Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in southern and central California. Administered by the United States Forest Service , Los Padres includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey , extending inland.
The lookout was last staffed in 1990. As of 2018, the building houses radio repeater equipment and cannot be easily reactivated for use as a fire tower once again. [5] The lookout atop Cone Peak was one of six active fire lookouts in the Monterey Ranger District of the Los Padres National Forest.
The Los Padres National Forest closure notice was not lifted, and the area remained closed to the public as a result of the fire. [20] At 7:00 a.m. on July 27, [21] command over the fire was handed off to a Type 3 Incident Management Team from the Los Padres National Forest. [21] On August 4, the fire was declared 100% contained. [22] [23]
The Chews Ridge Lookout is located at the northern end of the Santa Lucia Range of the Los Padres National Forest, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Monterey, California, and approximately 30 miles (48 km) west of Highway 101. The current tower was built in 1929 and staffed until around 1990.
On January 12, 2018, the U.S. Forest Service declared the Thomas Fire 100 percent contained, at 281,893 acres. [95] [96] Afterward, Los Padres National Forest officials continued monitoring the burn area of the Thomas Fire for hotspots. On March 22, 2018, InciWeb declared the Thomas Fire to be inactive and ceased providing updates. [9]
The Los Padres National Forest. Located in western central and southern California . With protected areas in the northwestern Transverse Ranges and southeastern California Coast Ranges .
The fire had primarily burned away from populated areas in extremely steep and rugged areas of the San Rafael Mountains in the Los Padres National Forest and the Santa Ynez River Recreation Area. [2] It only destroyed one Forest Service outbuilding. Its impacts on the environment and area water resources are not yet fully known. [11]
The fire started on Labor Day September 4, 2006, and by October 1, had cost $70.3 million; at one point, the Day Fire had 4,600 active firefighters combating it. [3] The Day Fire burned approximately 162,702 acres (658.43 km 2) of both Los Padres National Forest (97.4%) and privately owned lands. [2]