Green Fire Update for 07-14-25

Start Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Size: 11,643 acres

Cause: Lightning 

Location: Shasta County, CA.

Percent Contained: 5%

California Team 10: Joe Sean Kennedy, IC

Favorable downslope winds allowed for additional firing operations along the Rip Gut Ridge fireline. These firing operations are essential to building robust containment lines for the Green Fire.

Resources: The Green Fire currently has use of two Super Scooper aircraft; 9 helicopters of which 6 are Type 1 airships; 26 Bulldozers; 96 Engines; 27 Crews, including 18 which are Type I Hotshot Crews. Five field ambulances are staged throughout the area of the Green Fire. Four suppression watercraft are assigned to the Pit River.  A total of 1,402 individuals are assigned to the Green Fire. 

Fire Activity: Temperatures yesterday were in the mid-90s over much of the area of the fire. While limiting the use of aircraft, the smoke we experienced over the fire had the effect of moderating temperature and fire behavior. Operations Section Chief Gino DeGraffenreid summarized yesterday’s fire behavior this way: “the fire has behaved as we’ve hoped, it continues to slowly back down toward our control lines, giving us the time and opportunity to build and reinforce our firelines.” To the north of the fire, the fire has slowly moved downslope into the Smith Creek drainage, where it is still south of containment lines. On the east flank of the fire, the fire continues to move up the ridge adjacent to Rip Gut Creek. It has crested the ridge to the north, while it remains downslope of the ridge to the south. In areas where it has crested  the ridge, the fire has moderately moved downslope toward Rip Gut Creek. To the south, the fire has continued the same sort of moderate progression toward the Pit River, the primary control feature along the southern flank of the fire. The fire has moved toward the Brock Mountain Road on the west under the influence of our morning northeast winds. The west and northwest portions of the Brock Mountain Road fireline continue to serve as the primary holding feature on the west side of the fire. 

Fire Weather: We are likely to have clearer skies throughout the day, but with that we will experience warmer temperatures expected to exceed 100 degrees throughout the area of the Green Fire. Relative humidity may reach a low of 15 to 20 percent. Winds are predicted to be moderate at 5 to 7 mph out of the northeast in the morning, but shifting to the south in the afternoon. There is a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms that could bring strong outflow winds to the area of the fire, but the probability of storms is low. Beginning on Tuesday, July 14, temperatures will begin to somewhat moderate with anticipated highs in the low 90s. With this moderation of temperature we will likely experience winds in the range of 10 to 20 mph beginning Tuesday and extending into the week.

Fire Operations: Operational priorities include holding the Brock Mountain Road that forms the primary containment line along the west flank of the fire; continuing firing operations to strengthen fireline to the north and northeast of the fire; finishing the southernmost portion of the east fireline that connects with the Pit River; and, ensuring that the Green Fire remains north of the Pit River. Four suppression watercraft will be used to ferry crews into the fire area as well as suppress any fire that progresses south to the Pit River. To the southwest of the fire, crews will work to finalize plans for the placement of fireline that will form the southwest containment line that extends between the two arms of Shasta Lake. To the west and northwest, crews and engines will work the Brock Mountain Road with the objective of securing the fire along the road. As feasible, firing may be initiated along the northern portion of the Brock Mountain Road beneath the footprint of the previous Shoe Fire. In the north and northeast areas of the fire, while conditions allow, crews will continue firing operations to reinforce fireline along the Rip Gut Ridge, progressively moving those operations to the southeast. Weather conditions today should favor the use of aircraft in support of our ground crews on the Green Fire. 

Evacuations: As of July 12, a portion of Shasta County Zone LKH-1448 has been placed under an mandatory evacuation order. All or portions of Shasta County Zones LKH-1448, LKH-1190, LKH-1200 are under an evacuation warning. Information related to evacuation zones can be found by going to https://protect.genasys.com/search.Shasta County’s emergency alert and public warning system, AlertShasta, can be found here: https://www.shastacounty.gov/community/page/alertshasta-shasta-countys-new-public-warning-system.

Closures: To ensure firefighter safety and operational efficiency, the Hirz Recreation Complex is now closed to the public until further notice. Shasta National Forest closure orders related to the Green Fire may be found here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/shasta-trinity/alerts/green-fire-closure-order.

Additional fire-related information:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShastaTrinityNF/ 

InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/cashf-2025-shastatrinity-lightning 

Air quality: https://www.airnow.gov 

Additional Information at Linktree: https://linktr.ee/shffirepio