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The McFarland Fire was started by lightning on July 29th near McFarland Ridge, south of Highway 36 near Wildwood, California. The fire is currently mapped at 122,653 acres with 100% containment.BURNED AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE (BAER) ASSESSMENT  Emergency Stabilization-Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) is a rapid assessment of burned watersheds by a BAER team to identify imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources on National Forest System lands and take immediate actions to implement emergency stabilization measures before the first post-fire damaging events. Fires result in loss of vegetation, exposure of soil to erosion, and increased water runoff that may lead to flooding, increased sediment, debris flows, and damage to critical natural and cultural

Fire was contained on 9/22/2021 at 18:00 and controlled on 10/27/2021. The fire is now in patrol status until weather allows us to resume suppression repair efforts. There is no longer an IC assigned to the

No Further Updates will be posted on this page.The McCash Fire was located on July 31, 2021 around 7:00 pm. The fire was burning in timber with an understory of tall grass and brush in rugged, steep terrain in an area with limited roads and partially within the Marble Mountain Wilderness. The nearest towns are Somes Bar and Happy Camp, CA (Siskiyou County). As of 4:00 pm on October 15, 2021, a Type 3 Incident Management Team was assigned to the McCash Fire. The Type 3 Team has been focused on suppression repair and removal of hazard trees for several days and the majority of this work is complete.  The McCash burn area has received considerable precipitation over the last several days and is 100% contained as of 6:00 pm on October 27, 2021.Resources will gradually be drawn down as suppression repair and hazard tree removal objectives are met and management of the McCash Fire will be transitioned to the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests at 10:00am on October 29, 2021.A forest...