FOREST FIRE: 17 NE Foresthill, CA

[johnnysau]

FIRE: 17 NE Foresthill, CA - Started out 4 or 5 days ago around 200 Acres, now 5000 Acres - 5% Contained.
Prime AU country, what a shame, another reason to keep the miners from mining. Wondering how it started.

johnnysau

 

[kuger]

Rimfire is now moving down toward Coulterville.......very thick brush...massive fuels!!!!!!!We may not have seen the end of this yet.......didnt seem to be near the aircraft traffic over the house today until this evening....now it sounds like a war zone

 

[Hefty1]

That stuff is way to scary...are you in the area of that town?
Stay safe my friend.

 

[Hoser John]

I still remember when Coultervilles streets were paved with gold!! Fires in the divide ratcheting down and equipment leaving to go to Yosemite now,will anythang be left??John

 

[2cmorau]

Proline mining is in Coulterville, hope there all right

 

[kuger]

Thanks Hefty,no I am to the North West.Its still got a ways to go to get to town,but on its way in that direction

 

[medic7a]

Big rain cell headed for the burned area. I wonder how much of the hillside is going to land in the bottom of the river? What I wouldn't give to have a claim downstream next summer.

 

[Fullpan]

Hope someone is out videoing to show the "hands off" greenies what happens to their precious watersheds.

 

[NuggetN8]

Hope someone is out videoing to show the "hands off" greenies what happens to their precious watersheds.

Forgot about that! Wish I would have thought of it. Wonder what the best place would be to see all of that junk washing downstream.

 

[medic7a]

The bridge at the bottom of last chance trail.

 

[NuggetN8]

That does look like a good spot to look at it but I've never been down that trail. Is the shortest way to access it deadwood? Wonder if there's a noticeable difference in the NF of the MF by the circle bridge.

 

[medic7a]

I'm guessing some of the trail was nuked in the fire but from devils thumb off of deadwood to the bridge is about a mile but its a 1400 ft elevation drop.

 

[Hefty1]

That does look like a good spot to look at it but I've never been down that trail. Is the shortest way to access it deadwood? Wonder if there's a noticeable difference in the NF of the MF by the circle bridge.

Not yet.

 

[NuggetN8]

Probably have to get a big series of storms to wash all that junk off of the hillside.

 

[Hefty1]

Had about 1 in of rain up there today.

 

[NuggetN8]

Had about 1 in of rain up there today.

And it's still pouring rain up here. I live in the same area. Wish we would get some huge storms the creeks around here are either dry or low.. Tomorrow I'll see if this storm made a difference in the water level if I get out.

 

[63bkpkr]

Hi Hefty1,
Been thinking about you today, wondering if you were almost a drowned rat or if you'd gotten back out before the rains came. It rained quite heavily here and had some T & L along with it. I would think it came down hard up your way...............................63bkpkr