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Dave,

I've been watching the progress of the Rough Fire and was wondering if this is close to the area where you camp in Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Forest?

Here is an excerpt of a article I read:

"The fire continues to work its way out of the 10 Mile drainage, toward Buck Rock, but could still pose a back door threat if it moves towards Wildwood, and crosses 10 Mile Road. The fire continues to wrap around Sunshine to the north of Hume. The spot fire mentioned earlier today has been contained at 40 acres."

Here is a link to the complete article and below is a map of the area. http://humelake.tumblr.com

The Hume Lake Rough Fire is definitely close by - from the incident map, it looks like its about 5-6 miles north of Buck Rock. The Buck Rock Lookout has been closed due to the smoke from the fire. From http://www.buckrock.org :

"Buck Rock, Delilah and Park Ridge Lookouts are currently closed and will not be staffed nor open to the public until further notice due to smoke impacts from the nearby Rough Fire. The Rough Fire, which was started by lightning on July 31st, is burning on the Sequoia National Forest, Sierra National Forest and Kings Canyon National Park. Our annual Open House event previously scheduled for the Labor Day weekend, has been cancelled."

Here is a link for current information on the fire:

HUME LAKE ROUGH FIRE UPDATES

The fire is close, very close, to our camp. Larry hit it on the head with the distance being about 5 miles. With a wind change, it could be in danger. When we went this year in June, it was clear that the area was very dry. In fact, at that time, full fire restrictions were in effect for all camping, While it's not very comforting, at least the fire was started by natural causes (lightning).

FIRE UPDATE

As of 3:00 PM August 24, 2015, the fire has advanced to within 2 miles of our camping spot and only 17% contained. So far, the fire has grown to almost 50,000 acres.

Dave,
Thanks for the update. Lets hope they get it under control but this is natures way of cleaning out dead vegetation.

The Rough Fire has grown to 55,900 acres with containment at 21%. 2,152 personnel are currently assigned to the fire.

http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4456/

UPDATE

The Rough fire is getting worse every day. Burned acres are now at 83,400+, making it the largest active fire in California. With containment at only 25%, very little progress has been made since it began on July 31, 2015.

Although its hard to tell if the fire has damaged the Buck Rock fire look out station, but the current map shows that it is less than 500 feet away, (as of 9/3/15). So far, our camp site has avoided the fire.

Just looked at the updated map. Looks like the fire has made a run east along the ridge. Hard to tell on my phone,but it doesn't look good

I am currently on the 395 east of the fire, and smoke is very heavy. I would post a photo, but can't seem to from Tapatalk.

Well, it just goes to show how much difference a day can make. From all appearances, our campsite is toast. Whats worse is that it looks like the fire has wiped out all of the other possible camping spots along the trail as well.

Once the fire is out, we will need to go back to check out the damage and locate another campsite. Who wants to go?

I'll be willing to go. That is if the Forest Service let's us. A lot of times the FS will close a fire area for some years until the ecosystem gets reestablished.