All rights reserved. These areas under various evacuations orders are referenced in grid 2K1 of the attached map. South of Sweetwater Springs Rd. started Thursday afternoon and triggered evacuation orders for 40,000 people. The 13-4 Fire is growing south from the Mohrhardt Ridge area of west Sonoma County threatening areas north of the Russian River. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Keary Sorenson, of Monte Rio, of Monte Rio, takes photos of the signs he and his wife Sally put on a corner in downtown Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. The area(s) mentioned above are under an evacuation warning and are referenced in grids 1E1, 1E3, 4B1, and 2K2 of the attached map(s). Published by on June 29, 2022. ========================================================. 116, East and North of Hwy. These areas are still at risk from the fires in the area. Customers serviced by the Guerneville, Cazadero, Duncans Mills, Monte Rio, Jenner and Villa Grande offices can pick up mail at the North Bay Processing Facility, 1150 N. McDowell Blvd. The new areas are on the fires northern and western fronts. Santa Rosa, CA | You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan at 707-521-5249 or mary.callahan@pressdemocrat.com. Flames destroyed one structure and two buildings. / CBS Colorado, UPDATE: Monte Vista Community Reeling After Wind-Blown Fire Displaces 6 Families. Use extreme caution when around any burned areas that may be present. This map shows where the 13-4 fire in west Sonoma County began. monte rio fire evacuation. If you have questions please reach out. 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The fire is burning in the town and massive electrical outages are being reported. Together, the fires have burned more than 12,200 acres, causing evacuations and threatening homes on the eastern edge of the Napa Valley. North of Old Cazadero Road and Austin Creek (The actual Creek) and East Austin Creek through the recreation area. The agency encouraged residents to stay inside with windows and doors closed, if possible, until smoke levels subside. The fire is currently 3,000 acres and 0% contained. "We're not going anywhere, we stay here". Residents of the area north of the Austin Creek recreational area, east of The Cedars Gateway Ecological Preserve off King Ridge Road, south of Stewarts Point-Skaggs Spring Road and west of the end of Mill Creek Road need to pack up essentials and leave the area. Also, take a look at the interactive evacuation map and search by address to see the status of your zone. Mandatory evacuations. If you're a registered Disqus user, your account will work on the Gazette as well. The Sorensons own their cleaning services company, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town," He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. If you need help evacuating animals, call 707-861-0699 (Sonoma CART). (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: The Armstrong Woods park is closed as part of the evacuation order in Guerneville, Calif., as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. The burn area is under a Public Health Order due to hazards created by the fire. Walbridge Fire (merged with Stewarts): West of Healdsburg. Contact Halsey Brochu via: text: (707) 303-0003 landline: (707) 788-6042 or e-mail July 4th A Message from Steve Baxman Click HERE for a message from our Fire Chief, courtesy of KRCB Radio and Rhian Miller. The fire charred around 17 acres. The public is reminded to stay vigilant on current fire conditions. This map shows where the Gamble fire near Lake Berryessa in Napa County started. This is a summary of all incidents, including those managed by CAL FIRE and other partner agencies. Go to socoemergency.org or call 2-1-1 if you have any questions. The formal announcement of lifting evacuations in an area currently under evacuation. Map Grid WI-A (Town of Windsor) all orders lifted, North of Windsor River Road to the northern town limit, West of Hwy 101 to the western town limit. LNU stands for Cal Fire's Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, and you can find the latest evacuation info here. In addition Sweetwater Springs Road between 17990 and 19500 will remain closed due to hazardous tree removal, powerline repair, roadway repair, and other hazards being mitigated in the area. The uncertainty and stress are enough to push anyone to their breaking point, said Dr. Mark LaGrave, an emergency room doctor with Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa who has been volunteering at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds evacuation shelter, where nearly 200 people are taking refuge from the fires. The fire is currently 21,125 acres and 0% contained. The family lives in Middletown, in Lake County, which is under threat from the Hennessey Fire. Also, take a look at the interactive evacuation map at https://arcg.is/0buuL1 and search by address to see the status of your zone. Please reduce speeds and drive with caution. Everybody on my block is upset, said Linda McDowell, 71, who started packing her car for what would have been her third evacuation in three years before someone figure out that Austin Creek was nowhere near Windsor and she and her husband didnt need to worry. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Sally Sorenson, right, and her husband Keary Sorenson, of Monte Rio, not pictured, placed a "Thank you firefighters" sign on a corner in downtown Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. The fire has taken three lives in Napa County and one in Solano County, according to Cal Fire. It was determined the fire started behind Absolute Shine in Monte Vista and was carried east along the main irrigation canal. We will send an alert for each area as it re-opens. Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve Baxman said the entire west county, from Jenner to Sea Ranch on the coast, inland to Cazadero and Annapolis and all along the lower Russian River, is ripe to burn.. All areas south of River Rd. Evacuate immediately if you're in the area. Saturday August 22nd, 2020 Updates-ONGOING UPDATES PAGE was first posted Aug 18. Copyright 2023, All Rights Reserved. Sonoma County Fire Evacuation Map: https://sonomacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=69a0e54e9e2b48c086d122027b21c961, Wednesday August 19th, 2020 :: 10:09 p.m. PDT. Authorities say an emergency fund is also in the works for those who sustained damage or lost their properties. Louis Hansen covers housing issues for the Bay Area News Group and is based at The Mercury News. Halls low-income apartment building near the center of Guerneville remained under a mandatory evacuation order, though as of Sunday afternoon, the fire had not entered the town. For residents who are not already, please sign up for SoCoAlert to receive critical alerts and know your evacuation zone so youre ready to go when an evacuation is issued.. Markley fire: 2,500 acres near Monticello Dam. Though the Walbridge Fire reportedly has made it into the north edge of Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, the old-growth trees in the main area of the park were undamaged Saturday. Evacuation warning lifted for Zone WI-A in the Town of Windsor. Evacuation orders remained in effect for roads near the fire off Hennessey Ridge Road and Highway 128 and along Chiles Pope Valley Road and Lower Chiles Valley Road. At this time we have DFPC helicopter dropping water, currently. West of Harrison Grade Rd., Green Valley Rd., and Hwy. 0% contained. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters, GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Sally Sorenson and her husband Keary Sorenson, of Monte Rio, clean up the street and remove trash from the trash can into their hauling truck in downtown Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. Since the lightning siege that started on Saturday, August 15, 2020, there have been over 13,000 lightning strikes. The California Independent Systems Operator, a nonprofit that oversees the broader electric grid and monitors energy demand and supply statewide, said mid-afternoon it was seeing consumer conservation make a dent but that power outages are still likely for energy shortfalls.. Incidents Overview >https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group). Residents west of Meyers Grade Road south of Fort Ross and north of Jenner are under formal orders to evacuate due to the threat of a wildfire that started Monday. They include areas east of Sewell Road and King Ridge Road; north of Old Cazadero Road and Austin Creek; west of East Austin Creek and Wal Bridge Ridge; and south of Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road. The fire is currently 25 acres and 0% contained. No first responders have been injured. 0% contained. Evacuation exercises are a critical component to preparing for any disaster, especially communities throughout the county, similar to these, with limited road access said District 4 Supervisor James Gore, Chair of the Board of Supervisors. West of Covey Rd.North of Front St. / Hwy. An outage in Santa Rosa affecting about 349 customers is under investigation and is not the result of a rolling blackout, Contreras said. Go to socoemergency.org or call 2-1-1 if you have any questions. The online map has been updated. A little after noon Tuesday, Napa County announced an additional order 390 homes in the Berryessa Estates neighborhood. These areas are still at risk from the fires in the area. You can also call 1(800)743-5000. and Wright Hill Rd. Residents living east of Covelo are being told to evacuate due to an uncontained wildfire thats burned about 40 acres and already has destroyed one structure, Cal Fire said. Were looking to it was in fact the technology, the application of the technology, or if it was operator error, he said. Hennessey fire: 10,000 acres near Hennessey Ridge Road. Both centers are open from 10am to 7pm through Friday September 4, 2020. But theres not a lot of road networks out of there, Nicholls said, and emergency officials want to ensure residents have plenty of time to get out, he said. The smaller fire, known as 11-16, named for the Cal Fire battalion involved and the order in which it was found as a lightning storm sparked fires around the region on Monday, was about 15 acres at last check in the Meyers Grade area near the coast, fire officials said. But money is drying up, and Hall is missing paychecks the pizza place where she works also is inside the evacuation zone. View the interactive evacuation map and search by address at https://arcg.is/0buuL1. At the evacuation meeting locations, there will be a resource fair with emergency partners providing information to prepare homes, families, and pets in the event of a real emergency. We came to get ice cream and kind of do our normal weekend thing in all this chaos.. Evacuation warnings had been issued for areas around Highway 128 at Silverado Trail to Chiles Pope Valley Road, Highway 128 at Lower Chiles Valley Road to Turtle Rock. Everything was booked or on fire, Hall said. East of Dutcher Creek Road and the Dry Creek (the actual creek). If you are in Zone 1D5 be prepared to evacuate. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: A "Thank you police officers" sign sits in a corner after Sally Sorenson and her husband Keary Sorenson, of Monte Rio, brought it thee in downtown Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. Significant fire growth is expected throughout the rest of the operational period. Tuesday August 18th, 2020 :: 06:25 p.m. PDT, Alert: Mandatory evacuation ordered due to Fire 13-4. Please continue to adhere to road closures and any evacuation warnings. East of the California Coastal National Monument (BLM property). Bryan Menegon and his wife, Stephanie Quirk, were spending a relaxing day in Healdsburg Plaza with their daughters, even though their home is under an evacuation order and ash has been raining from the sky all day. Mandatory EVACUATION ORDER for residents in the following areas: If you are in Zone 2E4 EVACUATE now. Finding a new place to stay wasnt easy. Hi-lo sirens will also be audible throughout the exercise areas to alert residents to evacuate at that time. Gov. LNU LIGHTNING COMPLEX EVACUATION UPDATE - SONOMA COUNTY. Please follow County Health recommendations, especially if youre returning to burned property. These areas are still at risk from the Walbridge Fire. MONTE VISTA Most residents who were evacuated due to the Monte Vista fire were allowed to return to their homes late last night, the Monte Vista Police Department reported Thursday morning, April 21. He graduated from San Diego State University with degrees in journalism and economics, and previously reported in Americas Finest City. Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa first tweeted about the. Continue to follow the instructions of first responders in the area. New Evacuation Orders, Temp Evacuation Sites. Those of you in areas under Evacuation Warning means you can now return home at your own risk. CAL FIRE Resources > https://www.fire.ca.gov/resources/, Tuesday August 18th, 2020 :: 03:12 p.m. PDT. In Nevada County, the Jones Fire has burned 550 acres and is causing several evacuations and school closures in the areas west of Nevada City. Categories . The evacuation order was significantly expanded over the weekend to portions of Santa Rosa, a city of 175,000 that was hit hard two years ago by a wildfire that destroyed thousands of homes and. River Road remains closed from Hacienda Bridge to the intersection of Foothill Boulevard at River Road, NOTE: The community of Rio Nido remains under an Evacuation Order, NOTE: Old Cazadero Road north of Old Cazadero Road at Chimney Rock Road remains under Evacuation Order, NOTE: Pool Ridge Road remains under Evacuation Order. These areas are still at risk from the fires in the area. 0% contained. "Winds are still blowing fairly hard," said Courtney Arthur, Rio Grande County public information officer. A helicopter is dropping water on the fire and fire crews are making good progress on the fire, according to a tweet from Costilla County Office of Emergency Management. A subsequent evacuation order for residents in the area of the 13-4 fire was appropriately targeted, Emergency Management Director Chris Godley said, but the warning issued around noon went out well beyond those in the roughly 20-mile evacuation area, to communities along the Russian River, as well as Santa Rosa and Windsor, at least. The Sorensons own their cleaning services company, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town," He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. August 18, 2020 3:14 PM -- Nixle alert: SONOMA CO SHERIFF Alert: Evacuate Immediately if you're in the area. You can call 2-1-1 or visit socoalerts.org if you have any questions. All other areas under evacuation order are still closed. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), HEALDSBURG, CA - AUGUST 23: Kelly Dicke, of Healdsburg, monitors the Walbridge Fire on the ridges near her property seen from Chemise Road in Healdsburg, Calif., as LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Napa and Solano counties on Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020. Around 8:15 p.m., officials reported that forward. Evacuation orders and warnings have spread across wine. The Sonoma County Gazette is published Monthly by Sonoma Media Investments A reminder to drive slowly and yield to emergency personnel in the area. If you need help evacuating livestock, call 707-234-7193 (NorCal Livestock Evac). Guerneville is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Lake and Yolo counties. The order includes all households between Meyers Grade Road and the coast, south of Fort Ross Road, and north the intersection of Meyers Grade Road and Highway 1. If you are in Zone 2E4 EVACUATE NOW. But we are prepared to act on Plans A, B and C.. Upton said the county has reduced capacity at Crosswalk to 60, a fraction of what it housed during the 2017 Atlas fire, because of the need for social distancing. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters, SANTA ROSA, CA - AUGUST 23: Guerneville evacuee Rhonda Hall, center, comforts her daughter, Victoria Johnston, 15, as she talks about her gecko she left behind in Guerneville as Dr. Mark LaGrave, of Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa, looks on outside at the evacuation center at the Solano County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020. No off-topic remarks. For more information about the status of the fires, including the incident map, go to fire.ca.gov/incidents. Hi-lo sirens will also be audible throughout the exercise areas to alert residents to evacuate at that time. Emergency officials have issued an evacuation warning for a rural area of west Sonoma County in the hills between Healdsburg and Stewarts Points, due to a wildfire thats been burning since Monday. Number one, stay off social media and avoid reading panic-inducing posts. The burn area is under a Public Health Order due to health hazards created by the fire. Those precautions werent enough to convince Hall to stay both she and her daughter have asthma and could develop severe symptoms if they catch COVID-19. For information on outage locations, times, and health concerns, visit your #utility website. Theres going to be a lot of traffic in the area so please drive safely; our priority is getting everyone home safely. Areas under evacuation order due to the immediate threat to life now include everything west of Lake Berryessa along Berryessa Knoxville Road between Highway 128 and East Side Road, according to Cal Fire. The public is reminded to stay vigilant on current fire conditions. Check here for updates on fires burning Tuesday in Sonoma and Napa counties: Authorities have expanded the mandatory evacuation orders in place due to the 13-4 wildfire burning in a rugged swath of coastal mountains in northwestern Sonoma County. 11-16 Fire: North of Jenner. With extreme fire danger expected this weekend, it is critical that all Californians take steps to prevent sparking a wildfire. Were just over panicking, 42-year-old Quirk said. A portion of zone 1D5 downgraded from Evacuation Order to Evacuation Warning, Westside Road south of Sweetwater Springs RoadNorth of the Russian RiverWest of the Hacienda Bridge to Korbel, NOTE: McPeak Road north of Wasson Road remains under evacuation order, NOTE: Mount Jackson Resort Road to remains under evacuation order, A portion of zone 1B3 downgraded from Evacuation Order to Evacuation Warning, North and East of Lions Head Ranch Road at King Ridge Road, South and West of 14900 Stewart Point Skaggs Springs Road, NOTE: Remainder of the zone still under evacuation order, NOTE: Lions Head Ranch Road under evacuation order, Map Grid 2A2 Evacuation Warning Lifted, North of the Dry Creek and the norther fork of Lake Sonoma County, West of Dutcher Creek, City of Coverdale city limits and Hwy 128, __________________________________________________________________. El rea que debe evacuarse de inmediato es al sur de Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road, al norte de Austin Creek, al oeste de la interseccin de Mill Creek Road en Puccioni Road y al este de Cedars. Evacuation order updates for Hacienda and King Ridge Road areas related to the Walbridge Fire. The county has set up a Re-entry Point at 17499 Bodega Highway, Bodega Bay. We will send an alert for other areas as they are cleared to be re-opened. "We're not going anywhere, we stay here". Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve . If you need help evacuating animals, call 707-861-0699 (Sonoma CART). After that, they spent two nights in Petaluma. No profanity, hate speech or personal attacks. We lose this, we lose everything, Keary said. But their home is in town, where they dont think the fire will reach. The Sorensons own their cleaning business, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town, He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. MONTE RIO, Calif. - Cal Fire has stopped forward progress of a vegetation fire above Monte Rio Tuesday evening, officials said. WildFire 13-4 is growing and has now been upgraded to a Mandatory Evacuation. NOTE: People returning to the area must utilize Hwy 1 to return to their homes. First Responders are currently working on going door to door to assist. Smoke from the fire has blanketed much of central Sonoma County, with gray ash falling miles from the fire front on the eastern side of Highway 101. If you are in the above areas please calmly and quickly evacuate. In Lake County Saturday afternoon, the sheriffs department ordered evacuations of residents living near Hidden Valley Lake and Jerusalem Valley. The following areas have had all evacuation orders lifted: North of the Dry Creek and the norther fork of Lake Sonoma County, West of Dutcher Creek, City of Coverdale city limits and Hwy 128, Sweetwater at Westside (Moved from Wholer at Eastside Road), River Road at McPeak just west of Korbel (Moved from River Road at River Drive), Mountain Jackson Resort Road at Westside Road (Moved from River Road at Odd Fellows Road), 14900 Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road (Moved from 22303 Skaggs Springs Road), King Ridge Road at Cazadero Highway (Already in place), Move TCP from Dutcher Creek at Dry Creek to the Fish Hatchery, _______________________________________________________________. Theres going to be a lot of traffic in the area so please drive safely; our priority is getting everyone home safely. More updates at 6pm. She started her journalism career reporting on crime and breaking news for The News-Press in Southwest Florida. Sonoma County officials are attempting to address that issue by screening evacuees for virus symptoms and taking temperatures at the door of the county fairgrounds shelter. Use extreme caution when around the burned areas that may be present. If you are in the area please evacuate now! Marisa Kendall is a housing reporter for the Bay Area News Group who covers homelessness for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. NOTE: Wallace Creek Road and Mill Creek Road, west of Wallace Creek Road (including Palmer Creek Road), will remain closed. Theres going to be a lot of traffic in the area so please drive safely; our priority is getting everyone home safe!