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 1204.1 - Copper Peak Hazardous Fire Area
Copper Peak Hazardous Fire Area is composed of approximately 216,480 acres (876.4 km2) of watershed land in Fresno County. The exterior boundary of the area is described as follows:
Beginning at the Pine Flat Dam in Sec. 2, T13S, R24E, MDB&M, at a point where the dam intersects the natural water course of the Kings River; thence along water course in a NE direction to a point in Sec. 35, T12S, R24E, where water course intersects USFS bdry., excluding such regularly authorized camping areas immediately adjacent to Pine Flat Reservoir on lands under control of the U.S. Corps of Engineers; thence N and NW along USFS bdry. line to a point in Sec. 24, T9S, R22E, where bdry. line intersects natural water course of San Joaquin River and/or to a point on the Madera and Fresno County line; thence in a SW direction along the natural water course of river and/or county line to a point in Sec. 35, T11S, R20E, where river course and county line intersects a line that is common to T11S and T12S, excluding those regularly designated camping areas within the Millerton Lake State Park area lying along the SE shores of Millerton Lake and E of Friant Dam; thence E along this line to a point in Sec. 36, T11S, R20E, where said line intersects Friant-Clovis County Rd.; thence S along this road to a point in Sec. 7, T12S, R21E, where the road intersects Copper Ave.; thence E to a point in Sec. 15 where Copper Ave. intersects Dry Creek Levee; thence SE along levee to a point in Sec. 23 where levee intersects Shepherd Ave.; thence E along Shepherd Ave. to SE cnr. of Sec. 24 where Shepherd Ave. intersects Thompson Ave.; thence S along Thompson Ave. to the SE cnr. of Sec. 36 where Thompson Ave. intersects Herndon Ave.; thence E along Herndon Ave. to a point in Sec. 35, T12S, R22E where Herndon Ave. intersects Friant-Kern Canal; thence SE along canal to a point in the E 1/2 of Sec. 35, T13S, R23E where canal intersects Tivy Valley County Rd.; thence NE along county road (in Sec. 25, T13S, R23E, where the bdry. will be the western sec. of county rd.; in Sec. 8, the east fork of the county rd. will be the bdry.) to a point in the N 1/2 of Sec. 2, T12S, R24E, where said county rd. intersects the natural water course of Kings River; thence E along river water course where natural water course intersects Pine Flat Dam at the point of beginning.