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9.1-i 
9.1 Butte Valley Region 
 
LIMITED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME 
Fire history, water sources, maps, evacuation sites and transportation information are the only data 
provided in this first version of the CWPP. 
 
 
Table of Contents  
 
 
Boundaries          P.1-1 
Key Stakeholders          P.1-1 
Landscape/Land Use        P.1-1 
Topography, slope, aspect, elevation      P.1-1  
Meteorology          P.1-1 
Hydrology          P.1-1 
Ecosystem types         P.1-1 
Threatened and endangered habitat types      P.1-2  
Infrastructure         P.1-2 
Emergency Services         P.1-2 
Community legal structure, jurisdictional boundaries    P.1-2 
Hazardous fuels         P.1-2 
Fire History          P.1-3  
Evacuation Plan         P.1-6 
Community information         P.1-6 
Community risk assessment       P.1-6 
Overall community priority        P.1-6 
Community hazard reduction priorities      P.1-6 
Action plan          P.1-6 
Cal Fire Ignition Management Plan      P.1-7 
Maps           P.1-6 
Safety Zones          P.1-11 
Evacuation Sites         P.1-12 
Transportation         P.1-16 
 
9.1-1 
BOUNDARIES 
 
Figure 7:  Map of Butte Valley Region 
KEY STAKEHOLDERS 
 
LANDSCAPE/LAND USE 
 
TOPOGRAPHY, SLOPE, ASPECT, ELEVATION 
 
METEOROLOGY 
 
HYDROLOGY 
 
ECOSYSTEM TYPES 
9.1-2 
 
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED HABITAT TYPES  
 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
 
EMERGENCY SERVICES 
 
COMMUNITY LEGAL STRUCTURE, JURISDICTIONAL 
BOUNDARIES  
 
HAZARDOUS FUELS 
 
 
 
9.1-3 
FIRE HISTORY 
 
YEAR STATE UNIT_ID FIRE_NAME AGENCY CAUSE Acres 
1910 CA MDF GLASS MOUNTAIN USF Lightning 1,386.84 
1911 CA MDF NONAME USF Miscellaneous 112.77 
1914 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,099.83 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 44.15 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 771.51 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 411.35 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 390.06 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 7,346.89 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 2,714.27 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,051.07 
1915 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 119.53 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 12,731.40 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 287.20 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 271.47 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 134.59 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 123.91 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 131.71 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,190.90 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 590.16 
1917 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 13,257.14 
1918 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 14,643.29 
1918 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 715.03 
1918 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 649.10 
1918 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 886.73 
1918 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 23.01 
1918 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 262.23 
1919 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 114.79 
1919 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,351.61 
1919 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 250.74 
1919 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 161.93 
1919 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 131.18 
1919 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 243.05 
1919 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,141.21 
1920 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 120.68 
1920 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 222.25 
1920 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 323.42 
1920 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 362.03 
1920 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 110.38 
1921 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 356.56 
1921 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 381.33 
1924 CA MDF INDIAN WELL USF Miscellaneous 740.83 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 203.49 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 343.77 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 523.38 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,222.51 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 4,757.01 
9.1-4 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,008.36 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 750.60 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,071.69 
1924 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,261.31 
1926 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 185.67 
1926 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,185.54 
1926 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 31.78 
1926 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 90.33 
1926 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 553.60 
1928 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 380.75 
1929 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 697.41 
1929 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 9,701.31 
1930 CA MDF COUGER BUTTE USF Miscellaneous 672.44 
1931 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 206.58 
1933 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 5,223.58 
1933 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 508.30 
1934 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 122.19 
1935 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,706.77 
1938 CA MDF GUILLEMS USF Lightning 168.52 
1938 CA MDF GUILLEMS USF Lightning 1,207.96 
1938 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 357.67 
1941 CA MDF BARNTOP MT. USF Lightning 2.94 
1941 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 603.70 
1941 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 794.09 
1941 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 6.82 
1941 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 15.54 
1941 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 13,165.45 
1942 CA MDF MT. DOME USF Lightning 398.00 
1942 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 531.29 
1942 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 299.08 
1942 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 1,329.18 
1943 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 329.11 
1944 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 407.84 
1947 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 11.66 
1949 CA MDF SHEEPY PEAK USF Miscellaneous 408.04 
1949 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 10,730.42 
1951 CA MDF CITY DUMP USF Miscellaneous 99.67 
1951 CA KNF WEST HEIGHT USF Unknown/Unidentified 185.04 
1952 CA MDF SHEEP CAMP USF Lightning 193.00 
1953 CA MDF YELLOW BUTTE USF Lightning 31.77 
1955 CA KNF JUNIPER LODGE USF Campfire 1,702.01 
1957 CA MDF GOLD DIGGER USF Lightning 17.50 
1957 CA KNF BALL MT USF Lightning 121.72 
1957 CA KNF BOGUS ESCAPE USF Miscellaneous 10.12 
1959 CA KNF ANTELOPE #1 USF Smoking 3.39 
1959 CA KNF   USF Unknown/Unidentified 343.02 
1961 CA KNF POLLIC USF Lightning 16.59 
1961 CA KNF 
RAINBOW 
MOUNTAIN USF Lightning 1,345.15 
1962 CA MDF STATE USF Lightning 438.82 
9.1-5 
1962 CA KNF KEN-DEL USF Debris 98.40 
1964 CA KNF GARNER RANCH USF Smoking 979.40 
1964 CA KNF DYSERT CDF USF Miscellaneous 1,409.02 
1964 CA MDF DOME USF Miscellaneous 162.56 
1967 CA KNF DEER MTN USF Debris 426.71 
1967 CA MDF WINEMA USF Miscellaneous 27.79 
1968 CA KNF ROCK SPRINGS USF Debris 410.79 
1968 CA KNF BLUE CANYON USF Debris 1,350.86 
1968 CA KNF LOUIE USF Debris 407.69 
1968 CA KNF DRY LAKE USF Debris 4,392.19 
1968 CA KNF HORSETHIEF USF Arson 669.56 
1968 CA SKU LOUIE CDF Unknown/Unidentified 798.60 
1969 CA KNF SPUR 900 USF Lightning 105.72 
1970 CA KNF ERICKSON USF Smoking 146,906.91 
1971 CA KNF SISTERS USF Lightning 33,634.12 
1973 CA MDF BIGHORN USF Lightning 10.26 
1974 CA MDF DRENCH USF Lightning 32.47 
1975 CA MDF SCORPION USF Railroad 9,670.12 
1975 CA MDF SARDINE USF Miscellaneous 215.17 
1977 CA KNF BOARDTREE USF Lightning 60.33 
1978 CA MDF GOLD DIGGER USF Lightning 131.92 
1980 CA MDF GOLD DIGGER USF Lightning 23,990.75 
1985 CA MDF FLEENER USF Lightning 34.75 
1988 CA KNF EAGLE USF Lightning 72.14 
1988 CA KNF CROSSING USF Lightning 43.53 
1988 CA KNF PANTHER USF Campfire 225.90 
1989 CA KNF GARNER USF Debris 58.51 
1990 CA KNF BUTTE USF Lightning 12.47 
1990 CA KNF FIVE POINTS USF Debris 11.25 
1998 CA MDF REFUGE USF Equipment Use 52.90 
1999 CA MDF SHEEP USF Lightning 152.85 
1999 CA SKU DOME CDF Lightning 1,458.64 
1999 CA MDF YELLOW USF Miscellaneous 554.58 
2001 CA SKU BESWICK CDF Equipment Use 44.10 
2002 CA KNF RAINBOW USF Lightning 72.19 
2003 CA MDF YELLOW USF Lightning 35.01 
2004 CA MDF HILL USF Debris 126.80 
      363,888.59 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9.1-6 
 
 
EVACUATION PLAN 
 
COMMUNITY INFORMATION  
 
Butte Valley Water Sources  
 
City of Doris: Numerous hydrants 
 
Butte Valley Volunteer Fire Department: Old State Hwy in Macdoel                                                                 
(Need a State key to Access the pump) 
 
USFS Mt. Hebron Work Center: Old State Hwy in Mt Hebron 
 
  
Natural Bodies of water 
 
Butte Creek: along Old State Hwy South of Mt Hebron to Bray 
 
Antelope Creek: Just north of Tennant, Sec 12 T43N R1W, 
        Just south of Tennant on Tennant Rd; Sec 14 T43N R1W 
 
Orr Lake; Sec17 T44N R1W 
 
Juanita Lake; Sec 20 T46n R2W 
 
Shovel Creek on USFS Rd 3; Sec25 T47N R3W 
 
Meiss Lake off of Meiss Lake Rd 
 
Jewel Spring; Sec27 T47N R3W 
 
Indian Tom Lake off of Hwy 161, just east of Hwy 97 
 
 
 
COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
OVERALL COMMUNITY PRIORITY 
 
COMMUNITY HAZARD REDUCTION PRIORITIES 
 
ACTION PLAN 
9.1-7 
 
CAL FIRE IGNITION MANAGEMENT PLAN 
 
MAPS 
 
Fire Regime Condition Class 
Emergency Access Routes 
Fire History 
Fire Starts 
WUI Areas  
9.1-8 
9.1-9 
9.1-10 
9.1-11 
 
 
 
9.1-12 
9.1-13 
SAFETY ZONES 
 
 
9.1-14 
 
EVACUATION SITES 
 
Families 
ADA NAME ADDRESS CITY CONTACT PHONE CAP H/CAP KIT NOTE 
  
Tulelake Middle 
School Physical Address: Tulelake Patricia Reeder, Day:667-2294         
YES   461 2nd Street   Principal Eve:         
    96134     W/E:         
    Mailing Address:               
    P.O. Box 610               
    96134               
  
Tulelake High 
School Physical Address: Tulelake 
William V. 
Figgess, Day:667-2292 200 Yes     
YES   850 Main St.   Principal Eve:667-5542         
    96134     W/E:         
    Mailing Address:               
    P.O. Box 640               
    96134               
  
Tulelake-Butte 
Valley Physical Address: Tulelake Dave Dillabo Day:667-5312 300 Yes Full 
Lots of floor 
space, 
YES 
Fair Grounds 
800 S. Main St.     Eve:       
fridge, stove, 
tables, 
  
  
96134     W/E:       
chairs, 
bathrooms, 
    Mailing Address:             showers 
    P.O. Box 866               
    96134               
 
 
 
Adults/Elderly & Invalid 
ADA NAME ADDRESS CITY CONTACT PHONE CAP H/CAP KIT NOTE 
  
Dutra Guest 
House Physical Address: Montague 
Lynelle Dutra 
Day: 459-3266 ** ** Full ** Determined by 
YES   170 N. 8th     Eve: 459-3266           Available Beds 
9.1-15 
ADA NAME ADDRESS CITY CONTACT PHONE CAP H/CAP KIT NOTE 
    96064     W/E:459-3266         
                    
                    
                    
  
Laurel Crest 
Manor Physical Address: 
Mt 
Shasta 
Dan Dimapilis 
Day:926-5410 * * Full * Depends on  
YES   201 Eugene Avenue     Eve:926-5410       Availability of Space 
    96067     W/E:926-5410         
    Mailing Address:               
    201 Eugene Avenue               
    96067               
  
Shasta 
Healthcare Physical Address: Redding 
Jeremy Pantovich Day:530/222-
3630 * * Full 24 Hours Phone 
YES   3550 Churn Crrek Rd.     
Eve:530/222-
3630       Coverage. 
    96002     
W/E:530/222-
3630       * Availability of space 
    Mailing Address:             will determine if they 
    3550 Churn Crrek Rd.             can take patients in 
    96002             an emergency 
  
Northern 
California Physical Address: Redding 
Chris Jones, Day:530/246-
9000 * * Full 
24 Hours Phone 
Coverage. 
YES Rehab. Hospital 2801 Eureka Way   Administrator 
Eve:530/246-
9000       
NO LONG TERM 
CARE. 
    96001     
W/E:530/246-
9000       * Availability of space 
    Mailing Address:             will determine if they 
    2801 Eureka Way             can take patients in 
    96001             an emergency 
  
SunBridge Care 
&  Physical Address: Weed 
Betty Groton, 
Day:938-4429 5   Full Care Center 
YES 
Rehabilitation for 
Weed 445 Park    Administrator Eve:926-6884 *       * 90% of weekends 
    96094     W/E:244-4803       at 926-6884 
        Loretta Healy, Day:938-4429         
    Mailing Address:   Director of Nursing Eve:435-2283         
    445 Park     W/E:435-2283         
    96094   Lynnette Jasmer, Day:938-4429         
        Business Office Eve:235-4391         
9.1-16 
ADA NAME ADDRESS CITY CONTACT PHONE CAP H/CAP KIT NOTE 
Manager 
          W/E:235-4391         
        Jason Aquila, Day: 938-4429         
        
Maintenance 
Supervisor Eve:938-4297         
          W/E:938-4297         
 
 
Animals 
ADA NAME ADDRESS CITY CONTACT PHONE CAP H/CAP KIT NOTE 
  
Larry & Frances 
Stidham Physical Address: Gazelle 
Larry & Frances 
Stidham Day:842-4161       Call first.  They will put 
NO   Dogs:     Eve:842-3268       
animals up--have room 
for 
    321 Payne Lane     24-Hr:       
horses and have 
capability 
    Yreka, CA  96097     1-800-827-9500       
of making cages for 
dogs 
                  on-site.  They would be 
                  willing to help with dog 
    Horses:             food. Areas: Yreka, 
    10004 So. Hwy. 99             
Grenada, Gazelle, 
Horn- 
    Grenada, CA             
brook, Ft.Jones, 
Montague. 
    or   Mary Stidham Day: 842-4161         
    11820 & 11822     Eve and 24 Hrs:         
    Old Hwy 99     1-800-827-9500         
    Grenada, CA               
                    
                    
    Mailing Address:               
    P.O. Box 308               
    Yreka, CA   96097               
                    
  Rescue Ranch - Physical Address: Montague Dan Viera Day: 459-0653       Takes in dogs 
NO Animals 4400 Black Mt Rd     Eve: 459-0653         
    96064     W/E:459-0653         
    Mailing Address:               
9.1-17 
ADA NAME ADDRESS CITY CONTACT PHONE CAP H/CAP KIT NOTE 
                    
                    
  Siskiyou Humane Physical Address: Mt Cathy Chastain Day:926-4052       Animal Pound 
NO Society, Inc. 
1208 N. Mt. Shasta 
Blvd Shasta   Eve:         
    96067     W/E:         
    Mailing Address:               
    P.O. Box 484               
    96067               
  
Siskiyou Co 
Animal Physical Address: Yreka 
Ron Fisher Day:841-
4028/841-4025 **     Animal Control Shelter 
NO Control 550 Foothill Dr     Eve: 841-1596         
    96097     W/E:841-1596         
    Mailing Address:   
Terry Layton Day:841-
4028/841-4025         
    525 Foothill Dr     Eve:842-4876         
    96097     W/E:842-4876         
        
  Cell:530/598-
6803         
  
Loving Care Pet 
Motel Physical Address: Yreka 
L.S. Friedman 
Day:842-5710 **     Animal Motel 
NO   201 Greenhorn Rd     Eve:459-5732         
    96097     W/E:459-5732         
    Mailing Address:               
    201 Greenhorn Rd               
    96097               
 
9.1-18 
TRANSPORTATION 
 
ADA NAME ADDRESS CITY AREA CONTACT PHONE NOTE 
  
Tulelake Middle 
School Physical Address: Tulelake Klamath Patricia Reeder, Day:667-2294 Transportation 
YES   461 Second St   Basin Principal Eve: Information: 
    96134       W/E: Same as Tulelake 
    Mailing Address:         H.S. (4 buses @ 84 
    P.O. Box 610         1 Bus @ 71 pass 
    96134         1 Bus @ 66 pass) 
  Tulelake High School Physical Address: Tulelake Klamath Willliam V Figgess, Day:667-2292 4 Buses @ 84 pass 
YES   850 Main St.   Basin Principal Eve:667-5542 1 Bus @ 71 pass 
    96134       W/E: 1 Bus @ 66 pass 
    Mailing Address:         TOTAL = 473 pass 
    P.O. Box 640           
    96134           
  Butte Valley Physical Address: Dorris Butte Ed Traverso, Day:397-3840 Butte Valley Elementary, 
YES Elementary 615 West Third St   Valley 
District 
Superintendent Eve:397-4151 Butte Valley High School, 
    96023       W/E:397-4151 and Butte Valley Middle 
    Mailing Address:     Perry Fields, Day:398-4113 School are all components 
    P.O. Box 709     Board Member Eve:398-4113 of the  Butte Valley Unified 
    Dorris, CA  96023       W/E:398-4113 School District Office. 
  Butte Valley  Physical Address: Macdoel Butte Ed Traverso, Day:397-3840   
YES High School 615 West Third St   Valley 
District 
Superintendent Eve:397-4151 1 Bus @ 17 pass 
    96023       W/E:397-4151 2 Buses @ 46 pass 
    Mailing Address:     Clydine McKay Day:397-8034 1 Bus @ 42 pass 
    P.O. Box 709     Board Member Eve:397-8034 1 Bus @ 56 pass 
    Dorris, CA  96023       W/E:397-8034 TOTAL = 207 
  Butte Valley Middle Physical Address: Macdoel Butte Ed Traverso, Day:397-4575 Butte Valley Elementary, 
YES School 13001 Old State Hwy   Valley 
District 
Superintendent Eve:397-4151 Butte Valley High School, 
    96058       W/E:397-4151 and Butte Valley Middle 
    Mailing Address:     Clydine McKay Day:397-8034 School are all components 
    P.O. Box 709     Board Member Eve:397-8034 of the  Butte Valley Unified 
    Dorris, CA  96023       W/E:397-8034 School District Office. 
 


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