Big Sur coast fire map — both fires, and where Highway 1 is shut

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The Big Sur coast map — Bill Alderson, placenameguide.com. Perimeter mapped 3 Sep 15:07 — 13 h ago. Sources: NIFC/WFIGS interagency perimeter, Cal OES evacuation zones, Caltrans Lane Closure System, NASA VIIRS. Free to reuse with credit.

Changed in the last 48 hours

7:00Highway 1 closure north limit moved, Post Mile 16.0 → 19.01
2 Sep 18:00Plaskett Fire 28,968 → 29,580 acres
2 Sep 17:22Timber Fire 25,223 → 25,226 acres
2 Sep 17:22Timber Fire containment 22% → 23%
2 Sep 12:47Plaskett Fire new infrared perimeter flown
2 Sep 12:47Plaskett Fire perimeter re-flown (IR Image Interpretation)

Highway 1 closed — MM 0.0 to MM 19.01
burned, as last mapped
Plaskett Cabin
BigSurKate locked gate — inside the mapped perimeter
back-country camp, inside the mapped perimeter
back-country camp, outside it — none of them is somewhere to go
Los Burros mining site inside the mapped perimeter — position approximate, and nothing here is a way in
mining site outside it — the small diamonds are the other workings the federal record holds, unnamed to keep the map readable
satellite heat, most recent pass — each cell is one detection, about 375 m across
Evacuation Order
Evacuation Warning

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Four public sources on one picture: the federal interagency perimeter, the Sheriff's evacuation zones through Cal OES, Caltrans' closed span of Highway 1, and the satellite's most recent thermal detections. None of them publishes the other three. The perimeter and the satellite are separate observations taken at different times, and each carries its own stamp above — on this fire the newer of the two has more than once been the satellite.