7/31/2014 9:21 am Lone Mountain 1 Daily Update

Attached is the Daily Update for Thursday, July 31st.

	DAILY UPDATE
	Lone Mountain 1 Fire

                                       Thursday, July 31, 2014

Contact: Information Desk in Winthrop: 509-996-3624

Public Information Officers: Glenda Scott and Peri Suenram (406-540-3091) in Winthrop, and Kim Smolt in Stehekin (509-699-2080, ext.18).

Please be patient and use all of our lines as we have inconsistent phone coverage.

Cause: Lightning, July 14, 2014

Location: Boulder Creek drainage, northeast of Stehekin and west of Butte Creek, in the Stephen

Mather Wilderness

Jurisdiction: North Cascades National Park Complex, National Park Service

Size: 1725 acres

Command: N. Rockies Wildland Fire Management Team, John Thompson, Incident Commander

Strategy: Point protection and modified suppression

The fire grew about 25 acres yesterday but is reported to be approximately 30 percent contained.  Growth was on the north end of the fire, west of the lower reaches of Rennie Creek and did produce some smoke.  Most fire activity consisted of short runs and single tree torching.  Should fire growth continue to the north, it will encounter good natural barriers and sparse fuels.  More smoke is expected today.

Two wildland fire modules conducted direct suppression activities by working the hot spots in the interior of the fire near Butte and Boulder Creeks.  Helicopters dropped 5000 gallons of water on the fire to aid with this work. 

The North Cascades National Park Superintendent, Karen Taylor-Goodrich, and Fire Management Officer, Dee Townsend, flew the fire area on Wednesday to review the suppression efforts.

As we move into August, the hot and dry weather we are experiencing will continue to challenge fire fighters with both the suppression and fuels reduction efforts in North Cascades National Park.  To date, the Lone Mountain 1 fire is reporting no accidents.

All services are available in Stehekin.  The North Cascades National Park Superintendent has closed the Boulder Creek Trail in the Stephen Mather Wilderness. The Forest Supervisor of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has lifted the area closure in the vicinity of the Lone Mountain 1 Fire on National Forest Lands with the exception of War Creek and Williams Creek trails.

For the latest fire information, go to:  http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3978/ . Our facebook page is only intermittently tended.  https://www.facebook.com/lonemountain1fire

Please email Lonemountainfire@gmail.com  to receive updates electronically.

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