Resources for tracking the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, CA

Maintained by Christian Hammond [Twitter] — Beanbag, Inc. / Unofficial Butte County COVID-19 Tracker

⭐️ Mariposa County Pages

• Mariposa County Incident Page

  • Evacuation centers and information
  • Road Conditions
  • Town Hall Meeting Times
  • Information Hotline

• Sheriff’s Office

  • Updates, alerts, announcements
  • Contact information

• Sign Up for Official Alerts

  • Sent to your phone or e-mail

Evacuation Map (Source)

Zoom in for more details

Red = Order, Yellow = Advisement

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Embed/index.html?webmap=339ebba92f1e4b469eac28b0153989b7

📡 Fire/Satellite/Operations Maps

Many of these provide the same data in different views. Note that heat signatures may not always be accurate, and different satellites update at different intervals.

• Watch Duty
  • Wildfire notifications and maps, provided by many of the volunteers listed on the Twitter feeds on this page.
  • Recommended download: Watch Duty for iOS/Android
• SARTopo
  • Fire and wind information, heat maps, fire history, structures, and more
• #FireMappers
  • Another view of satellite data, showing heat signatures and perimeters
• NASA FIRMS
  • NASA's view of the satellite data, with date/time selection
• Windy — Wind map
  • Good visual of current wind (and other weather) conditions
• FlightRadar24 - Flight Tracking (Helicopters, Planes)
  • Click a helicopter/plane to see flight paths
• PurpleAir - Air Quality
  • Good time to break out the N95 masks, respirators, and air purifiers. If you don't have any, buy them.
• GISsurfer
  • Another useful map view, with several layers of information for weather, local fire cameras, and more.

💬 Information and Discussions

• CAL FIRE Incident Report
• Wildfire Intel Community Forum - OakFire
  • Detailed discussions and information
• How to read symbols on CAL FIRE maps
  • Starting point for understanding the ][ and )( symbols and other information seen on the daily reports
• Caltrans Road Closure Lookup
  • Put in highway numbers to determine if they’re closed

📷 Cameras

• ALERTWildfire Cameras
  • **Tile View**
  • Buckhorn Peak
  • Deadwood Mtn 2
  • Mt. Bullion 1
  • Mt. Bullion 2
  • Red Top
  • Yosemite West 1
  • Yosemite West 2

👩‍💻 Twitter

• Official CAL FIRE Feeds
  • @CAL_FIRE — Main CAL FIRE account
  • @CALFIREMMU — CAL FIRE Madera/Mariposa/Merced Unit
• Meteorologists
  • @RobMayeda — Rob Mayeda, NBC Bay Area meteorologist
• Information Reporting
  • @CAFireScanner — Fire updates based on scanner information, contributor to Watch Duty
  • @barkflight — Covering briefings, scanner traffic, and updates, contributor to Watch Duty
  • @CEDRdigital — Regular updates
  • @BCWildfireHelp — Updates and retweets
  • @sparky_chief — Useful links, updates, evacuations, and other information
  • @RealMiBaWi — General fire information and updates
  • @MichaelWX18 — Live Storms Media, information reporting, contributor to Watch Duty
  • @ai6yrham — Fire information, general emergencies, sometimes cute animals
  • @YoseFirewatch — Yosemite Firewatch
  • @wildland_zko — Zeke Lunder — Fire analysis and trends
• Photography
  • @RSFineNerd — Krista West — Pyrogeographer, map information
  • @FirePhotoGirl — Photos and information updates

👨‍💻 Facebook

• Official CAL FIRE Pages
  • Main CAL FIRE page
  • CAL FIRE Madera/Mariposa/Merced Unit
  • Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office
• Information Reporting
  • Incident Page on Facebook
    • Mark that you’re safe
    • Donation information
    • News
    • Photos
  • Zeke Lunder — Fire analysis and trends
• Video/Photography
  • Matthew Henderson
    • Often videos/streams major fires in action