Northwest Activity Summary
No lightning in the area
yesterday, and very little to no precipitation recorded. It was warm and dry across eastern Oregon and
Washington, with some breezy areas in northern Washington and poor overnight
humidity recovery in the mountains of northeastern Washington.
Light initial attack across the
area. Initial attack was generally very
successful in forested areas, but low land fires burned more aggressively
in the heavy, continuous grass and shrubs.
NIMO (Quesinberry) assigned to the
Indian Creek incident on the Mt. Hood NF and NIMO (Houseman) assigned to the
Chetco Bar incident on the Rogue-Siskiyou NF.
Preparedness Levels
Current:
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Northwest PL Forecast
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Northwest Fire
Activity
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 3
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 8 (OR: 6 WA: 2)
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 3
Large fires contained: 1
Uncontained large fires: 8 (OR: 6 WA: 2)
New Fires and Acres
24 fires for 2301 acres
2,550 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 20 fires for 1415 acres
WA: 4 fires for 886 acres
24 fires for 2301 acres
2,550 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 20 fires for 1415 acres
WA: 4 fires for 886 acres
Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs committed: 2
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1
NIMOs committed: 2
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1
National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Light (152) new fires
Initial attack activity: Light (152) new fires
New large
incidents: 6
Large fires contained: 5
Uncontained large fires: 36
Large fires contained: 5
Uncontained large fires: 36
National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 4
Type 2 IMTs committed: 11
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 4
Type 2 IMTs committed: 11
Northwest Current
Incident Details
Incidents
not Previously Reported: 3
Whitewater OR-WIF-170123
IMT3. 15 miles E of Detroit, OR. Start 7/23. Confine. Cause: Lightning. 85 acres. 15% containment. Timber. Active fire behavior with backing,
torching and short range spotting. Road,
area, and trail closures in effect. IMT2 (Knerr) has been ordered. Not included in the large fire count.
Paterson
Slough WA-MCR-000285
IMT3. 3 miles N of Irrigon, OR. Start 7/27. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 886 acres. 75%
containment. Grass. Active fire behavior with wind driven runs.
Hawk OR-VAD-000142 IMT3. 10
miles NW of Jordan Valley, OR. Start 7/27. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 1,412 acres. 75%
containment. Brush/grass. Active fire behavior.
Incidents
Previously Reported:
5
Blanket
Creek OR-RSF-000371
IMT3. 9 miles NE of Prospect, OR. Start 7/25. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 150 acres. 0%
containment. Timber. Moderate fire behavior with short crown runs, flanking and
group torching. Road and trail closures in place. IMT2 (Gales) planned to assume command tomorrow (7/29).
Emerson OR-OCF-000638. IMT3. 4
miles NE of Madras, OR. Start 7/25. Full Suppression. Cause: Human. 10,527 acres (-92). 60%
containment. Grass/brush. Moderate fire behavior with isolated torching,
creeping and smoldering. Residences and structures threatened. Road and area closures
in place.
Crane OR-982S-000299. IMT3.
4 miles SE of Lakeview, OR. Start 7/24. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 602 acres (+32). 40%
containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior.
Upper
Mine OR-BUD-007058.
IMT2 (Johnson). 8 mi S of Fields, OR. Start 7/24. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 4,135 acres (+35). 75%
containment. Grass/brush. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Structures
threatened.
Bissell WA-NES-001521. IMT3. 8
mi N of Hunters, WA. Start 7/23. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 377 acres (+0). 98%
containment. Timber/brush/grass. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. Structures threatened. Last report on morning briefing unless significant
activity occurs.
Northwest Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone
Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD) (link)
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
Large fire potential is decreasing
back to normal levels following several days of heavy lightning. Any additional
lightning will not be as concentrated over what has been observed for the past
few days. Initial attack will likely remain engaged with holdover fires in
southwest, south central, and eastern Oregon for the next several days but the
number of new fires is not expected to exceed resource capabilities. A warming
and drying trend setting in will help keep fire danger indices above average
for the next week at least. No widespread critical fire weather patterns are
expected for the time being but local conditions should be monitored for
influence on ongoing incidents.
See your local NWS fire weather planning forecast for the weather details and any Red Flag Warnings in your area.
More info, see NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast, and National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast
Other GACC Morning Reports:
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