Yosemite National Park Fire Map

The ferguson fire has now moved into yosemite national park and has jumped highway 41 inside the park near the junction with glacier point road.

Yosemite national park fire map. Ignition will take approximately five days with active burning and about two weeks to monitor burn down activity. Fire history map 1970 2019 significant fires from recent history. Kron while the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic wildlife at yosemite national park has apparently reclaimed the grounds as the virus keeps. The fire was reported on july 13 2018 burning 96 901 acres 392 km 2 before it was 100 contained on august 19 2018.

Yosemite national park j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i yoh sem i tee is an american national park located in the western sierra nevada of central california bounded on the southeast by sierra national forest and on the northwest by stanislaus national forest the park is managed by the national park service and covers an area of 748 436 acres 1 169 sq mi. National park service u s. The burn is projected to start the week of april 28 depending upon weather conditions. The dance floor fire which was a lightning ignition on june 12 was declared out and the tamarack fire is being managed for resource objectives.

The wawona road will remain open during the burn however traffic control may be instituted if conditions require. Firefighters fire equipment smoke and debris may be. Po box 577 yosemite national park ca 95389. Interior areas of the fire continued to smolder and burn until september 19 2018 when inciweb declared the fire to be inactive.

Additionally the park engaged two independent engineering firms to conduct sediment debris studies. Alerts in effect dismiss dismiss view all alerts contact us. Some brochures also have maps including hiking maps for some areas of the park. Yosemite not just a great valley but a shrine to human foresight the strength of granite the power of glaciers the persistence of life and the tranquility of the high sierra.

Fire update june 26 2020 june 26 2020 posted by. First protected in 1864 yosemite national park is best known for its waterfalls but within its nearly 1 200 square miles you can find deep valleys grand meadows ancient giant sequoias a vast wilderness area and much more. This site all nps. 3 029 km 2 and sits in four counties.

Centered in tuolumne and mariposa extending north and east to mono and south to madera county. Yosemite national park is planning a 1 447 acre prescribed fire in the southwestern portion of the park near yosemite west. Yosemite national park calif. This week yosemite national park fire personnel responded to two new fires in the park the le conte fire and koon holler fire both were declared out and are under investigation.

The rim fire. A burned area emergency response plan pdf 11 9 mb was developed to address post fire emergency stabilization issues resulting from the el portal fire. Approximately 4 689 acres were burned in the el portal administrative site yosemite national park and stanislaus national forest. Location of the fire in california full screen location of ferguson fire the ferguson fire was a wildfire in the sierra national forest stanislaus national forest and yosemite national park in california in the united states.