Logging Unit Fires
Fire
Information Update
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
– 8:30 a.m. PDT Fire Status Update
Fire |
Acres |
% Contained |
Total Personnel |
Total
Logging Unit Fires
|
10,350
|
20
|
1100
|
Haily
Butte
|
108
|
||
Camas
Prairie/Logging Unit
|
6261
|
||
Bear
Butte 2-North
|
3864
|
||
Skyline
|
116
|
News &
Highlights for the Logging Unit Fires
·
Firefighters continue
to make excellent progress with line construction on the Logging Unit/Camas
Prairie Fire. Due to moderated weather yesterday, firefighters were able to
make a direct attack on the fire with no aircraft support required.
·
The Sid Walter
Flat area remains in a Level 1 Notification.
·
Road and area
closures are in effect for Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs lands (see
below).
·
Five interagency
hotshot crews, twenty-five 20-person hand crews, 53 engines, 27 dozers and 19
water tenders are currently assigned.
·
Currently, four
National Guard helicopters (2 Blackhawks and 2 Chinooks), a heavy and a medium
helicopter are available for air support to the Logging Unit Fires.
·
The Mt Hood National Forest will be lifting the
closure on the Ollalie Scenic Area today. The Pacific Crest Trail closure will
remain in place with a reroute for hikers available.
·
From the
Cascade Crest east across the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs lands,
between 1,500-1,700 lightning strikes were received yesterday
afternoon/evening. As weather warms in the coming days, an increase in initial
attack activity is expected.
·
A Red Flag
warning is in effect for lightning with a 60% chance of rain/thunderstorms.
Logging Unit
Operations Summary:
With
the moderated weather, firefighters continue to make excellent progress on the
Logging Unit Fires. On the Skyline and Haily Butte Fires, crews have progressed
significantly with mop-up operations. On the Logging Unit/Camas Prairie Fire,
crews have made good progress utilizing the anchor point on the west flank to
move in an easterly direction on both the N and S flanks. Crews are also working towards the W flank
from the E flank.
On
the Bear Butte 2, firefighters made good progress with mop up and line
construction.
Firefighters
continue to mop up the Pinhead Fires and are also working on a couple of spot
fires located outside the lines on the Camas Prairie and Bear Butte 2 Fire.
Today,
firefighters will continue to take advantage of the moderated weather pattern,
although there is a safety concern associated with the potential for slips,
trips and falls and hazardous driving conditions associated with wet
surfaces. Firefighters will focus on a
direct attack approach wherever possible, continuing with hand and dozer lines,
mop up and felling of trees as needed.
Firefighters from the Logging Unit Fires will also provide initial
attack support to Warm Springs Agency Fire Management as requested for new
starts.
FIRE FACTS:
Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs Road & Area Closures:
Closures
that apply to public with the exception of local residents:
- B-180/Hwy 26 Jct
- B-160/Hwy 26 Jct
- B-140/Hwy 26 Jct
Closures
that apply to all public:
- B-160 near the B-165 Jct
- County Line Rd at the end of the pavement
- J-100 at the Tenino Rd/J-100 Jct
Area
Closures:
Log Unit/Camas
Prairie Fire Closure
Northern
Boundary: From the W-100/W-200/B-200 Jct, west on the W-200 to the W-240 to the
S650 to the Reservation boundary.
Eastern
Boundary: From the W-100/W-200/B-200 Jct, south on the B-200 to the B-200/B-210
Jct (Trout Lake Rd).
Southern
Boundary: From the B-200/P-500/B-210 (Trout Lake Rd) Jct west to Trout Lake.
Bear Butte 2
Fire Closure:
All
areas south of Whitewater Canyon to Jefferson Cr/Reservation Boundary.
Mt Hood
National Forest Closures (Ollalie
Scenic Area closure will lift today but Pacific Crest Trail closure will remain
in place with a reroute):
- FR 4220 between FR 46 and Warm Springs
- Closure area near Ollalie Lakes
- Pacific Crest Trail from Breitenbush Lake (Mile 2047.1) to Road 42 at the Joe Graham Campground (Mile 2083). For additional information on the Pacific Crest Trail status, contact the Mt Hood National Forest at www.fs.usda.gov/mthood or the Pacific Crest Trail Association at www.pcta.org
Logging Unit
Fires: Located
on Warm Springs Agency approximately 25 miles NW of Warm Springs. Fire is
burning in mixed conifer above 3800 feet and ponderosa pine below 3800 feet and
grass & brush at lower elevations. Started:
July 16, 2014. Cause: Lightning
caused. Location: Western boundary
of Confederated Tribes of Warms Springs lands.
SAFETY CONCERNS: Potentially
slick roads associated with precipitation and downdrafts/wind shifts associated
with thunderstorms. Firefighters are maintaining an excellent safety record to
date on this incident.
RESOURCE CONCERNS: Main concerns
include the threat to commercial timber and natural resources on Warm Springs
lands, including old growth trees, pristine spring chinook runs, water quality,
wildlife, plant and cultural concerns.
WEATHER: Moisture will
remain in place across the area and will be sufficient for scattered
showers/isolated thunderstorms with a 60% chance of wetting rain. Temperatures
will range from the high 60s to the mid 70s and humidities ranging from high
30s to mid-40s percentile. An inversion should lift by the afternoon. On
Thursday, partly cloudy and windy changing to sunny, windy and warmer on
Friday.
TODAY’S
EXPECTED FIRE BEHAVIOR: Another good day for firefighting with some
precipitation over the area and elevated humidities, expect limited rates of
spread and low-intensity creeping and smoldering.
COOPERATING
AGENCIES & PARTNERS: Warm Springs Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mt
Hood National Forest, Deschutes National Forest, Willamette National Forest and
Prineville Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Transportation.
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