08/15/17 Jolly Mountain Fire Update

                           Property and Values at Risk Assessment Continues 

Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 11:00 a.m.

Location: Cle Elum Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee NF, 11 miles northwest of Cle Elum, WA

Start Date: August 11, 2017   Cause: Lightning   Size: 334 Acres   Percent Contained:  0%

Vegetation: Timber between rock stringers and ridge tops

Resources Assigned: 207 personnel

Incident Commander: Alan Sinclair with the Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3

 

Summary:

Minimal fire activity has been observed following the moisture two days ago. Weather is expected to dry out and warm up over the next few days. Due to the location of the Jolly Mountain fire, minimal spread is expected.

 

The Southwest Area Type 2 Team is responsible for initial attack of any new starts with a five mile radius of the center of the main fire. As air attack circled the area yesterday one small new start was discovered. Firefighters inserted into the new start, lined the fire. All fires are being monitored by air today.

 

Crews will continue scouting fire line locations to plan protection for property and values at risk and assess conditions for additional control line locations for future consideration. Efforts are being concentrated in the subdivisions to the north and east of Cle Elum Lake as they have identified as an area of concern in the event the fire pushed to the west.

 

Closures:

Road: Forest Road 4315

Trails: A number of trails are signed closed due to fire activity, in the Teanaway drainage these include; Boulder Deroux (#1392), Johnson Medra (#1383), Way Creek (#1235), Jungle Creek (#1383.1), West Fork (#1353), Middle Fork (#1393) and Yellow Hill (#1222). In the Cle Elum Valley they are: Corral Creek (#1340.1), Sasse Mtn. (#1340), Howson Creek (#1349), Jolly Mtn. (#1307, access from Cayuse CG), Paris Creek (#1393) and Boulder Creek (#1392).

 

Fire Restrictions:  All campfires are banned on Cle Elum Ranger District, as the resources to handle additional human fires are in short supply.

 

When recreating on National Forest Lands always follow TREAD Principles, which can be found on the Tread Lightly website, https://www.treadlightly.org/.

 

Jolly Mountain Fire Information: (505) 303-0057 (Phones staffed 8:00 am to 8:00 pm)

Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/news/5496/

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