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 1204.6 - Beaver Ridge-Bear River Hazardous Fire Area

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Beaver Ridge-Bear River Hazardous Fire Area is composed of
					 approximately 13,440 acres (54.4 km2) of forested
					 land in Amador and El Dorado Counties. The exterior boundary of the area is
					 described as follows:
Beginning at the section corner common to Secs.
					 7,
					 8,
					 17 & 18, T8N, R15E, MDB&M
					 ; thence W 1 mi.; N. 1 mi. and E 1 mi. to NE cnr. of Sec.
					 7; thence N .25 mi., E .5 mi., S
					 .25 mi., E 1 mi. to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 4 & 9; thence S
					 1.5 mi. & E .5 mi. to ¼
					 cnr. betw. Secs.
					 15 & 16; thence S
					 1.5 mi., E 1 mi. & N 2 mi. to
					 NW cnr., Sec.
					 14; thence E 1.5 mi., N 2 mi.
					 & W .5 mi. to SW cnr., Sec.
					 36, T9N, R15E; thence N 1 mi., E 1
					 mi. & S
					 5 mi. along E sec. lines of Secs.
					 1,
					 12,
					 13,
					 24 & 36 to SE cnr., Sec.
					 24, T8N, R15E; thence E 1 mi., S
					 .5 mi., E .5 mi. to center of Sec.
					 29, T8N, R16E; thence S .5 mi., W
					 .5 mi. & N .5 mi. to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 31 & 32, T8N, R16E; thence W
					 through Secs.
					 31 & 36 into Sec.
					 35 to Bear River; thence SW along
					 Bear River approx. .75 mi. to intersection with S sec. line of Sec.
					 35, T8N, R15E; thence W .5 mi.
					 & S .5 mi. to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 2 & 3, T7N, R15E; thence E 3
					 mi. through center of Secs.
					 3,
					 4 & 5 to ¼ cnr. betw.
					 Secs. 5 & 6, T7N, R15E; thence N .5
					 mi., E .25 mi., N .25 mi., E .5 mi., N .75 mi. & E .25 mi. to SW sec. cnr.,
					 Sec. 28, T8N, R15E; thence N .5 mi., E
					 .5 mi., N .25 mi., E .25 mi. & N 1.25 mi. to SE cnr. to SW ¼ SE
					 ¼ of Sec.
					 16; thence W .75 mi. & N
					 across Hwy. 88, .5 mi. to ¼ cnr. betw. Secs.
					 16 & 17; thence W 1 mi. &
					 N .5 mi. to NW cnr. Sec.
					 17, T8N, R15E, the point of
					 beginning.
AFPC--7,543 acres (30.6
					 km2)
Other private--70 acres (28.3
					 km2)
USFS --5,727 acres (23.2
					 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 7,543 acres (30.5 km2) of
					 57% 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 land within the
					 hazardous fire area to entry pursuant to provisions of Section
					 4256,
					 Public Resources Code.