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SONORA, California June 28, 2023 – What began as a lightning-caused wildfire along Jawbone Pass in the pre-planned Cherry North Prescribed (RX) Burn Unit on the Stanislaus National Forest’s Groveland Ranger District is being managed to achieve multiple objectives.
The lightning ignition was originally detected on June 15, and district fire managers immediately began work to ensure this naturally ignited fire stayed within pre-determined boundaries. Much of the work, including thinning vegetation along containment lines and clearing roads impacted by winter storm damage has already been completed based upon pre-existing prescribed fire plans.
| Current as of | Mon, 07/10/2023 - 12:26 |
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| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | Groveland Ranger District |
| Incident Commander | IC - Pat Green, Groveland Ranger District Type-3 Team, |
| Incident Description | This fire was caused by lightning on 6/15/23 (based on spatial lighting strike maps), and smoke/fire behavior detection took a while to develop and was delayed by road access and melting snow. The origin location is near the Emigrant Wilderness and surrounded by USFS roads, natural features like granite outcrops, Reynolds and Cherry Creeks, and Cherry Lake Reservoir. |
| Coordinates |
38° 2' 30.6'' Latitude
-119° 55' 33.6
'' Longitude
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| Total Personnel: | 110 |
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| Size | 1,163 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 100% |