Jackson/Mokelumne Hill, CA…The Butte Fire has surged to 1,200 acres and has Firefighters working hard in our area. Below is the latest from Calfire and below that is the latest on traffic from CHP. There are evacuations on both sides of the Modelumne river and Hwy 26 is closed from Hwy 49 on up to the Winton Road area.
The Photos Above Are from Kate Shanley and were taken tonight between 7-7:30pm.
Butte Fire
| Butte Fire Incident Information: | ||
| Last Updated: | September 9, 2015 8:24 pm | |
| Date/Time Started: | September 9, 2015 2:26 pm | |
| Administrative Unit: | CAL FIRE Amador – El Dorado Unit | |
| County: | Amador County | |
| Location: | Butte Mountain Road, east of Jackson | |
| Acres Burned – Containment: | 1,200 acres- 30%contained | |
| Evacuations: | Amador Lane, end of Electra and Charamuga Ranch Road | |
| Road Closures : | Butte Mountain Road and Hwy 26 from Happy Valley to lower Dorray Road | |
| Cooperating Agencies: | Jackson City, Amador Fire Protection, USFS, | |
| Total Fire Engines: | 20 | |
| Total Fire crews: | 6 | |
| Total Airtankers: | 5 | |
| Total Helicopters: | 3 | |
| Total Dozers: | 3 | |
| Total Water Tenders: | 8 | |
| Long/Lat: | -120.70418, 38.32974 | |
| Conditions: | Fire is burning in the Mokeloumne River drainage. Fire crews are battling very steep terrain and hot temperatures. Fire is burning to the east. Fire has jumped across the river into Calarveras County | |
ncident: 00318 Type: Report of Fire Location: 17744 Butte Mountain Cutoff Loc Desc: Butte Mt Cutoff Lat/Lon: 38.344709 -120.697865
Detail Information
8:37 PM 28 [69] C49-200 AT THE SCHOOL FOR SOFT CLOSURE
8:30 PM 27 [67] C49-100 JESUS MARIA IS UNAFFECTED JUST 26 CLOSED
8:23 PM 26 [64] 100- HAVE D3 MOVE CLOSURE UP TO JESUS MARIA AND THEN HAVE D1 MOVE UP TO ASSIST
8:20 PM 25 [63] C49-100 HANDLING CLOSURE AT FIRE LINE -26/ROBINSON RANCH
8:18 PM 24 [61] 1039 EAST BAY MUD- COPIES TO CLOSE RIVER ACCESS
8:17 PM 23 [59] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALFIRE NEED UNIT TO SHRINK RD CLOSURE AREA FRM INCIDENT CP TO JESUS MARIA RD
8:14 PM 22 [58] C49-100 REQ 1039 TO EAST BAY MUD FOR CLOSURE 49 AND ACCESS AREA
8:12 PM 21 [57] 94-L1 ADV 49-100 CAL SO IS ASKING FOR HARD CLOSURE AT WINTON RD MOVED DOWN TO RIDGE – T1 COPIES
8:08 PM 20 [55] 49-T1 CLOSURE SET UP -26 JWO ROBINSON RANCH ON STRAIGHTAWAY
8:03 PM 19 [54] C49-100 CALTRANS ASSISTING WITH CLOSURE
7:59 PM 18 [51] 49-T1 FIRE HAS JUMPED RDWY BURNING SOUTH SIDE OF 26 1 MILE JEO BOSTON YALE
7:57 PM 17 [50] 49-T1 FIRE PERSONELL AT BOSTON YALE ADVD MAY HAVE JUMPED THE RD- HEADING FURTHER EAST NOW
7:55 PM 16 [48] 97 AT FIRE LINE NOW JEO BOSTON YALE- BURNING OUT RDWY NOW
7:41 PM 15 [45] C49-100 HAVE HARD CLOSURE -SET RIDGE/26 IF SAFE – ACCESS FRM 26- T1 COPIES
7:13 PM 14 [34] [Notification] [CHP]-DOT ETA 45 MIN TO 1 HOUR
7:12 PM 13 [33] 1039 ENTAC
7:06 PM 12 [28] C49-100 STARTING HARD CLOSURE EB26 AT MOKE HILL ELEMTARY
6:59 PM 11 [22] 1039 CALTRANS- STILL TRYING TO GET CREW TOGETHER
6:56 PM 10 [20] 94-L1 CALFIRE REQ CLOSURE 26 BTWN HAPPY VALLEY AND LOWER DUREY
6:54 PM 9 [19] 1039 CT FOR LINE 17
6:53 PM 8 [17] C49-100 26/49 AND 26/WINTON -M FOR HARD CLOSURE
6:33 PM 7 [14] 1039 CT / ADV TO RECALL WHEN GET CROSS ON SR26
6:32 PM 6 [13] 100 REQ CALTRANS BECAUSE A HARD CLOSURE WILL BE NEEDED ON 26- UNK 1010
6:28 PM 5 [11] 100 ADVD THAT FIRE WILL BE CAUSING ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS FOR CALAVERAS THIS EVENING
6:24 PM 4 [9] [Notification] [CHP]-HAVE CALA UNIT GO CLOSE RIVER ACCESS ON CALA SIDE BLM RIVER ACCESS PER 94-L
4:59 PM 3 [7] [Notification] [CHP]-CDF REQ BUTTE MOUNTIAN /CLINTON TO AMADOR LN CLOSED
4:35 PM 2 [5] Incident Re-opened: REQ CHP UNIT CLOSE RD AT BUTTE MTN AND TARAMOUGA RANCH // THEN ANOTHER UNIT AT AMADOR LANE
2:33 PM 1 [1] RPS BARN ON FIRE
Unit Information
2:39 PM 18 Unit Assigned
2:39 PM 17 Unit Enroute
2:39 PM 16 Unit At Scene
2:41 PM 15 Unit Cleared
4:41 PM 14 Unit Assigned
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HAS THE FIRE PROGRESSED UP CLINTON RD TO TABEAU ROAD TOWARD PINE ACRES? MY SON LIVES ON DUNSHEE RD OFF TABEAU AND SAYS HE CAN SEE FLAMES….WHAT THE HECK?