A fire that started Monday morning prompted the evacuation of a rural area off Highway 49 near Nevada City.
The first order for evacuation was announced at 8 a.m., when the fire was on 40 acres. The Nevada-Yuba-Placer unit of the California Department of State Forest Management and Fire Protection estimates that it had the potential for 400 to 500 acres.
The fire started on the South Yuba River, 5 miles northwest of Nevada City. It burns in steep terrain with heavy vegetation, says CalFire.
The mandatory evacuation area from noon on Monday is shown in orange on the map above.
It includes the following roads:
- Jones Bar Road
- Nishinam Gulch Road
- Yuba Crest Drive
- McKitrick Ranch Road
- Pau Hana Way
- Little Bear Lane
- Hoot Owl Road
- Arctic Owl Road
- Willo Wisp Hof
- Fenton Way
- Woolman Lane
- Toller Ridge Court
- Rush Creek Way
- Lost Ranch Way
- Owl Creek Road
- Yuba Ridge Drive
- Red Tail Hawk Road
- Kodama Road
- Barn Owl Lane
- Denmark Court
- Holland Drive
- Carli Way
- Crooked Arrow Lane
- John Barleycorn Road
- Shoshoni Trail
- Cavanaugh Lane
- Lowden Lane
- Apache Trail
- Prince Rainer Way
Newtown Road and Jones Bar Road are closed.
Two adjacent areas are under warning of possible evacuations.
Updates on the fire and the evacuations can be found on the Ready Nevada County website and the Cal Fire Twitter feed.
