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Feather River near Ohio Creek. The steep terrain and increased fire activity in this area (Division M, near Seneca and Butt Valley Dam) forced firefighters to withdraw, and the decision was made to retreat to contingency lines and begin firing operations instead of continuing to attack the fire directly. On August 21, the fire's northeastern side was active, running toward and spotting across Highway 89 near Lake Almanor's spillway at Canyondam. However, more broadly, fire behavior moderated as the Chips Fire entered its third week. Fire crews continued to conduct firing operations to secure the perimeter, mostly at night, and for the most part the lines held (despite a major wind event on August 26).
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The Chips Fire remained quite active on August 1. The fire developed a convective column, becoming "plume-dominated" in its behavior, and grew significantly to the north after spotting into the Yellow Creek drainage. More significantly, the fire also spotted 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east (over
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on the north end of the fire. The dazed four-week-old female kitten would not leave the crew, who after searching for the kitten's mother brought her to the incident command post before she was turned over to the non-profit group Lake Tahoe
Wildlife Care. Dubbed 'Chips', the bobcat was placed with
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native people, who called it Tásmam Koyóm. Members of the Maidu Summit
Consortium (which includes tribal authorities and non-profit/grassroots organizations) protested, noting that the group had not received the notice required by law before the logging and that two Maidu archaeological sites had
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During the Chips Fire, Cal Fire crews set backfires to clear underbrush and lessen the odds of higher-severity wildfire on the slopes above Humbug Valley, a large meadow complex southwest of Lake
Almanor. Following the fire, PG&E conducted salvage logging on 368 acres (149 ha) of its
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On July 30 and 31, firefighters continued to engage in direct attack on the fire as it burned slowly through the footprints of the 2008 Belden Fire and the 2000 Storrie Fire. The fire increased in activity on July 31, spotting from the Chips Creek drainage into the
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been damaged by the process, in addition to the clear-cutting. PG&E denied any damage had occurred, but apologized and suspended logging until Maidu representatives could survey the area for other archaeological sites.
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The Chips Fire destroyed nine structures. The fire also damaged electricity distribution lines for the community of Quincy and the general
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both the primary and proposed secondary contingency lines) onto
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another orphaned bobcat of the same age. After more than seven months of rehabilitation, Chips was released the following spring in Humboldt County.
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The Chips Fire burned in the North Fork Feather River Canyon, south of Lake Almanor
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Fites-Kaufman, Josephine A.; Ewell, Carol M.; Bauer, Ryan K. (November 20, 2012).
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Chips Fire: Hazard Tree Felling Accident - Facilitated Learning Analysis
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The Chips Fire producing a large smoke column on August 2, 2012
1035:(Report). Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center. Archived from
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The 2012 Chips Fire, California: A Case Study of Fire Behavior
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The Chips Fire puts up a smoke column in early August
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967:"Baby Bobcat "Chips" Rescued From Chips Fire"
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758:"Dixie Fire Update: Summer & Fall 2022"
2155:October 2017 Northern California wildfires
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1331:Painted Cave
1194:– via
1190:February 24,
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394:Indian Creek
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306:Storrie Fire
299:
295:Haines Index
284:
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238:was a large
235:
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183:Human-caused
164:$ 55 million
48:July 29
18:
2695:KNP Complex
2540:SQF Complex
2395:Saddleridge
1703:Barry Point
1307:Marble Cone
1277:Rattlesnake
1170:. pp.
1145:October 17,
1110:October 17,
1075:October 17,
1043:February 7,
1013:January 27,
981:January 27,
950:January 23,
918:January 23,
886:January 23,
832:January 17,
802:January 17,
772:January 17,
742:January 17,
706:February 6,
660:January 23,
625:January 23,
590:October 18,
378:air tankers
340:Progression
328:, the 2018
137:Burned area
119: /
107:121°16′41″W
94:Coordinates
2941:Categories
2879:Coffee Pot
2390:Sandalwood
2340:West Butte
1799:Poinsettia
1741:Powerhouse
562:References
549:Dixie Fire
519:same day.
476:mopping up
355:Highway 70
345:July 29–31
334:Dixie Fire
277:Background
271:Prattville
250:after the
236:Chips Fire
132:Statistics
104:40°00′36″N
63:2012-08-31
24:Chips Fire
2758:Border 32
2655:McFarland
2615:Palisades
2587:Silverado
2557:El Dorado
2287:Whaleback
2247:Klamathon
2120:Ponderosa
2060:Manzanita
2050:Schaeffer
1977:Soberanes
1962:Trailhead
1924:Tassajara
1904:Jerusalem
1713:Ponderosa
1624:Guiberson
1566:Telegraph
1491:Moonlight
1457:Esperanza
330:Camp Fire
252:Rush Fire
234:The 2012
69:(34 days)
2913:Category
2844:Thompson
2773:Mosquito
2768:Fairview
2743:McKinney
2733:Washburn
2723:Colorado
2675:Antelope
2660:Monument
2645:Tamarack
2478:Loyalton
2375:Red Bank
2350:Mountain
2277:Cranston
2262:Ferguson
2197:Skirball
2172:Canyon 2
2130:Slinkard
2115:Railroad
2100:Parker 2
2090:Detwiler
2080:Whittier
2002:Blue Cut
1794:Tomahawk
1784:Etiwanda
1746:Mountain
1614:Lockheed
1604:Jesusita
1511:Santiago
1349:Kinneloa
1343:Fountain
1319:Panorama
1265:Matilija
1259:Berkeley
1245:Pre-2007
1184:Archived
1139:Archived
1131:pcta.org
1096:pcta.org
1066:Archived
1007:Archived
975:Archived
944:Archived
912:Archived
826:Archived
796:Archived
766:Archived
736:Archived
727:CapRadio
697:Archived
654:Archived
619:Archived
538:See also
386:spotting
240:wildfire
175:Ignition
78:Location
2925:Commons
2894:Airport
2728:Electra
2630:Tennant
2463:Mineral
2458:Soledad
2405:Kincade
2365:Taboose
2317:Woolsey
2292:Donnell
2267:Natchez
2257:Georges
2237:Waverly
2150:Mission
2140:La Tuna
2065:Winters
2045:Holcomb
1997:Clayton
1992:Chimney
1957:Erskine
1811:Shirley
1736:Springs
1693:Reading
1619:Station
1609:La Brea
1546:Indians
1439:Topanga
1403:McNally
1397:Biscuit
1373:Storrie
1289:Bel Air
580:InciWeb
483:Effects
365:in the
357:in the
287:diurnal
145:Impacts
61: (
50: (
41:Date(s)
2889:Bridge
2824:Corral
2796:Rabbit
2690:French
2685:Caldor
2670:McCash
2620:Willow
2562:Bobcat
2400:Nustar
2360:Walker
2355:Tenaja
2345:Tucker
2252:Valley
2242:County
2232:Pawnee
2182:Thomas
2145:Palmer
2135:Helena
2095:Empire
2017:Canyon
2012:Bogart
1947:Border
1942:Sherpa
1919:Valley
1909:Cuesta
1831:Meadow
1761:Clover
1751:Silver
1731:Summit
1571:Sesnon
1541:Summit
1523:Corral
1501:Harris
1481:Angora
1476:Island
1459:(2006)
1453:(2006)
1447:(2006)
1441:(2005)
1435:(2004)
1433:Rumsey
1429:(2003)
1423:(2003)
1417:(2003)
1411:(2002)
1405:(2002)
1399:(2002)
1393:(2002)
1391:Copper
1387:(2002)
1381:(2001)
1375:(2000)
1369:(1999)
1363:(1995)
1357:(1993)
1355:Laguna
1351:(1993)
1345:(1992)
1339:(1991)
1337:Tunnel
1333:(1990)
1327:(1988)
1321:(1980)
1315:(1978)
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