Wildfire, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- September 12, 12:54 PM PST to September 19, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
Wildfire in California, September 12 to 19, 2010
The Canyon wildfire occurred in Sequoia National Forest and the ignition date was 9/12/10 at 1354 PDT. The cause was by human activity.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
The Canyon wildfire occurred in Sequoia National Forest and the ignition date was 9/12/10 at 1354 PDT. The cause was by human activity. The location was 8 miles West of Lake Isabella, CA (Kern County). The size was 9820 acres. Containment was achieved on 9/19/10 at 1800 PDT. There were no fatalities. There was 1 primary structure lost. The cost to containment was $11,250,000.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 12, 8:43 AM PST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 8:43 AM PST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 943 AM PDT SUN SEP 12 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE REGION WILL PROVIDE MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES ACROSS INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ARE GENERALLY RUNNING AT OR JUST A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE THIS TIME YESTERDAY. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON UNDER DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW BETWEEN AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH NEAR THE COAST AND THE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST US. THIS WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HIGHS JUST A TAD ABOVE CLIMO TODAY. TOMORROW STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FOR SOME COOLING AS THE TROUGH MOVES INLAND...LOWERING TEMPS A FEW DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES. DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK BETWEEN THE RIDGE TO THE EAST AND A TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC. NO UPDATE IS PLANNED FOR THE FORECAST THIS MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 214 AM PDT SUN SEP 12 2010/ DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY UP 1 TO 3 DEGREES FROM THIS TIME YESTERDAY. EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME TODAY AS YESTERDAY BEFORE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PARKED OFF THE COAST MOVES ONSHORE TO PROVIDE A COOLING TREND THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP 4 TO 8 DEGREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS STRONG MARINE LAYER PUSH WILL LOWER TEMPS. SW FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES AROUND NORMAL FROM WED THROUGH SUNDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER TEXAS IS HOLDING FIRM AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTERN IS HOLDING IN ALONG 130W. VERY QUIET WEATHER PATTERN IN STORE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 18Z MONDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12 2010... UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS IN FRESNO... KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES. FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT VALLEYAIR.ORG && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...JEB AVN/FW...DCH SYNOPSIS...PJ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Colorado, September 12 to 17, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 12, 2010
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Huron, September 12, 2010
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 12, 2010
- Hail in Michigan, September 12, 2010
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, September 12, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 12, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in Oregon, September 12, 2010
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 12, 2010
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 12, 2010
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 12, 2010
- Marine Hail in Lake Superior, September 12, 2010
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 266327.