Northwest Activity Summary
Warm and dry yesterday with gusty winds east of the Cascades and poor humidity recovery at higher elevations. No lightning and no precipitation across the region. Light initial attack with the Crab Creek fire in the Columbia Basin reported at 500 acres. Minimal growth on existing large fires. NW Team 7 (Knerr) ordered for the Kelsey Creek fire near Oakridge, OR. Area Command (Muir) is managing the Chetco Bar fire, Miller Complex and High Cascades Complex.
Preparedness Levels
Current:
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Northwest PL Forecast
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Northwest Fire Activity
New Fires and Acres 6 fires for 804 acres14,990 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 3 fires for 302 acres
WA: 3 fires for 502 acres
New Fires and Acres 6 fires for 804 acres14,990 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 3 fires for 302 acres
WA: 3 fires for 502 acres
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 2
Large fires contained: 2
Uncontained large fires: 13 (OR: 9 WA: 4)
New large fires: 2
Large fires contained: 2
Uncontained large fires: 13 (OR: 9 WA: 4)
Northwest IMT Activity
Area Command Teams Committed: 1
Area Command Teams Committed: 1
NIMOs Committed: 1
Type 1 IMTs committed: 5
Type 2 IMTs committed: 10
National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Light (59) new fires
Type 2 IMTs committed: 10
National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: Light (59) new fires
New large incidents: 8
Large fires contained: 7
Uncontained large fires: 40
Large fires contained: 7
Uncontained large fires: 40
National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 2
NIMOs committed: 4
Type 1 IMTs committed: 10
Type 2 IMTs committed: 24
Area Command Teams committed: 2
NIMOs committed: 4
Type 1 IMTs committed: 10
Type 2 IMTs committed: 24
Northwest Current Incident Details
Incidents not Previously Reported: 2
Kelsey Creek OR-WIF-170273. ICT3. 10 miles E of Oakridge, OR. Start 9/9. Monitor/Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 300 acres. 0% containment. Timber. Extreme fire behavior. Road, trail and area closures in place. This incident not included in the large fire count above. IMT 2, NW Team 7 (Knerr) ordered. Knerr to also manage Jones.
Crab Creek WA-SPD-001876. ICT3. 4 miles W of Odessa, WA. Start 9/9. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 500 acres. 0% containment. Grass and brush. Active fire behavior. Structures, Sage-grouse and T&E habitat threatened.
Incidents Previously Reported: 22
Eagle Creek OR-CGF-000493. Unified Command: IMT1, SW Team 2 (Pierson)/OSFM Red Team (Yocum). 2 miles S of Cascade Locks, OR. Start 9/2. Monitor/Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 45,579 acres (+4,029). 32% completed. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuations in place. Structures, watershed, timberlands, power line infrastructure and major transportation corridor threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. This incident not included in the large fire count above.
Diamond Creek WA-OWF-000267. NIMO (Houseman). 11 miles N of Mazama, WA. Start 7/23. Monitor/Confine/Point Zone Protection/Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 125,300 acres (+3,300). 30% completed. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuation notices in place. Structures and communities threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. This incident not included in the large fire count above.
Chetco Bar OR-RSF-000326. Unified Command: IMT1, GB Team 1 (Lund)/Coos FPA (Thornton). IMT2, NW Team 13 (Gales) managing the East Zone. 16 miles W of Selma, OR. Start 7/12. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 188,284 acres (+237). 40% containment. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuation notices in place. Structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. NW Team 13 (Gales) also managing Indigo.
Whitewater OR-WIF-170123. IMT2, NW Team 11 (Rabe). 15 miles E of Detroit, OR. Start 7/23. Monitor/Confine/Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 14,005 acres (+339). 35% completed. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuations in place. Structures and power line infrastructure threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. Includes: Whitewater (11,046 acres), Little Devil (1,885 acres), Scorpion (655 acres), and French (2 acres). Also managing Potato Hill. This incident not included in the large fire count above.
Jolly Mountain WA-OWF-000361. IMT1, PNW Team 2 (Schulte). 11 miles NNW of Cle Elum, WA. Start 8/11. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 34,222 acres (+0). 30% containment. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuations in place. Structures, campgrounds and T&E habitat threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place.
Desolation. OR-OCF-001135. ICT3. 20 miles NE of Prineville, OR. Start 9/9. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 2,763acres. (+1,195). 0% containment. Brush and Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Structures, residences and campground threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place.
Norse Peak WA-OWF-000365. IMT2, CA Team (Arroyo)/IMT2, CA Team 3 (Wakoski). 11 miles W of Cliffdell, WA. Start 8/11.Confine/Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 52,502 acres (+0). 12% completed. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuations in place. Watershed, ski area, structures and T&E habitat threatened. Road, area and trail closures in place.This incident not included in the large fire count above. TOC to IMT1, PNW Team 3 (Livingston) planned today at 1400.
Umpqua North Complex OR-UPF-000406. IMT2 GB Team 3 (Rohrer). 50 miles E of Roseburg, OR. Start 8/11. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 42,775 acres (+1,334). 38% containment. Timber. Active fire behavior. Evacuation notices in place. Structures, T&E habitat, recreation sites and power line infrastructure threatened. Road, trail, area and campground closures in place. Numerous fires in the complex including: Happy Dog (31,169 acres), Fall Creek (4,827 acres), Brokentooth (3,842 acres), Rattlesnake (1,373 acres), Devil (874 acres), Copeland (511 acres) and 3 smaller fires.
Horse Creek Complex OR-WIF-107234. IMT1, AK Team (T. Kurth). 7 miles S of Belknap Springs, OR. Start 8/21. Full Suppression/Point Zone Protection/Monitor. Cause: Unknown. 32,567 acres (+832). 0% completed. Timber. Active fire behavior. Evacuations in place. Structures threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. Includes Avenue (2,962 acres), Olallie Lookout (1,572 acres), Roney (3,548 acres), Nash (6,738 acres) and Separation (17,747 acres). This incident not included in the large fire count above.
High Cascades Complex OR-RSF-000636. IMT2, NW Team 6 (Sheldon)/IMT2, SW Team (Millert). High Cascades RD and Crater Lake National Park, OR. Start 7/25. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 61,508 acres (+1,115). 18% containment. Timber. Active fire behavior. Evacuation notices in place. Structures, communities, timber and T&E habitat threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. Includes: Blanket Creek (31,632 acres), Broken Lookout (18,936 acres), Pup (7,351 acres), North Pelican (+3,589 acres) and 12 smaller fires. Also managing Spruce Lake.
Miller Complex OR-RSF-000647. IMT2, NW Team 9 (Goff). 17 miles E of Cave Junction, OR. Start 8/14. Full Suppression/Monitor. Cause: Lightning. 35,500 acres (+964). 59% containment. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuation notices in place. Structures, historic cabins, T&E habitat and recreation sites threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. Includes: Abney (28,677 acres), Burnt Peak (4,147 acres), Creedence (2,090 acres), Knox (466 acres) and 16 smaller fires. IMT2 (Fogle) managing fire on CA-KNF. This incident not included in the large fire count above.
Uno Peak WA-OWF-000458. IMT2, NW Team 10 (Ciraulo/Lawson). 24 miles NW of Chelan, WA. Start 8/30. Monitor/Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 8,726 acres (+271). 15% completed. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Evacuation notices in place. Structures, campgrounds and private property threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. Also managing Ferry Point fire. This incident not included in the large fire count above.
Sawmill Creek WA-SPS-000177. IMT2, CA Team 3 (Wakoski). 22 miles W of Cle Elum, WA. Start 9/4. Full Suppression.Cause: Unknown. 1,098 acres (+102). 0% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Tacoma watershed, threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place.
Jones OR-WIF-170191. IMT3. 10 miles NE of Lowell, OR. Start 8/10. Full Suppression. Cause: Lightning. 9,562 acres (+100). 54% containment. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Structures, T&E habitat, recreation sites and commercial timber threatened. Road, trail, area and campground closures in place. IMT2 NW Team 7 (Knerr) ordered. Knerr to also manage Kelsey Creek.
Spruce Lake. OR-CLP-000453. IMT2, SW Team (Millert). High Cascades RD and Crater Lake National Park, OR. Start 7/29. Full Suppression Cause: Lightning. 15,789 acres (+129). 27% completed. Timber. Active fire behavior. Structures, watershed and T&E habitat threatened. Trail and area closures in place. Also managing High Cascades Complex.
Indigo. OR-RSF-000784. IMT2, NW Team 13 (Gales). 8 miles E of Agness, OR. Start 9/11. Confine. Cause: Lightning. 450acres. (+250). 0% containment. Timber and brush. Moderate fire behavior. Road, trail and area closures in place. Also managing East Zone. This incident not included in the large fire count above.
Rebel OR-WIF-170156. IMT1, AK Team (T. Kurth).13 miles S of McKenzie Bridge, OR. Start 8/4. Confine. Cause: Unknown. 8,437 acres (+27). 20% completed. Timber. Active fire behavior. Recreation sites, timber and cultural resources threatened. The fire is in the Three Sisters Wilderness. Road, trail and area closures in place. Includes Rebel (8,410 acres) and Box Canyon (27 acres). This incident not included in the large fire count above. No new information.
American WA-OWF-000351. IMT2, CA Team (Arroyo). 11 miles W of Cliffdell, WA. Start 8/10. Confine/Full Suppression.Cause: Lightning. 3,739 acres (+793). 0% completed. Timber. Moderate fire behavior. Evacuations in place. Structures and T&E habitat threatened. Road, trail and area closures in place. This incident not included in the large fire count above. TOC to IMT1, PNW Team 3 (Livingston) planned today at 1400.
Potato Hill OR-WIF-170249. IMT2, NW Team 11 (Rabe). 20 miles NW of Sisters, OR. Start 8/29. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 199 acres (+0). 95% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior.
Horse Prairie OR-730S-000514. ICT3. 15 miles NW of Canyonville, OR. Start 8/26. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 16,436 acres (+0). 90% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Structures, commercial timber, cultural resources and T&E habitat threatened. Road and area closures in effect.
East Crater WA-GPF-000503. ICT4. 10 miles NW of Trout Lake, WA. Start 9/3. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 483 acres. (-7) 0% containment. Timber and grass. Moderate fire behavior. Area closure in place.
Milli 0843 CS OR-DEF-000843. ICT3. 9 miles W of Sisters, OR. Start 8/11. Full Suppression. Cause: Unknown. 24,025acres (+0). 60% containment. Timber. Minimal fire behavior. Structures threatened. Road, area and trail closures in place.
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
Fire danger indices are expected to hold steady on Saturday then fall on Sunday as a cold front begins to bring rain to the region. Temperatures will drop 20 degrees or more by Monday and ample rain will soak much of the west side. Snow will fall above 5500 to 6000 feet by Monday. The cool, moist air behind the cold front will drop ERC values well below average next week which will limit new ignitions and effectively end the potential for new large fires in 2017.
Ongoing incidents may continue to see growth due to the dry air lingering over the area on Saturday but the wet weather beginning Sunday will put an end to growth potential for the time being. Incident management teams are urged to be ready for the dramatic weather change toward colder, wetter weather next week.
More info, see NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast, and National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast
National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR): https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/
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