Wildfire, S Sierra Foothills
- When
- June 12, 11:43 AM PST to June 14, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
Wildfire in California, June 12 to 14, 2012
The Gaines wildfire occurred in the CalFire Merced-Madera-Mariposa Unit. The ignition date was 6/12/12 at 1243 PDT.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 Gaines wildfire occurred in the CalFire Merced-Madera-Mariposa Unit. The ignition date was 6/12/12 at 1243 PDT. The cause was unknown. The location was in Catheys Valley, Mariposa County, in the Southern Sierra foothills. The size was 1667 acres. Containment was reached on 6/14/12 at 1800 PDT. There were no fatalities or structures lost and the cost was $600,000.
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 Jun 12, 8:57 AM PST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:57 AM PST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 957 AM PDT TUE JUN 12 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM TEMPERATURES TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TODAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL HELP MARINE AIR TO FILTER INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...LOWERING TEMPERATURES 5 TO 10 DEGREES. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. && .DISCUSSION...SUNNY SKIES AGAIN TODAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING UP THIS MORNING AND THE CURRENT GRIDDED FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NOW JUST PUSHING INTO CENTRAL OREGON COAST IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN AFFECTS ON THE AREA WILL BE INCREASED ONSHORE COOL MARINE FLOW AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS INCREASE AND THE RESULTING COOLING TREND. ALSO SOME INCREASE IN WIND WILL OCCUR OVER THE KERN COUNTY DESERT AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. BY THURSDAY THE THREAT OF THUNDER OVER THE SIERRA CREST REMAINS AS COOLER AIR ALOFT ARRIVES FOR THURSDAY AND ON FRIDAY THE THREAT LOOKS EVEN BETTER AS THE WINDS SWITCH AROUND TO A SOUTHEAST TO EAST DIRECTION. NEXT WEEK LOOKS HOT AS MODELS ARE COMING INTO GOOD AGREEMENT IN BUILDING A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM INTO THE REGION FROM THE PACIFIC. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... ON TUESDAY JUNE 12 2012... UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS IN FRESNO... KERN... SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK AND FOREST AND TULARE COUNTIES. FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT VALLEYAIR.ORG && .CERTAINTY... THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 1 AND 2 IS HIGH. THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7 IS HIGH. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS PART OF A TRIAL PROJECT CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD. CERTAINTY LEVELS INCLUDE LOW...MEDIUM...AND HIGH. PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HNX/CERTAINTY.PHP /ALL LOWER CASE/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND/OR TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...DUDLEY AVN/FW...DCH SYNOPSIS...BSO 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
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- Flash Flooding in New York, June 12, 2012
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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: 396677.