Sespe Hot Springs Closed

Sespe Hot Springs is closed due to the Day Fire:

06-13-5100-12
DAY FIRE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDER
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST and ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST

Pursuant to 36CFR 261.50(a) and (b), and to protect public safety, the following acts are prohibited within the Los Padres National Forest and Angeles National Forest. This order is in effect from September 10, 2006 until the Day Fire is fully controlled.

1. Going into or being upon National Forest System lands within the Day Fire Closure Area. The Day Fire Closure Area begins in Township 7 North, Range 18 West, where National Forest System lands meet Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA) in section 9, then along the boundary between the National Forest System lands and Hungry Valley SVRA to Forest System Road (FSR) 8N01 Gold Hill Road, then one quarter of a mile north and west of and parallel to 8N01 to Trail 20W07 Piru Creek OHV Trail 128, then one quarter of a mile northwest of and parallel to Trail 20W07 to where it turns into FSR 7N13 Half Moon OHV Trail 132, then one quarter of a mile northwest of and parallel to FSR 7N13 to its beginning at Half Moon Campground, then south of the beginning of FSR 7N13 to FSR 7N03 Grade Valley Road, then southeast along FSR 7N03 to Trail 20W12 Johnston Ridge Trail, then one quarter of a mile southwest of and parallel to Trail 20W12 to where it meets Trail 20W13 the Sespe River Trail, then one quarter of a mile northwest of and parallel to Trail 20W13 to where it meets the Sespe River in Township 6 North, Range 20 West, section 32, then south to the Sespe Condor Sanctuary boundary, then follow the Sespe Condor Sanctuary boundary to where it meets the Los Padres Forest boundary in Township 5 North, Range 19 West, section 36, then east along the Forest Boundary to where it meets Interstate 5, then north along Interstate 5 where Hungry Valley SVRA meets Highway 5 in section 9, then west to the starting point, as shown on the attached Day Fire Closure Area Map. 36 CFR 261.53(e).

2. Being on any National Forest System trail within the Day Fire Closure Area.
36 CFR 261.55(a).

3. Being on any National Forest System road within the Day Fire Closure Area.
36 CFR 261.54(e).

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this order:

1. Persons with a permit from the Forest Service specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission.

2. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.

3. Owners or lessees of land within the Day Fire Closure Area are exempt from the prohibitions listed above to the extent necessary to gain access to their land.

4. Persons who reside within the Day Fire Closure Area are exempt from the prohibitions listed above to the extent necessary to gain access to their residences.

5. Persons engaged in a business, trade, or occupation in the area.




These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 CFR Part 261, Subpart A.

Done at Goleta, California, this 10th day of September, 2006


/s/Gloria Brown
GLORIA BROWN
Forest Supervisor
Los Padres National Forest

/s/Jody Noiron
JODY NOIRON
Forest Supervisor
Angeles National Forest

A violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.
16 USC 551 and, 18 USC 3559, 3571, and 3581.

This order supercedes order number 06-13-5100-12 dated September 7, 2006.






Map of closed area:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/lospadres/about/rules/regulations/day-fire-closure9-10-2006/Day-fire-closure091006-11x17.jpg