Month: August 2021

Evacuation orders for Medicine Lake, Payne Springs, Blanch Lake

Siskiyou Alerts – Fire and Emergency

Keith Johnson  · 1h  · #AntelopeFire Posted August 6, 2021 at 4:18 PM 🚨🚨🚨EVACUATION WARNING🚨🚨🚨An EVACUATION WARNING has been issued for the areas of Medicine Lake, Payne Springs and Blanche Lake due to wildfire. PLEASE BE AWARE AND PREPARED TO LEAVE[If already shared/ posted please delete. I looked, but did not see it right off.]

Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office

2h  · 🚨🚨🚨EVACUATION WARNING🚨🚨🚨An EVACUATION WARNING has been issued for the areas of Medicine Lake, Payne Springs and Blanche Lake due to wildfire. PLEASE BE AWARE AND PREPARED TO LEAVE

Some updates on fires

Trinity County Sheriff’s is telling people in Big Flat to evacuate. Monument Fire is at least 25,000 acres now. It may reach Junction City by tomorrow.

Dixie Fire has grown to 432,000 acres. It is now the biggest fire in the west, eclipsing the Bootleg Fire in Oregon.

Per KRCR:

Lassen County Sheriff’s Office officials said the area of Walker Lake, north to Mtn. Meadows Reservoir, and south to Moonlight Rd. are currently under an evacuation order. Additionally, the areas east of Mtn. Meadows Reservoir and south to Hwy 36 to Coppervale are also under evacuation orders.

An evacuation warning has been issued for Lassen National Forest south to Hwy 36 to the Lassen County line. This includes Hamilton Mountain, Coyote Peak, and Indicator Peak south to Hwy 44, north to Hwy 36, west to Hog Flat Reservoir.

Alternate spaces are available for evacuees at the following locations:

  • Susanville Village RV Park, Johnstonville Rd, Susanville, 530-256-2589 – 15 spaces available. Full hook-ups. $40/daily, $220/weekly, and $500/monthly with electric bill
  • Eagle Lake RV Park, 687-125 Palmetto Way, Eagle Lake, 530-825-3133- 30 spaces. 30 amp. Each spot has power, water, sewer, and cable.
  • Old Sierra Pacific Mill picture below (Tim Nobles), 1620 Riverside Dr, Susanville – Can get water and power. No sewage. LOTS of room.

The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation warning for the community of Platina, due to the McFarland Fire.

This new warning for Shasta County includes both sides of Highway 36, from Sunday Gulch Road to the Shasta-Tehama County line, and all roads south of Highway 36. This includes Beegum Gorge Road, Platinum Lane, Secluded Glen Lane, Shady Nook Drive, and Beegum Road.

Antelope Fire: The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office has issued evacuation orders for the following communities: Tennant, Bray, Mount Hebron, Round Valley area south of Red Rock Road, including Long Prairie Road, Robison Road, Old State Highway. At 22,500 acres it has surrounded the community of Tennant, and there are reports of structure fires.

Red Flag warning zones 280, 282 for Wednesday August 4th.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND
282...

The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Red Flag
Warning...which is in effect from 2 PM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday.

* Impacts: Strong, gusty wind with low relative humidity and
  critically dry vegetation will greatly increase the spread
  potential of any new and existing fires.

* Affected area: In Northern CA...The eastern portion of Fire
  Weather Zone 280, to include the River Complex, and all of Fire
  Weather Zone 282.

* Wind: South to southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph.

* Humidity: 5 to 10 percent.

* View the hazard area in detail at:
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD