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 1204.8 - Mokelumne Hazardous Fire Area

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Mokelumne Hazardous Fire Area is composed of approximately
					 27,972 acres (113.2 km2) of forested land in
					 Calaveras County. The exterior boundary of the area is described as
					 follows:
Beginning at the ¼ cnr. between Secs.
					 28 & 29, T7N, R15E, MDB&M,
					 being the NW cnr. of the Guilliani parcel, then S to Forest Creek; thence E
					 along Forest Creek to the road crossing at Folsom Campground; thence SE on
					 Bailey Ridge Fire Station Rd. through Secs.
					 32 & 34 and through Secs.
					 3 & 10, T6N, R15E, to the
					 crossing of Middle Fork of Mokelumne River known as Solinsky Crossing; thence S
					 & W through Secs.
					 10,
					 9 & 16 to the road jct. with
					 Buck Ranch Motor Way in SE ¼, NW ¼ of Sec.
					 16; thence E along Buck Ranch
					 Motor Way through Secs.
					 16,
					 15,
					 14,
					 23,
					 24 & 13 and through Secs.
					 18,
					 7,
					 8,
					 9 & 10, T6N, R16E, to the jct.
					 with Black Spring Rd.; thence NE on Black Spring Rd. to jct. with E line of NW
					 ¼ of Sec.
					 10, T6N, R16E; thence N to
					 ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 3 & 10; thence E .5 mi., N 2
					 mi. & E 1 mi. to SE cnr., Sec.
					 26, T7N, R16E; thence N .75 mi., E
					 .25 mi., N .5 mi., W .25 mi. & N 1.25 mi. to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 13 & 14, T7N, R16E; thence E 1
					 mi. through Sec.
					 13, N .25 mi., E .25 mi., N .25
					 mi. & W .25 mi. to NE cnr. Sec.
					 13; thence N .25 mi., W .5 mi., S
					 .25 mi. & W 3.5 mi. to NW cnr. Sec.
					 16; thence S
					 1 mi., E 1 mi. & S .5 mi. to
					 ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 21 & 22; thence W 1 mi., S
					 1.25 mi., W 1 mi. & N 1.75 mi.
					 to NE cnr., Sec.
					 19, T7N, R16E; thence W 2 mi., N
					 .75 mi., E .25 mi., N .25 mi. & W .25 mi. to NW cnr. Sec.
					 14, T7N, R15E; thence W .25 mi., S
					 .25 mi., W 1.75 mi. & N .25 mi. to NE cnr. Sec.
					 15; thence W .5 mi., S .25 mi., W
					 1.5 mi., S .5 mi., E 1 mi. & S .25 mi. to SW cnr. Sec.
					 15; thence S
					 1 mi., W .5 mi., S to Winton Rd.
					 and SE along this road approx. .5 mi. to W sec. line of Sec.
					 28; thence N to ¼ cnr.
					 betw. Secs.
					 28 & 29, T7N, R15E, to the
					 point of beginning.
AFPC--17,521 acres (70.9
					 km2)
Other Private--751 acres (3.0
					 km2)
USFS--9,700 acres (39.3
					 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 17,521 acres (70.9 km2) or
					 63% of the area with the above described boundary. 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 the 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 land within the
					 hazardous fire area to entry pursuant to provisions of Section
					 4256,
					 Public Resources Code.