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== '''Mendocino National Forest (MNF - Forest #08) "Mendocino" KMB 7-1-0''' ==
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== '''Modoc National Forest (MDF - Forest #09) "Modoc" KMB 700''' ==
  
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The 913,306 acre Mendocino National Forest straddles the eastern spur of the Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California, just a three hour drive north of San Francisco and Sacramento. It is 65 miles long, 35 miles across and is 913,306 acres in size.  First set aside as a "forest reserve" by President Roosevelt on February 6,1907, it was originally named the Stony Creek Forest Reserve and later the California National Forest on July 1, 1908. This designation proved to be confusing with relation to the state itself, and President Herbert Hoover renamed it the Mendocino National Forest on July 12, 1932.  This National Forest takes its name from Mendocino County which was named for Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County. In 1542 explorer Roderiques de Cabrillo named the cape in honor of Don Antonio de Mendoza, first viceroy of New Spain.
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“The Smiles of Gods” is what the Native Americans, who first settled this land, called it. The forest is named for the county in which the greater part of the forest is situated. The county, in turn, is named after the Native American tribe, the Modocs.  The history of the Modoc National Forest begins with the setting aside of two forest reserves by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 at the request of the local ranchers. A proclamation by Roosevelt on November 29, 1904 created the Warner Mountains Forest Reserve and the Modoc Forest Reserve, both renamed "National Forests" in 1907 when all Forest Reserves became National Forests.  This same President added an additional 570,000 acres on February 13, 1908, and on July 2, 1908 combined the Warner Mountains and Modoc National Forests into one administrative unit, known thereafter as the Modoc National Forest. The forest covers 1,654,392 acres and is located on the on the huge Modoc Plateau where vegetation tends to be sparse.  Recreation use is low as compared to the other 17 National Forests in California with approximately 175,000 visits. There are single developed recreation sites on other National Forests in California that have more visits.  
  
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The Mendocino National Forest is the only one of California's 18 National Forests not crossed by a paved road or highway.  Elevations in the Forest range from 750 feet in the Grindstone Creek Canyon in the Sacramento Valley foothills on the Forest's eastern edge to the 8092 feet of South Yolla Bolly Mountain in the northern part of the Forest. The average elevation is about 4000 feet.
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Separated from the more heavily populated and intensively used areas of the Sacramento Valley by the main Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, the Modoc lies in the extreme northeast corner of California. The topography is diverse, ranging from the forested Warner Mountain range in the east, to the high plateaus dominated by sage steppe and ancient lava flows around Alturas, and culminating at the Medicine Highlands (the largest shield volcano in North America) in the west.  The high desert climate in the valley areas consists of four distinct seasons and an average precipitation of 13 inches, a large part of which comes in the form of snow during the winter months of December to March.  Elevation levels in the Modoc range from 9,906 feet at Eagle Peak in the South Warner Wilderness, to 4,000 feet in the valleys.
  
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An estimated 60,000 acres of old growth occur here, including Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii''), Ponderosa pine (''Pinus ponderosa''), White fir (''Abies concolor''), Tanoak (''Lithocarpus densiflorus''), and Pacific madrone (''Arbutus menziesii'').
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Some 43,400 acres of the forest have been identified as old growth, consisting primarily of Lodgepole pine (''Pinus contorta''), ponderosa pine (''Pinus ponderosa''), white fir (''Abies concolor''), red fir  (''Abies magnifica'') and incense cedar (''Calocedrus decurrens'').
  
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The Mendocino National Forest is divided into the Grindstone (District 3), the Upper Lake (District 4) and the Covelo (District 5) Ranger Districts, with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Willows. The Grindstone Ranger District shares the Willows facility with the Forest Supervisor's Office.
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The Modoc National Forest is divided into the Warner Mtn. (District 3), Big Valley (District 4), Devil's Garden (District 5) and Doublehead (District 6) Ranger Districts, with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Alturas. The Devil's Garden Ranger District is located in the Forest Supervisor's Office.
  
  
  
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[[File:R5 2014 Mendocino NF RD Map.jpg]]
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[[File:USFS CA Modoc NF Small Map.png]]
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==='''RADIO SYSTEM'''===
 
==='''RADIO SYSTEM'''===
  
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The forest has three repeater nets, Forest Net, Fire Net and Service Net. There are 8 repeater sites.  All the nets have a channel for direct communication.  The Forest Net has repeaters at all of the sites, the Fire Net has repeaters on all but one of the sites and the Service Net has repeaters at 6 of the sites.  At one time the Service Net was used by the engineering and maintenance organization.  They had to move off of this net when a fire necessitated its use. The radios of all the management functions share the first 9 channels.  
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The Modoc has a Forest Net, Admin Net and Service Net with only 6 repeater sites, the fewest of any National Forest in Region 5.  The is a repeater for each net at each electronic site.  The Modoc's gentle terrain is such that higher points, a few of which have electronic sites on them, sites can "see" a great deal of land.  At least some of the sites are linked by microwave, but not much is known by hobbyists about the location of remote base stations and other design features of the system.  
  
 
==='''Other'''===
 
==='''Other'''===
  
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The Forest uses the '''function number''' identifier system.  Identifiers of employees assigned to the Supervisor's Office begin with the number 1.  The Mendocino Interagency Dispatch Center is located in the Forest Supervisor's Office.  It dispatches for the Mendocino and the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Refuge Complex uses unit identifiers in the 8400 number series.  The center serves as a channel or ordering point for logistics coordination with the Operations Northern California Geographical Area Coordination Center.  It serves in this capacity for the Forest and Refuge Complex and for the following units it does not provide radio dispatch for:  Point Reyes National Seashore, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the Round Valley Indian Reservation. The center uses the identifier of "Mendocino.". 
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The Modoc National Forest averages 103 wildland fires per year. The Lower Klamath Basin and Modoc National Wildlife Refuges average 8.6 fires per year. The Lava Beds National Monument averages 3.8 fires per year.
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The unit identifier system for non-fire management is unknown.  It is unknown what number the identifiers of non-fire employees of the Supervisor's Office are based on.  The Modoc Interagency Communications Center coordinates and dispatches resources to respond to wildland fires and all risk incidents within the Modoc National Forest, Lava Beds National Monument and the Lower Klamath Basin and Modoc National Wildlife Refuges. Ranger District identifiers use the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6.  Lava Beds National Monument use the number 7 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses the number 8. The identifier of the Communications Center is "Modoc."
  
  
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|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Modoc National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 
|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|1||||169.1750||169.1750||MNF1 Frst Dir||Forest Net Direct
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|1||1||168.7500||168.7500||MDF1 FrstNet Dir||Modoc NF Forest Net Direct
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|2||1-8||168.7500||170.1750||MDF2 FrstNet Rpt||Modoc NF Forest Net Repeater
 
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|2||1-7,9||169.1750||169.9750||MNF2 Frst Rpt||Forest Net Repeater
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|3||1||173.7875||173.7875||MDF3 Adm Dir||Modoc NF Admin Net Direct
 
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|3||||171.5500||171.5500||MNF3 Fire Dir||Fire Net Direct
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|4||1-8||173.7875||162.4875||MDF4 Adm Rpt||Modoc NF Admin Net Repeater
 
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|4||1,2,5-7,9||171.5500||164.5000||MNF4 Fire Rpt||Fire Net Repeater
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|5||1-8||164.1000||164.8000||MDF5 Serv Rpt||Modoc NF Service Net Repeater
 
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|5||||172.4000||172.4000||MNF5 Serv Dir||Service Net Direct
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|6||||168.0500||168.0500||MDF6 NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
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|6||1,2,4-6,9||172.4000||164.1250||MNF6 Serv Rpt||Service Net Repeater
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|7||||168.2000||168.2000||MDF7 NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
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|7||||168.2000||168.2000||MNF7 NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
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|8||||168.6000||168.6000||MDF8 NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
 
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|8||||168.0500||168.0500||MNF8 NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
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|9||||167.6000||167.6000||MDF9 AG43 P||National Air to Ground 43 CA Zone 01 Primary
 
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|9||||168.6000||168.6000||MNF9 NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
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|10||||168.6625||168.6625||MDF10 R5 Proj||Region 5 Project/Fire Net
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|11||4||171.6250||171.6250||MDF11 NODFireD||BLM Northern California District Fire Net Direct
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|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
 
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|1||||169.9750||169.9750||MNF1 Adm Dir||Admin Net Direct (Changes Fall 2016)
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|12||1-8||171.6250||164.2500||MDF12 NODFireR||BLM Northern California District Fire Net Repeater
 
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|2||1-7,9||169.9750||169.1750||MNF2 Adm Rpt||Admin Net Repeater (Changes Fall 2016)
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|13||||151.2500||151.2500||MDF13 LMU Dir||Cal Fire Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Local Direct
 
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|14||xx||151.2500||159.405||MDF14 LMU Rpt||Cal Fire Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Local Repeater
  
 
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On Channels 1 & 3 Tone 1 (110.9) must be used to contact dispatch or a Ranger District office.
  
 
==='''Tones'''===
 
==='''Tones'''===
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!CTCSS Tone
 
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|1||St. John Mt. (E)||110.9
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|2||Anthony Peak (W)||123.0
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|2||Sugar Hill||123.0
 
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|3||Round Mtn. (E)||131.8
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|4||Sanhedrin Mt. (W)||136.5
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|4||49 Mtn.||136.5
 
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|5||Tomhead (E)||146.2
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|5||Grouse Mtn.||146.2
 
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|7||Red Shale Butte||167.9
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|8||Not Assigned||103.5
 
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|8||Widow Mtn.||103.5
  
 
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The forest lists those repeaters to be used depending on what side of the mountain range crest the radio user is on.
 
  
 
===Related Links===
 
===Related Links===

Revision as of 19:22, 29 June 2016

(From: US Forest Service - Modoc National Forest (CA) )

US Forests in California:

Angeles Inyo Lassen Modoc Sequoia Six Rivers
Cleveland Klamath Los Padres Plumas Shasta-Trinity Stanislaus
Eldorado Lake Tahoe BMU Mendocino San Bernardino Sierra Tahoe


Modoc National Forest (MDF - Forest #09) "Modoc" KMB 700

“The Smiles of Gods” is what the Native Americans, who first settled this land, called it. The forest is named for the county in which the greater part of the forest is situated. The county, in turn, is named after the Native American tribe, the Modocs. The history of the Modoc National Forest begins with the setting aside of two forest reserves by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 at the request of the local ranchers. A proclamation by Roosevelt on November 29, 1904 created the Warner Mountains Forest Reserve and the Modoc Forest Reserve, both renamed "National Forests" in 1907 when all Forest Reserves became National Forests. This same President added an additional 570,000 acres on February 13, 1908, and on July 2, 1908 combined the Warner Mountains and Modoc National Forests into one administrative unit, known thereafter as the Modoc National Forest. The forest covers 1,654,392 acres and is located on the on the huge Modoc Plateau where vegetation tends to be sparse. Recreation use is low as compared to the other 17 National Forests in California with approximately 175,000 visits. There are single developed recreation sites on other National Forests in California that have more visits.

Separated from the more heavily populated and intensively used areas of the Sacramento Valley by the main Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, the Modoc lies in the extreme northeast corner of California. The topography is diverse, ranging from the forested Warner Mountain range in the east, to the high plateaus dominated by sage steppe and ancient lava flows around Alturas, and culminating at the Medicine Highlands (the largest shield volcano in North America) in the west. The high desert climate in the valley areas consists of four distinct seasons and an average precipitation of 13 inches, a large part of which comes in the form of snow during the winter months of December to March. Elevation levels in the Modoc range from 9,906 feet at Eagle Peak in the South Warner Wilderness, to 4,000 feet in the valleys.

Some 43,400 acres of the forest have been identified as old growth, consisting primarily of Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), white fir (Abies concolor), red fir (Abies magnifica) and incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens).

The Modoc National Forest is divided into the Warner Mtn. (District 3), Big Valley (District 4), Devil's Garden (District 5) and Doublehead (District 6) Ranger Districts, with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Alturas. The Devil's Garden Ranger District is located in the Forest Supervisor's Office.


USFS CA Modoc NF Small Map.png


RADIO SYSTEM

The Modoc has a Forest Net, Admin Net and Service Net with only 6 repeater sites, the fewest of any National Forest in Region 5. The is a repeater for each net at each electronic site. The Modoc's gentle terrain is such that higher points, a few of which have electronic sites on them, sites can "see" a great deal of land. At least some of the sites are linked by microwave, but not much is known by hobbyists about the location of remote base stations and other design features of the system.

Other

The Modoc National Forest averages 103 wildland fires per year. The Lower Klamath Basin and Modoc National Wildlife Refuges average 8.6 fires per year. The Lava Beds National Monument averages 3.8 fires per year.

The unit identifier system for non-fire management is unknown. It is unknown what number the identifiers of non-fire employees of the Supervisor's Office are based on. The Modoc Interagency Communications Center coordinates and dispatches resources to respond to wildland fires and all risk incidents within the Modoc National Forest, Lava Beds National Monument and the Lower Klamath Basin and Modoc National Wildlife Refuges. Ranger District identifiers use the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6. Lava Beds National Monument use the number 7 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses the number 8. The identifier of the Communications Center is "Modoc."


Channel Plan

Modoc National Forest Channel Lineup
Channel Tone(s) Rx Tx Alpha Tag Description
1 1 168.7500 168.7500 MDF1 FrstNet Dir Modoc NF Forest Net Direct
2 1-8 168.7500 170.1750 MDF2 FrstNet Rpt Modoc NF Forest Net Repeater
3 1 173.7875 173.7875 MDF3 Adm Dir Modoc NF Admin Net Direct
4 1-8 173.7875 162.4875 MDF4 Adm Rpt Modoc NF Admin Net Repeater
5 1-8 164.1000 164.8000 MDF5 Serv Rpt Modoc NF Service Net Repeater
6 168.0500 168.0500 MDF6 NIFC T1 NIFC Tac 1
7 168.2000 168.2000 MDF7 NIFC T2 NIFC Tac 2
8 168.6000 168.6000 MDF8 NIFC T3 NIFC Tac 3
9 167.6000 167.6000 MDF9 AG43 P National Air to Ground 43 CA Zone 01 Primary
10 168.6625 168.6625 MDF10 R5 Proj Region 5 Project/Fire Net
11 4 171.6250 171.6250 MDF11 NODFireD BLM Northern California District Fire Net Direct
12 1-8 171.6250 164.2500 MDF12 NODFireR BLM Northern California District Fire Net Repeater
13 151.2500 151.2500 MDF13 LMU Dir Cal Fire Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Local Direct
14 xx 151.2500 159.405 MDF14 LMU Rpt Cal Fire Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Local Repeater

On Channels 1 & 3 Tone 1 (110.9) must be used to contact dispatch or a Ranger District office.

Tones

Information about the tones transmitted on the output frequency is unavailable.

MDF Repeaters
Tone Location CTCSS Tone
1 Channels 1&3 110.9
2 Sugar Hill 123.0
3 Likely Mtn. 131.8
4 49 Mtn. 136.5
5 Grouse Mtn. 146.2
6 Fire Repeater 156.7
7 Red Shale Butte 167.9
8 Widow Mtn. 103.5

Related Links

  • National Incident Radio Support Cache - These frequencies are used for large incidents, usually when a Type I or Type II Incident Management Team is assigned. This cache is used for fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, visits of high ranking officials, such the U.S. President and the presidents of other countries, large law enforcement incidents, special events and other incidents where the federal government is utilizing the Incident Command System.



Return to DB page: United States Forest Service (CA)

US Forests in California:

Angeles Inyo Lassen Modoc Sequoia Six Rivers
Cleveland Klamath Los Padres Plumas Shasta-Trinity Stanislaus
Eldorado Lake Tahoe BMU Mendocino San Bernardino Sierra Tahoe


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