California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 6 - Hazardous Fire Areas and Conditions* › Article 4 - South Sierra Region › Section 1204.5 - Whitmore-Panther Creek Hazardous Fire Area

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Whitmore-Panther Creek Hazardous Fire Area is composed of
					 approximately 22,440 acres (90.9 km2) of forested
					 land in El Dorado and Amador Counties. The exterior boundary of the area is
					 described as follows:
Beginning at the section corner to Secs.
					 10,
					 11,
					 14 & 15, T7N, R13E, MDB&M
					 ; thence N .25 mi.; thence E to Antelope Creek; thence NE along creek to
					 ¼ cnr. between Secs.
					 2 & 11, T7N, R13E; thence N to
					 Whitmore Rd.; thence NE along the road approx. .5 mi. to point where fence line
					 takes off up the hill NW from Whitmore Rd., said fence line being property line
					 betw. American Forest Products Corporation and Amador Pines subdivision; thence
					 NW along fence line approx. 25 mi. to a point where fence line turns NE; thence
					 NE approx. 2.5 mi. along fence line to SW cnr. Sec.
					 30, T8N, R14E; thence N 1 mi. and
					 E 1 mi. to SW cnr. of Sec.
					 20; thence N .5 mi. & E 2 mi.
					 to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 21 & 22; thence N .5 mi. and E
					 2.25 mi. to Hwy. 88 nr. SW cnr. of SE ¼ SW ¼ of Sec.
					 13; thence along Hwy. 88 E to
					 intersection of E line of NW ¼, SE ¼ of Sec.
					 13 nr. Ham Station; thence S to SE
					 cnr. of SW ¼, SE ¼ of Sec.
					 13; thence W .25 mi. and S
					 1 mi. to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 24 & 25; thence E .5 mi., S .5
					 mi., E .5 mi. to center of Sec.
					 20, T8N, R15E; thence S .5 mi., W
					 .5 mi., S 1 mi. to SE cnr. Sec.
					 36, T8N, R14E; thence E .25 mi., S
					 .25 mi., W .25 mi. and S
					 2 mi. to the Mokelumne River nr.
					 Bruces Crossing on E sec. line of Sec.
					 13, T7N, R14E; thence following
					 Mokelumne River W to intersection with S sec. line of Sec.
					 17, T7N, R14E; thence W approx. 3
					 mi. along S sec. lines of Secs.
					 17 & 18, T7N, R14E & Sec.
					 13, T7N, R13E to SE sec. cnr. of
					 Sec. 14, T7N, R13E; thence S .5 mi., W
					 .25 mi., N .5 mi. and W .25 mi. to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 14 & 23, T7N, R13E; thence N 1
					 mi. and W .5 mi. to SW cnr. Sec.
					 11, T7N, R13E, the point of
					 beginning.
AFPC--17,302 acres (70.0
					 km2)
Other private--2,782 (11.3
					 km2)
USFS--2,356 acres (9.6
					 km2)
This area is established in response to a letter of
					 petition from the American Forest Products Corporation dated October 25, 1976,
					 as the property owner of 17,302 acres (70.0 km2) or
					 77% of the area with the above described boundaries. No privately-owned
					 campgrounds established and maintained for public use have been identified and
					 exempted from use restrictions set forth in Section
					 4255,
					 Public Resources Code. Smoking and use of campfires shall be allowed within
					 public campgrounds established and maintained by the U.S. Forest Service for
					 public use unless restrictions on such uses are specifically posted within each
					 campground by the U.S. Forest Service. American Forest Products Corporation has
					 filed with the Board consent for the Director to close the lands within the
					 hazardous fire area to entry pursuant to the provisions of Section
					 4256,
					 Public Resources Code.
Note: Authority cited for Sections
						1204.5-1204.10: Sections
						4252
						and
						4256,
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						4251,
						4252,
						4255
						and
						4257,
						Public Resources Code.