Ladies Valley Road including the community of Outingdale, Ant Hill Road, Perry Creek Road, and Sand Ridge between Ladies Valley Road and Bucks Bar Road.
East of Mt Aukum Road (E16) from Bucks Bar Road to Omo Ranch Road. North of Omo Ranch Road to the intersection of Omo Ranch Road and Fairplay Road.
South of Omo Ranch to the El Dorado County Line between Mt Aukum Road (E16) and Fairplay Road to include Coyoteville Road, Cedar Creek, and all tributary roads.
From the evacuation order line in Twin Bridges east to the Echo Summit and from Highway 50 south to the Amador and Alpine County lines and north to the Placer County line.
Dry Lakes Section: This section is north of Wentworth Springs Road up to the Placer County line and the remaining section of El Dorado County south of Placer County to Loon Lake.
Christmas Valley from Highway 89 to Echo Summit.
Highway 89 due West to Watershed Ridge and South to the Amador/ El Dorado County line.
ALPINE COUNTY – WARNINGS:

Highway 89 South from Luther Pass Road to the Pickets Junction (Highway
88)
West on Highway 88 to Kirkwood.
EL DORADO COUNTY – ROAD CLOSURES

Highway 50 will be closed in both directions from the Sly Park Road exit to Meyers (Highway 50 and Highway 89 junction).

EVACUATION CENTERS:

EL DORADO COUNTY

Shelter
Green Valley Community Church
3500 Missouri Flat Road
Placerville, CA

Shelter
Cameron Park CSD
2502 Country Club Drive
Cameron Park, CA
Shelter
Rolling Hills Church
800 White Rock Road
El Dorado Hills, CA
NEVADA

Shelter
Douglas County Community Center
1329 Waterloo Lane
Gardnerville, NV
Animal Evacuation Centers:

EL DORADO COUNTY

El Dorado County Animal Services (small animals)
6435 Capitol Ave.
Diamond Springs, CA
For animal evacuation questions or assistance call (530) 621-5795
Saureel Vineyards (large animals) FULL
1140 Cold Springs Road
Placerville, CA
(530) 621-5795
AMADOR COUNTY

South County Large Animal Rescue (SCLAR)
Amador County Fairgrounds (large and farm animals)
El Dorado County residents only
18621 Sherwood Street
Plymouth, CA
Amador County Animal Response Team- ACART
Amador County Fairgrounds (large and small animals)
18621 Sherwood Street
Plymouth, CA
For Amador County residents only
(209) 257-9444
NEVADA

Douglas County Animal Services (small animal)
921 Dump Road
Gardnerville, NV
(775) 782-9061
East to West Coast Grooming
1368 Hwy 395, Unit B1
Gardnerville, NV
(775) 450-1743
Douglas County Animal Services (livestock)
Douglas County Fairgrounds
920 Dump Road
Gardnerville, NV
(775) 782-9061
Damages and Losses
Confirmed Damage to Property, Injuries, and Fatalities

39 Structures Damaged
Residential, Commercial and Other

652 Structures Destroyed
Residential, Commercial and Other

4 Injuries
Confirmed Fire Personnel and Civilian Injuries

Contact Information
Information Line
530-303-2455
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530-497-0315
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Agency Information
El Dorado National Forest
100 Forni Road Placerville California 95667
530-303-2455
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7801/
El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office
(530) 621-5655
https://www.edcgov.us/Government/sheriff/
Pioneer Fire District
(530) 620-4444

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Cooperating Agencies: El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, Sierra Pacific Industries, Pioneer FD, PG&E, CHP, El Dorado Irrigation District, El Dorado County, Grizzly Flats Community Service District, SMUD, Amador County Sheriff’s Office, AT&T, Georgetown FD, CALTRANS, Indian Diggins School District, El Dorado County FD, Grizzly Flats Water District, Volcano Telephone, Placerville FD, El Dorado County DOT, Mosquito FD, Garden Valley FD, Cal OES Fire, El Dorado County EMSA, El Dorado County Office of Education, Marshall Medical Center, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians FD, State Water Resources Control Board, KAMPS, El Dorado County Department of Agriculture, Barton Health, CAL EPA, Lake Valley Fire District, and Verizon
Resources Assigned
CAL FIRE owns and operates over 3,000 fire and emergency response and resource protection vehicles. In support of its ground forces, the CAL FIRE emergency response air program includes 23 Grumman S-2T 1,200 gallon airtankers, 12 UH-1H Super Huey helicopters, and 16 OV-10A airtactical. From 13 air attack and 10 helitack bases located statewide, aircraft can reach most fires within 20 minutes.

25 Helicopters
306 Engines
76 Dozers
78 Water Tenders
3,352 Personnel
74 Crews

National Interagency Coordination Center
Incident Management Situation Report
Saturday, August 28, 2021– 0730 MDT
National Preparedness Level 5
National Fire Activity:
Initial attack activity:
Light (117 fires)
New large incidents:
0
Large fires contained:
3
Uncontained large fires: ***
68
Area Command teams committed:
1
NIMOs committed:
2
Type 1 IMTs committed:
13
Type 2 IMTs committed:
16
Nationally, there are 49 fires being managed under a strategy other than full suppression.
***Uncontained large fires include only fires being managed under a full suppression strategy.

One MAFFS C-130 airtanker and support personnel each from the 152nd Airlift Wing (Nevada Air National Guard), three MAFFS from the 302nd Airlift Wing (Colorado Air Force Reserve), two MAFFS from the 153rd Airlift Wing (Wyoming Air National Guard) and two from the 146th Airlift Wing (California Air National Guard) have been deployed to McClellan, CA to support wildland fire operations nationally.

One RC-26 aircraft with Distributed Real-Time Infrared (DRTI) capability and support personnel from the 141st Air Refueling Wing (Washington Air National Guard) have been deployed to Fairchild, WA. One RC-26 aircraft with Distributed Real-Time Infrared (DRTI) capability and support personnel from the 162nd Operations Group (Arizona Air National Guard) have been deployed to Eugene, OR in support of wildland fire operations. Also supporting these aircraft are eight ground controllers from multiple U.S. Air National Guard squadrons.

One Boeing 737 airtanker from New South Wales, Australia is supporting fire suppression efforts in the western United States.

Northern California Area (PL 5)
New fires:
19
New large incidents:
0
Uncontained large fires:
9
NIMOs committed:
2
Type 1 IMTs committed:
9
Type 2 IMTs committed:
5

Caldor, Eldorado NF, USFS. Unified command between IMT 1 (Cal Fire Team 6) and NIMO (Team 2). Sixteen miles northeast of Plymouth, CA. Timber, light slash and brush. Active fire behavior with torching, uphill runs and spotting. Several communities, numerous structures and infrastructure threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures in effect.

Dixie, Butte Unit, Cal Fire. Transfer of command from IMT 1 (Cal Fire Team 3) to IMT 1 (Cal Fire Team 1) will occur today. Transfer of command from IMT 1 (CA Team 1) to IMT 1 (GB Team 1) will occur tomorrow. Fifteen miles northeast of Paradise, CA. Timber and brush. Active fire behavior with wind-driven runs, group torching and short-range spotting. Several communities, numerous structures and infrastructure threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures in effect.

Monument, Shasta-Trinity NF, USFS. Unified command between IMT 1 (Cal Fire Team 5) and IMT 1 (AK Team 1). IMT 1 (CA Team 5) mobilizing. One mile southwest of Del Loma, CA. Timber and brush. Active fire behavior with group torching, flanking and backing. Several communities, numerous structures and infrastructure threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures in effect.

McFarland, Shasta-Trinity NF, USFS. Transfer of command from IMT 2 (CA Team 10) to IMT 2 (CA Team 11) will occur today. Four miles southeast of Wildwood, CA. Timber, chaparral and closed timber litter. Moderate fire behavior with flanking, backing and creeping. Several communities, numerous structures and infrastructure threatened. Area, road and trail closures in effect.

Antelope, Klamath NF, USFS. IMT 1 (SA Red Team). Twenty miles northeast of McCloud, CA. Timber and brush. Active fire behavior with torching, short-range spotting and uphill runs. Several communities and numerous structures threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures in effect.

River Complex (3 fires), Klamath NF, USFS. NIMO (Team 3). Transfer of command from IMT 2 (CA Team 15) to IMT 2 (CA Team 13) will happen tomorrow. Nine miles southwest of Etna, CA. Timber and brush. Active fire behavior with backing, group torching and short-range spotting. Several communities, numerous structures and infrastructure threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures in effect.

McCash, Six Rivers NF, USFS. IMT 2 (GB Team 3). Fourteen miles northeast of Somes Bar, CA. Timber, brush and short grass. Active fire behavior with flanking, running and backing. Several communities, numerous structures and communication infrastructure threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures in effect.