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Incident Archive

Current Situation Webpage updated 10/22/2024 02:47 PM

Incident Name Incident Type Start Date End Date Impacted Area(s) EOC Activation Disaster Declaration
2024 PSPS & Heat Event  Heat Event/PSPS  07/02/2024 07/06/2024   Areas of South Monterey County N/A   N/A
2024 February Winter Storms Winter Storm 02/03/2024 02/10/2024 Low lying areas in Monterey County Level 2 Local and State Emergency
2024 Rocky Creek Slide  Landslide  03/31/2024    Highway 1 is closed from the north at Palo Colorado to south of Limekiln State Park  Level 3  Local Emergency
2023 Vega Fire Wildfire 08/30/2023
2023 Excessive Heat Warning Extreme Heat 07/14/2023 07/16/2023 None None
2023 Pineapple Express Winter Storm 03/09/2023 Level 1 Local Proclamation; State Proclamation, Disaster Designation
2023 Winter Storm/ Atmospheric River Winter Storm 01/04/2023 Level 1 Local Proclamation
2021 Drought Drought 10/26/2021 Ongoing Duty Officer Status; Task Force Local Proclamation; State Proclamation, Disaster Designation
COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Pandemic Public Health 02/03/2020 Ongoing Level 2 Gubernatorial Declaration
2022 Aguajito Fire Wildfire 10/01/2022 10/02/2022 None None
2022 Moss Landing Incident Fire, Hazmat 09/20/2022 09/20/2022 Level 3 None
2022 Excessive Heat Warning Extreme Heat 09/01/2022 09/06/2022 None State Proclamation
King Fire Wildfire 05/25/2022 05/27/2022 Level 3 None
Abbott Incident Structure Fire; Hazardous Materials 04/13/2022 04/14/2022 Duty Officer None
Colorado Fire Wildfire 01/21/2022 02/05/2022 Level 2 Local Emergency
Tonga Volcano Tsunami Tsunami 01/15/2022 01/15/2022 Level 3 Local Emergency
Willow Fire Wildfire 06/17/2021 07/11/2021 Level 3 Local Emergency
Atmospheric River; Post Fire Debris Flows Winter Storm; Flooding 01/25/2021 02/01/2021 Level 3 Local Emergency
Dolan Fire Wildfire 08/18/2020 12/31/2020 Level 1 Major Disaster
Carmel Fire Wildfire 08/18/2020 09/05/2020 Level 1 Major Disaster
River Fire Wildfire 08/17/2020 09/05/2020 Level 1 Major Disaster