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Northwest Fire Activity
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 0
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 23 (OR: 11, WA: 12)
New Fires and Acres: 14 fires for 85 acres
(48,992 acres growth on existing large fires) OR: 3 fires for 11 acres WA: 11 fires for 74 acres Northwest IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 2 Type 1 IMTs committed: 4 (2 Type 1 IMT enroute) Type 2 IMTs committed: 12
OSFM: 1
Wildland Fire Management Team: 0
| National Fire ActivityInitial attack activity: Light (113 new fires)New large incidents: 5 Large fires contained: 2 Uncontained large fires: 77 National IMT ActivityArea Command Teams committed: 3NIMOs committed: 0 Type 1 IMTs committed: 17 Type 2 IMTs committed: 30 |
Current Incident Details
*Area Command is managing the following fires in northeast Washington: North Star, Kettle Complex (Stickpin, Renner and Roy), Carpenter Road, Kaniksu Complex (Tower, Baldy, Onata Creek and 4 additional fires totaling less than 200 acres), Colville Complex (Marble Valley, Gold Hill and Graves Mountain).
NW NIMO (Hahnenberg) and SA NIMO (Quesinberry) assigned to support Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0
Incidents Previously-Reported: 24
Okanogan Complex (5 fires) WA-NES-001203. IMT1. RM Team (Pachota). 13 miles NW of Omak, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber. Cause: Lightning. 261,650 acres.(+11,274). 17% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching and spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences threatened. Evacuations in effect. Road, area and trail closures in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/17). FMAG approved (8/15).
Includes: 9 Mile (WA-NES-001147). 4,720 acres. (+0). 95% containment; Beaver Lake (WA-OWF-000671). 25,956 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Twisp River (WA-NES-001351). 10,503 acres. (+0). 50% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19); Lime Belt (WA-OWF-000657) 85,122 acres. (+9,335). 20% containment; Tunk Block(WA-NES-001219) 133,410 acres. (+1,939). 15% containment.
*North Star WA-COA-000157. IMT2. SW Team 5 (Nieto). IMT1.PNW Team 3 (Lewis) mobilizing to incident. 25 miles E of Omak, WA. Start 8/13. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Human. 155,000 acres. (+5,000). 5% containment. Active fire behavior with torching, backing and flanking. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19).
Chelan Complex (5 fires)WA-SES-000701. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 1 mile S of Chelan, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and grass. Cause: Unknown. 88,142 acres. (+38). 47% containment. Extreme fire behavior with uphill runs, crowning and torching. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/17). FMAG approved (8/15). Type 1 IMT (Templin) managing Chelan Complex, First Creek, Wolverine, Blankenship.
Includes 5 merged fires; Reach (WA-SPD-000651). Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); McFarland Creek (WA-OWF-000669); Cagle(WA-SES-000655); Antoine Creek (WA-OWF-000654); Black Canyon (WA-OWF-000663).
First Creek WA-OWF-000650. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 8 miles NW of Chelan, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Grass and timber. Cause: Lightning. 4,861 acres. (+341). 2% containment. Extreme fire behavior with group torching, uphill runs and short-range spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences and structures threatened. Road closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Type 1 IMT (Templin) managing Chelan Complex, First Creek, Wolverine, Blankenship.
Wolverine WA-OWF-000287. IMT1. SW Team 1 (Templin). 3 miles NW of Lucerne, WA. Start 6/29. Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Grass, brush and timber. Cause: Lightning. 59,956 acres (+6,385). 28% containment. Extreme fire behavior with uphill runs, long-range spotting and group torching. Residences and structures destroyed. Communities, residences and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Type 1 IMT (Templin) managing Chelan Complex, First Creek, Wolverine, Blankenship.
*Kettle Complex (3 fires)WA-COF-001264. IMT2. WA Team 1 (Ciraulo). IMT1. PNW Team 2 (Schulte) mobilizing to incident. 26 miles NW of Colville, WA. Start 8/11. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and brush. Cause: Lightning. 58,061 acres. (+1,042). 16% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching, spotting and creeping. Residences and commercial property destroyed. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect.
Includes: Roy (WA-NES-001222). 120 acres. (+0). 80% containment; Stickpin (WA-COF-001111). 48,586 acres. (+1,042). 20% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); Renner (WA-COF-001202). 9,355 acres. (+0). 15% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/19).
Canyon Creek Complex (3 fires) OR-MAF-015192. IMT1. GB Team 1 (Lund)/(OSFM Red Team (Walker). 7 miles N of Seneca, OR. Start 8/12. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and grass. Cause: Lightning. 74,649 acres. (+1,589). 42% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching, flanking and backing. Residences destroyed. Residences threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. FMAG approved (8/15).
Includes 3 fires. Berry Creek merged with Mason Spring: Berry Creek (OR-MAF-015271). 100 acres; Mason Spring (OR-MAF-0152270) 74,384 acres; Jerrys Draw (OR-952S-015306). 165 acres.
*Carpenter Rd WA-NES-001235. IMT2. RM Team Blue (Esperance). 35 miles NW of Spokane, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 37,589 acres. (+457). 20% containment. Active fire behavior. Residences, commercial property and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14).
Grizzly Bear Complex OR-UMF-000947. IMT2. WA Team 4 (Gales). 20 miles SE of Dayton, WA. Start 8/13. Monitor/Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 67,930 acres. (+6,780). 10% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, group torching and short-range spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences, commercial property, structures, campgrounds and natural resources threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect. This complex contains 17 fires (varying sizes, some have merged). FMAG approved (8/21).
*Kaniksu Complex (7 fires) WA-COF-001302. IMT2. AK Black Team (Kurth). 35 miles E of Colville, WA. Monitor/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 13,854 acres. (+2,650). 10% containment. Active fire behavior with uphill runs and group and single tree torching. Residences, commercial property and structures threatened. Road, trail, and area closures in effect.
Includes: Tower (WA-COF-001120). 12,921 acres. (+2,638). 9% containment; Onata Creek (WA-NES-001310) 323 (+23) acres. 10 % containment; Baldy (WA-COF-001003). 515 acres. (+0). 80% containment; Grease Creek (WA-COF-001212). 70 acres. (-5). 0% containment;Hall Mountain (WA-COF-001164). 14 acres. (-6). 0% containment; Slate Creek (WA-COF-001221). 1 acres. (+0). 0% containment; South Fork Slate Trail – D5 (WA-COF-001218). 10 acres. (+0). 10% Containment.
Upper Skagit Complex (8 fires) WA-NCP-000052. IMT2. GB Team 4 (Wilcox). 1 mile NW of Newhalem, WA. Start 8/10. Monitor/Confine/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 6,655 acres. (+1,050). 0% containment. Moderate fire behavior with flanking, backing and isolated torching. Structures destroyed. Commercial property and transmission lines for the city of Seattle, WA are threatened.
Includes: Goodell (WA-NCP-000039). 5,573 acres. (+1,050). 0% containment; Thursday Creek (WA-NCP-000040). 481 acres. (+0). 0% containment; Rocky Beaver (WA-NCP-000046). 141 acres. (+0). 0% containment; No Name 15 (WA-NCP-000045). 413 acres. 0% containment; Also includes additional fires totaling less than 100 acres.
Eagle OR-WWF-000872. IMT2. RM Team Black (Greer). 25 miles S of Union, OR. Start 8/11. Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 9,582 acres. (+1,453). 7% containment. Active fire behavior with group torching, running, and long-range spotting. Residences destroyed. Residences and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Evacuations in effect.
*Colville Complex WA-NES-001196. IMT2. OR Team 2 (Fillis). 10 miles W of Colville, WA. Start 8/14. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber and brush. Cause: Human. 8,720 acres. (+73). 48% containment. Active fire behavior with creeping and isolated torching. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences and structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect.
Graves Mountain (WA-COF-001196). 5,076 acres. (+73). 15% containment; Marble Valley (WA-NES-001224). 3,087 acres. (+0). 95% containment. Fire mobilization authorized (8/14); Gold Hill (WA-NES-001234). 557 acres. (+0). 90% containment.
County Line 2OR-WSA-000060. IMT2. OR Team 1 (Sheldon). 15 miles NW of Madras, OR. Start 8/12. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 65,300 acres. (+100). 70% containment. Extreme fire behavior with crowning, running and long-range spotting. Residences and structures destroyed. Residences and commercial property threatened. Evacuations in effect. Trail and area closures in effect.
National Creek Complex (2 fires) OR-RSF-000836. IMT2. OR Team 4 (Goff). 10 miles SW of Diamond Lake, OR. Start 8/1. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Timber. Cause: Lightning. 12,268 acres. (+1,435). 25% containment. Active fire behavior with short crown runs and group torching. Structures, residences, campgrounds, T&E species, hiking and OHV trails threatened. Smoke impacts to Crater Lake National Park. Road, area and trail closures in effect.
Includes two merged fires: Crescent (OR-CLP-000405). 12,148 acres. (+1,435); National(OR-RSF-000787). 120 acres. (+0).
Cougar Creek WA-YAA-000157. IMT2. WA Team 5 (Leitch). 6 miles NW of Glenwood, WA. Start 8/10. Full Suppression. Timber and grass. Cause: Lightning. 37,900 acres. (+2,900). 15% containment. Active fire behavior with crowning, short-range spotting and flanking. Residences, structures, natural resources and campgrounds threatened. Road, trail and area closures in effect.
Stouts Creek OR-732S-000090.ICT3. 16 miles E of Canyonville, OR. Start 7/30. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Human. 26,367 acres. (+0). 86% containment. Moderate fire behavior with backing and creeping. Residences and commercial property threatened. Evacuations in effect. Road and area closures in effect. Conflagration Act invoked (7/31). FMAG approved (7/31). No information received.
Collier Butte OR-RSF-000808. IMT2. OR Team 3 (Johnson). 17 miles E of Gold Beach, OR. Start 8/2. Full Suppression. Timber and brush. Cause: Lightning. 11,100 acres. (+1,100). 55% containment. Moderate fire behavior with flanking, short-range spotting and backing. Commercial property and Snow Camp Lookout threatened. Limited access and steep slopes. Road, trail and area closures in effect. Transfer of command to IMT3 today.
EldoradoOR-972S-000942. IMT1. ODF Team 3 (Smith). 40 miles E of John Day, OR. Start 8/14. Full Suppression. Timber, brush and grass. Cause: Unknown. 20,635 acres. (+24). 80% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Residences and structures destroyed. Transfer of command back to the local unit today.
Cornet-Windy RidgeOR-VAD-000163. IMT1. ODF Team 3 (Smith). 17 miles SE of Baker City, OR. Start 8/11. Full Suppression. Timber and grass. Cause: Unknown. 103,887 acres.(+0). 85% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Residences and structures destroyed. Conflagration Act invoked (8/14). Transfer of command back to the local unit today.
Alder Lake WA-GPF-000627. ICT3. 7 miles S of Eatonville, WA. Start 7/26. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Lightning. 220 acres. (+70). 2% containment. Moderate fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Residences and structures threatened.
Willamina Creek OR-SAD-000207. ICT3. 45 miles SW of Portland, OR. Start 8/19. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Unknown. 230 acres. (+0). 75% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Road and area closures in effect.
Falls Creek OR-WWF-001012. ICT3. 5 miles SW Joseph, OR. Start 8/22. Full Suppression/Confine.Timber and grass. Cause: Unknown. 320 acres. (+0). 0% containment. Minimal fire behavior with creeping and smoldering. Road and area closures in effect.
Bendire Complex (2 fires)OR-VAD-000162. ICT4. 40 miles W of Vale, OR. Start 8/11. Full Suppression (all fires in complex). Brush. Cause: Lightning. 49,628 acres. (+5,231). 100% containment. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Sage-Grouse habitat burned. Includes 2 merged fires: Pole Gulch and Bully Creek. Last report on morning briefing unless significant activity occurs.
Lists fires (of any size) that singly utilize Monitor, Confine, or Point Zone Protection suppression strategies, or use Multiple Suppression Strategies (which may also include a Full Suppression component).
Northwest Fire Potential Summary:
Dry unstable air remains across eastern Washington and central Oregon today andThursday. Lightning will be scattered today with increasing lightning potentialThursday through Saturday. Significant wetting rains are possible west of the Cascades Friday night and continuing into Saturday. Wetting showers are likely in eastern Washington with fewer showers in eastern Oregon and no showers in southeast Oregon.
More info, see NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast, and National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast
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