Donnell Fire Explained

Donnell Fire
Cost:>$30.3 million (2018 USD)[1]
Location:California, United States
Coordinates:38.35°N -175°W
Pushpin Map:USA California
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of fire in California
Area:36450acres
Cause:Unattended Illegal Campfire
Buildings:135
Injuries:9
Fatalities:None reported

The Donnell Fire was a wildfire that started on August 1, 2018 due to an unattended illegal campfire,[2] near Donnell Reservoir, burning around California State Route 108 in Tuolumne County, California and in the Stanislaus National Forest.[3] [4] [5] It spread rapidly, and the Forest Service closed a California state highway, many forest service roads, campgrounds, wilderness areas, access to privately-owned inholdings, and the Pacific Crest Trail.[6] The fire burned 36450acres, and destroyed 54 major structures and 81 minor structures, before the fire burned out on October 1. There were nine injuries caused by the fire, but no deaths.[7]

Among the destroyed buildings were those of the historic Dardanelle Resort[8] [9] and the 1933 Dardanelle Bridge[10] [11] a unique bridge listed on the Historic American Engineering Record.[12] Both were at Dardanelle, an unincorporated community on California State Route 108, the highway to Sonora Pass.

The ancient Bennett Juniper was threatened by the fire, which came within half a mile,[13] [14] [15] but the fire front stabilized after sustained ground and air attacks, and by the evening of August 14, it was no longer advancing toward the tree.[16]

On October 1, 2018, InciWeb reported minimal fire activity. The fire was declared 100% contained on November 28, 2018.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report. CAL FIRE. August 28, 2018. August 30, 2018.
  2. Web site: Unattended campfire escaped and ignited August 2018 Donnell Fire, Forest Service says. 4 December 2020 .
  3. Web site: Inversion layer holds Donnell fire growth. Camp Jack Hazard 'surviving'. . 2018-08-07 . modbee . en . 2018-08-09.
  4. Web site: Update: Acreage Jump In Donnell Fire, Evacuation Advisories Remain In Place . 2018-08-08 . www.mymotherlode.com . en-US . 2018-08-09.
  5. Web site: Forest Service Wildland Fire Smoke/Air Quality Outlook of the Yosemite Area for Monday, August 6 - Includes Mariposa, Oakhurst and Yosemite . 2018-08-06 . goldrushcam.com . en-gb . 2018-08-09.
  6. Jason Kuiken, Forest Supervisor, Stanislaus National Forest, Forest Order No. FTF-16-2018-12 (August 30, 2018). U. S. Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. The map attached as page 3 outlines the closure area and shows the closed areas, trails, and roads.
  7. Web site: Donnell Fire: Incident information. InciWeb. October 1, 2018. October 2, 2018. September 19, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180919130023/https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6092/. dead.
  8. Web site: 'We're devastated.' Much of historic Dardanelle Resort destroyed by Donnell Fire . 2018-08-06 . modbee . en . 2018-08-09.
  9. Web site: Historic California resort burns in raging Donnell Fire north of Yosemite . 2018-08-06 . SFGate . 2018-08-09.
  10. Guy McCarthy, "Donnell Fire blows up, crosses Highway 108, destroys Dardanelle Resort" The Union Democrat, August 6, 2018.
  11. Guy McCarthy photograph, "The historic Dardanelles Bridge burned and fell into the Middle Fork Stanislaus River earlier this week", The Union Democrat, August 7, 2018.
  12. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca1532/ Photographs of bridge
  13. Susan Steade, "California fire map: 2,000-year-old Bennett Juniper threatened", The Mercury News, August 13, 2018.
  14. Web site: Donnell Firefighters At Bennett Juniper. MyMotherLode.com . 2018-01-10 . 2018-08-10.
  15. Amy Graff, "Treasured 2,000-year-old tree threatened by California wildfire", SFGate, August 13, 2018.
  16. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASTF/2018-08-04-1238-Donnell/picts/2018_08_15-10.01.41.326-CDT.jpeg Donnell Fire: Map showing containment lines at 2204 hours on August 14, 2018
  17. McCarthy, Guy, "Forest Service declares destructive Donnell Fire 100 percent contained", The Union-Democrat, November 29, 2018

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