Incident Update TCU September Lightning Complex
- Date:
- 09/03/2025
- Time:
- 5:30 AM
Media Line: 209-754-5527
Incident Facts
- Name
- TCU September Lightning Complex
- Start Date/Time
- 2025-09-02
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Multiple locations across Calaveras and Tuolumne County
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Lightning
- Counties
- Calaveras, Tuolumne
- Administration Unit
- CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 12,473
- Containment
- 0%
- Structures Threatened
- Structures Destroyed
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
- 2-2 Fire: Visit the 2-2 Fire information page
- 2-3 Fire: 150 acres / Copper Cove Ct at Obyrnes Ferry Rd, Copperopolis
- 2-7 Fire: Visit the 2-7 Fire information page
- 2-8 Fire: Visit the 2-8 Fire information page
- 4-5 Fire: 3.25 acres / McCormick Meadows, South of Arnold
- 5-2 Fire: 7 acres / Lyons Bald Mountain Rd, Sonora
- 6-2 Fire: 883 acres / Old Don Pedro Rd, West of Jamestown
- 6-5 Fire: Visit the 6-5 Fire information page
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Evacuation Warnings
Evacuation Warnings issued for the following zones:
2-7 Fire
- CCU-114
- CCU-115
- CCU-132-A
- CCU-133-C
- CCU-143-B
6-5 Fire
- All Areas from Bell Mooney & Jacksonville Road
- West to Highway 49 and Highway 108 South to Old Jacksonville Road
Evacuation Shelters
Calaveras County:
Bret Harte High School
323 South Main Street
Altaville, CA 95221
Tuolumne County:
Sonora Senior Center
540 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
Animal Evacuation Shelters
Calaveras County:
Livestock only-
- Calaveras County Fairgrounds Livestock Evacuation Center
101 Frogtown Road
Angels Camp, 95222
Small, domestic pets-
- Bret Harte High School
323 South Main Street
Altaville, CA 95221
Tuolumne County:
Sonora Senior Center : Pets are allowed and animal control is on scene assisting
540 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
Evacuation Orders
Evacuation Orders issued for the following zones:
2-7 Fire
- CCU-133-B
- CCU-134
- CCU-134-C
- CCU-134-D
- CCU-134-E
6-5 Fire
- Chinese Camp Town
- Six Bit Ranch Road
- Six Bit Gulch Road
- Red Hill Road
- Don Pedrro Dam Road
- Old Don Pedro Dam Road
- Menkee Hess Road
- All roads East of Highway 108 from Junction 59 to Highway 49
- Both sides of highway 120 from Chinese Camp to Highway 120 Bridge
- Rojo
- Shawmut Road