LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST MONTEREY RANGER DISTRICT FOREST ORDER NUMBER 05-07-51-26-08 TIMBER FIRE AREA, ROAD, AND TRAIL CLOSURE Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(a) and (b), and to provide for public safety, the following acts are prohibited within the Los Padres National Forest. This Order is effective from August 16, … Continue reading Closure of LPNF, Monterey Division due to…
Lyle Southall with Big Sur Fire’s new water tender taken on Tuesday. Filling up bladders, which the firefighters called pumpkins when they put them at my place. The helicopters can use these to refill, helpful when the available ponds socked in with fog. I was told these hold 1500 gals of water Taken last night The post Photos by Josh Bleibtreu 8/16/26 appeared first on BigSurKate .
Timber Fire Update U.S. Forest Service – Los Padres National Forest Timber Fire InformationEmail: 2026.timber@firenet.gov Phone: 831-285-7006Report Release: 7:10 am on August 16th, 2026 ACRES: 4,869CONTAINMENT: 15% CURRENT SITUATION:Dozer and handlines constructed along Partington Ridge are holding well. Outside of yesterday’s burning operations, there was no new fire growth in this area of the…
CURRENT SITUATION: The Timber Fire is now about two-thirds of the way down the slope at Partington Ridge. Firefighters are conducting burning operations to bring the fire to established control lines near the bottom of Torre Canyon. Firefighters are also working along Highway 1 and doing everything they can to safely secure the area and defend Continue reading Timber Fire, Day 8, 8/15, Evening…
These were taken at Heidi Hopkin’s house, the last one on the road at the top. The control burn they started yesterday seems to have worked. Now I think they have moved down to lower Partington to tie in that line. And here is a photo of the community at the meeting last night. (Sorry, Continue reading Photos by Josh Bleibtreu The post Photos by Josh Bleibtreu appeared first on BigSurKate .
Photo by Josh Bleibtreu from top of Partington Ridge this am Yesterday’s clear skies allowed firefighters to do a good assessment on the fire. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) showed some remaining heat in the heavy vegetation above houses, and crews are targeting those areas today. The area around Castro Canyon showed the most remaining heat. Continue reading Timber Fire, Day 8, 8/15, Morning…
CURRENT SITUATION: Acres: 4545 Containment: 12% Resources Assigned: 1,811 CURRENT SITUATION: Favorable weather conditions significantly improved visibility on the west side of the Timber Fire today, allowing crews to conduct a visual assessment of the area. There was increased fire activity, and clear conditions allowed air and ground resources to engage. Fire crews reinforced retardant Continue…
Just got a call from the USFS that a closure order will be coming shortly that closes the Los Padres Forest to facillitate fighting the Timber Fire from the northern boundary of the forest to Nacimiento Rd on the South and from Milpitas and Tassajara Rds on the East to Highway One on the Continue reading Forest Closure Order The post Forest Closure Order appeared first on BigSurKate .
CURRENT SITUATION: On the southern edge of the fire, work is complete on containment line from DeAngulo Ridge to Partington Road and on containment line on the Coast Ridge Trail southeast toward Highway 1. Work overnight continued behind homes east of Highway 1, with crews cutting handline to create a continuous containment feature behind them. The Continue reading Timber Fire, Day 7, 8/14 USFS…
Timber Fire Update U.S. Forest Service Los Padres National ForestTimber Fire InformationEmail: 2026.timber@firenet.gov Phone: 831-285-7006Report release: 7:00pm on August 13th, 2026CURRENT SITUATION: The heavy marine layer moderated fire activity, and the fire is currently hung up above the houses on the east side of Highway 1. Crews continue to create containment line behind houses where possible…
TIMBER FIRE COMMUNITY MEETINGPlease join local officials and incident representatives for an important community meeting to share information and answer questions.WHAT:Community Meeting WHEN:August 14, 2026 @ 5PMTIME LOCATION:Big Sur River Inn46800 CA-1, Big Sur, CA 93920If technology permits, meeting will be livestreamed on the Los Padres National Forest Facebook Page.Follow the link below to…
This is a still from a video that apparently I have developed a configuration problem with YouTube, but if you want to watch it, it is the first video on my bigsurkate8349 channel. You can see it there. The post Top of Partington Ridge this morning appeared first on BigSurKate .
Current situation:Fire Size 4245 acres. Firefighters were engaged overnight on the south end of the fire working down Partington Ridge toward Highway 1 to tie handline into completed dozer line to cut off the fire’s south/southeastern spread. Engines assigned behind structures west of Highway 1 remained in place overnight to ensure that they were not Continue reading Timber Fire Day 6, 8/13/26…