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Yosemite Fire Update, August 12, 2022

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avatar Yosemite Fire Update, August 12, 2022
August 14, 2022 02:06PM
Red Fire
  • Location: between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek
  • Elevation: 7,800
  • Discover Date: August 4, 2022
  • Size: 50 acres (updated to 167 acres on the evening of August 12)
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Fire history: burning in the 2001 Hoover fire footprint
  • Yosemite fire crews are on scene. No current trail closures.
Rodgers Fire
  • Location: northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley
  • Elevation: 8,100
  • Discover Date: August 8, 2022
  • Size: 5 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Yosemite fire crews are on scene. No current trail closures.
avatar Yosemite Fire Update for August 15, 2022
August 16, 2022 09:40AM
RED FIRE

Location: between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek
  • Elevation: 7,800
  • Discover date: August 4, 2022
  • Size: 398 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Fire history: burning in the 2001 Hoover fire footprint
  • Yosemite fire crews are assessing natural barriers (like granite) to confine and contain the fire.
  • No trail closures, no threat to infrastructure
  • https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8332/
RODGERS FIRE

Location: northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley
  • Elevation: 8,100
  • Discover date: August 8, 2022
  • Size: 25 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Yosemite fire crews are assessing natural barriers (like granite) to confine and contain the fire.
  • No trail closures, no threat to infrastructure
  • https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8333/
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