8/4/2014 NWCC Morning Brief

NWCC Morning Brief: Monday, August 04, 2014   

National Preparedness Level: 4
For the National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR), see: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

Summary: In the Northwest (last 24 hrs), scattered lightning occurred over Eastern Oregon and areas of Central Washington. Thunderstorms forecast over South Central and South East Oregon today. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson, D.) being reassigned to 5 Mile.

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Light (186 new fires)
New large fires: 8
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: *36
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 10
Type 2 IMTs committed: 11
*Uncontained large fires include only fires being managed under a full suppression strategy

Northwest Preparedness Levels: Today: 5
3-Day: 5, 10-Day: 4, 30-Day: 4

Northwest Fire Activity
New fires and acres (Last 24 hrs): 54 fires for 4,017acres (11,740 acres growth on existing large fires*)
OR: 29 fires for 3,271 acres
WA: 25 fires for 746 acres
*[acreage reductions not included]

Northwest Large Fires
Uncontained Large Fires: 15 (OR:9,WA:6)

IMTs Committed in NW
NIMO Teams committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 3
Type 2 IMTs committed: 7

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 3
5 Mile OR-974S-000789. 21 mi E of Joseph, OR. Start 8/03. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 1,480 ac. 0% containment. Active fire behavior, running and crowning with short term spotting. Values at risk; Imnaha community. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson, D.) is mobilizing.

Bald Sisters OR-MAF-014295. IMT3. 12 mi E of Prairie City, OR. Start 8/02. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 105 ac. 0% containment. Active fire behavior, running, torching. Steep inaccessible ground. Values at risk; natural resources.

Twin Brothers WA-COA-000161. 15 mi NE of Nespelem, WA. Start 8/03. Full Suppression. Grass and timber. 600 ac. 0% containment. IMT3 mobilizing. Initial information.

Incidents Previously-Reported: 14

Beaver Complex OR-711S-016115. IMT2. ODF Team 2 (Cline). Unified command management structure with ODF, CalFire and Oregon State Fire Marshall's office. 20 mi NW of Medford, OR. Start 7/30. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 36,723 acres (+4,659 ac). 20% containment. Active fire behavior. Level 1 and 3 evacuations. Pacific Power and Light Plant and associated power lines have been shut down. Values at risk; structures, transmission lines, multiple state ownerships, community of Copco, wilderness areas, ranches, timberland, endangered species. Fall Creek Water Supply. Includes: Salt Creek fire. 15 mi E of Ashland, OR. 181 acres (+35 ac). Oregon Gulch acres burned: Oregon: 27,104 acres (+4,269 ac), California: 9,464 acres (+355 ac).

Carlton Complex WA-NES-000534. IMT1. NR Team (Blume). 7 mi S of Twisp, WA. Start 7/14. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 253,377 acres (+0 ac). 82% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Values at risk; private and public lands, campgrounds, powerlines, habitat. Level 2 and 3 evacuations. Includes; Stokes Road, French Creek, Golden Hike and Cougar Flats. WA Fire Mobilization authorized. Rising Eagle Road. WA-NES-000819. 4 mi SE of Winthrop, WA. Start 8/1. Full Suppression. 502 acres (+0 ac).

Camp Creek Complex OR-RSF-000678. IMT1. PNW Team 3 (Lewis). 30 mi NE of Medford, OR. Start 8/2. Full Suppression. Cause lightning. 400 acres (+200 ac). 0% containment. Multiple unstaffed fires in the wilderness. Creeping and smoldering. Values at risk; historic lookout and a repeater site.


Chiwaukum Complex WA-OWF-000356. IMT1. SA Red Team (Duiett). 9 mi NW of Leavenworth, WA. Start 7/15. Multiple Suppression Strategies (Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression). Timber. Cause lightning. 16,491 acres (+0 ac). 35% containment. Active fire behavior. Steep and rugged terrain. Values at risk; railway and two major utility corridors. Level 1 and 2 evacuations. Includes; Chiwaukum Creek, Kelly Mountain and Duncan Ridge fires.



South Fork Complex OR-PRD-000649. IMT2. OR Team 4 (Watts). 20 mi S of John Day, OR. Start 7/31. Full Suppression. Cause lightning. 16,981 acres (+6,581 ac). 0% cont. Active fire behavior. Values at risk; Ranches. Includes; Buck Fork and Murderers Creek South.



Logging Unit Fires OR-WSA-000070. IMT2. OR Team 1 (Williams). 25 mi NW of Warm Springs, OR. Start 7/16. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 6,644 acres (+0 ac). 85% containment. Creeping and smoldering. Mop up ongoing. Includes; Skyline 116 acres (+0 ac), Haily Butte 107 acres (+0 ac), Camas Prairie 6,104 acres (+0 ac), Logging Unit 316 acres (+0 ac).

Bear Butte II OR-DEF-000318. 23 mi SW of Warm Springs, OR. Start 7/13. Timber. Lightning. 3,803ac (+0 ac). 70% cont. Creeping and smoldering. Long-term planning on Mt. Jefferson Wilderness portion.


Haystack Complex (5 fires) OR-952S-0214621. IMT2. ODF Team 1 (Buckman). 9 mi NW of Kimberly, OR. Start 7/29. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause lightning. 1,740 acres (+0 ac). 98% containment. Creeping and smoldering. Haystack OR-952S-0214621. 4 mi NE of Spray, OR. Start 7/29. Grass. Cause lightning. 1,120 acres. (+0 ac). 95% cont. Steet Mountain OR-952S-014266. 2 mi NE of Dayville, OR. Start 29. Grass. 50 acres. (+0 ac). 95% cont. Throop OR-952S-014258. 27 mi W of John Day, OR. Start 29. Grass. 490 acres (+0 ac). 100% cont. Schoolhouse 73 acres. 90% cont. Hog Ridge 55 acres. 100% cont. Tentative transfer of command 8/5 0600.


Lone Mountain 1 WA-NCP-000018. ICT2. (Thompson). 3 mi N of Stehekin, WA. Start 7/14. Multiple Suppression Strategies (Confine/Point Zone Protection). Timber. Cause lightning. 2,116 acres (+0 ac). 30% containment. Stephen Mather Wilderness. Moderate fire behavior. 


Sniption OR-PRD-000539. ICT4. 15 mi N of Fossil, OR. Start 7/29. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause unknown. 25,937 acres. (+0 ac). 100% containment. Last report unless conditions change.

Castle OR-DEF-000667. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis). 20 mi W of Madras, OR. Start 8/01. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause lightning. 22 ac. (+0 ac). 10% containment. Active fire behavior. Forest closures. Values at risk; communities. Currently does not meet large fire criteria. Not counted in uncontained large fires summary.

Snag Canyon WA-SES-000559. IMT2. WA Team 1 (Johnson, B.). 10 mi N of Ellensburg, WA. Start 8/02. Full Suppression. Grass, brush, timber. Cause lightning. 1,848 ac. (-1,752 ac). 0% containment. Active fire behavior, torching, spotting. Values at risk; structures, rangeland, recreation and high tension powerlines.

Reeves Creek OR-712-014915. IMT3. 19 mi SW of Grants Pass, OR. Start 7/28. Full Suppression. Timber, grass understory. Cause unknown. 204 acres. (+0 ac). 85% containment. Interior islands burning, smoldering. No update received. 

Nene Creek OR-WSA-000114. ICT3. 22 mi N of Warm Springs, OR. Start 8/02. Full Suppression. Grass. Cause lightning. 300 ac. (+100 ac). 0% containment. Moderate fire behavior. Values at risk; structures, Simnasho community.

Little Bridge Creek WA-OWF-000538. IMT2. WA Team 5 (Leitch). 7 mi S of Winthrop, WA. Start 8/02. Full Suppression. Grass, brush, timber. Cause lightning. 300 ac. (+200 ac). 0% containment. Active fire behavior.

NW Fires with Strategies other than Full Suppression:

NW Fires Strategies Other-than Full Suppression 2014 (Year-to-Date)

Northwest Weather Highlights / Fire Potential:

High pressure continues with warm and dry airmass today. Weak surface based thermal trough still present in central WA/OR and will continue potential for active burning on some fires. Southerly flow aloft will likely increase the thunderstorm activity in south central and SE Oregon today, but lightning not expected to develop in Washington. By Wednesday the current lightning episode should be over, with a general lull in both IA activity and burning conditions expected through the remainder of the week.

NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast
Nat'l 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast