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Fire Restrictions?
Eastern
Idaho public lands are NO LONGER UNDER fire restrictions as of Friday, September 7, 2007.
Is
there smoke in the valley? Where is it coming from?
Click here to see
Road
Closures?
www.511.idaho.gov
Outlook
for July - October 2007:
- Above
normal fire potential for eastern Idaho.
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Sparse winter rainfall, low snow pack and early snow melt will cause
fuels in the higher elevation mountain areas of Idaho to become very
receptive to ignition and spread of wildfires during the summer months.
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Downed dead woody and live fuel moisture to be much lower than normal
this time of year.
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Below normal spring and early summer precipitation across the west will
cause long-term drought to persist.
- Click
here
to view the report.
Fire
Information Officer On-Call:
For the week of September 2nd, Sonja Shadow will be on call for all fire information at 208-524-7613 or 709-2416. For the week of September 10th, Joanna Wilson will be on call for all fire infomation at 208-524-7550 or 709-2352.
Quick
Definitions:
WFU
= Wildland Fire Use events, ongoing fires we manage for resource benefit.
Contained = A fuel break around the fire has been completed.
This break may include natural barriers or manually and/or mechanically
constructed line.
Controlled = The complete extinguishments of fire, including
spot fires. Fireline has been strengthened so that flare-ups from within
the perimeter of the fire will not break through this line.
| Current
Fires - 9/6/2007
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| Start
of Incident |
Location |
Fire
Name |
Acres |
Cause |
Status/Remarks |
| 9/5 |
Palisades |
Elk Jensen WFU |
.1 |
lightning |
Fire is located 10 miles west of Alpine, Wy or 6 miles due east of the Bear WFU. This fire is being managed as a Wildland Fire Use fire. Click here for more information. |
| 9/2 |
Montpelier |
Sweetwater |
3,044 |
lightning |
Fire is located 16 miles southeast of Montpelier, close to the north end of Bear Lake. Numerous resources, including several aircraft, have been fighting this fire under mutiple safety concerns, close proximity to a large power line. This fire is contained as of 8 p.m. on 9/4. Controlled at 6 p.m. on 9/5. |
| 9/3 |
Swan Valley |
Ellie WFU |
.1 |
lightning |
This single tree fire is located near the Upper Palisades Creek. Click here for more information. |
| 8/29 |
Teton County, Wyoming |
Hominy WFU |
110 |
lightning |
Fire is located 26 miles east of Ashton and approx. 20 miles northeast of Tetonia, ID. This fire is being managed as a Wildland Fire Use fire. Click here for more information and the area closure map. |
| 8/16 |
Palisades |
Spring
Run WFU |
0.25 |
lightning |
8 miles east
and south of Palisades Reservoir. Fire officials are managing the
fire as a Wildland Fire Use fire. Click
here for more information. |
| 8/15 |
Soda Springs |
Sherman
Peak WFU |
0.25 |
lightning |
12 miles south
of Soda Springs, a smoldering log with little potential to spread,
is being managed as a Wildland Fire Use fire. Click
here for more information. |
| 8/11 |
Holbrook |
Mitchell |
9,566 |
equipment |
Fire is located
10 miles northeast of Holbrook. Crews are mopping up this fire. The fire transitioned has back to EIIFC from the Incident Command Team. Click here for Fire Map |
| 8/10 |
Preston |
Cleveland |
16,269 |
suspected
power line |
Fire is located
14 miles northeast of Preston, ID. Fire was contained at 8 p.m. on 8/23. Click
here for fire photos. |
| 8/8 |
Swan Valley |
Bear
Creek WFU |
3,621 |
lightning |
Fire is located
15 1/2 miles south and west of Swan Valley and 3 miles north and west
of Little Elk Mountain. This fire is being managed as a Wildland Fire
Use fire. Click
here for more information and the area closure map. |
| 8/7 |
Victor |
Taylor
WFU |
3 |
lightning |
Fire is located
on the southwest side of Taylor Mountain 4.2 miles west/northwest
of Teton Pass, 7 miles southeast of Victor. This fire is being managed
as a Wildland Fire Use fire. Click
here for more information. This fire has been extinguished as of 9/3 by weather. |
| Current
Fire Information in Other Areas
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| 2007
Year to Date Totals - Last
Modified: 08/23/2007 |
| Year
to date retardant out of Pocatello: 1,016,974 gallons |
Ownership |
Lightning
Fires |
Lightning Acres |
Human
Fires |
Human
Acres |
WFU
Fires |
WFU
Acres |
Total
Fires |
Total
Acres |
RX
Fires |
RX
Acres |
False
Alarms |
BLM |
13 |
8144.75 |
13 |
23724.35 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
31869.1 |
2 |
37 |
22 |
| C-T
NF |
29 |
4415.1 |
22 |
1038.3 |
5 |
2704.6 |
56 |
8157.95 |
7 |
1041 |
54 |
| Fort
Hall/BIA |
2 |
1000 |
6 |
396.7 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1396.8 |
4 |
163.5 |
1 |
| Private |
14 |
2693.9 |
37 |
36011.25 |
0 |
0 |
61 |
38705.15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| E.
Idaho State |
4 |
2239.19 |
6 |
3025.3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
5264.49 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| FWS |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
627 |
0 |
| INL |
2 |
10458.5 |
2 |
33.6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10492.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
64 |
28951.54 |
87 |
64236.5 |
5 |
2704.6 |
156 |
95892.59 |
18 |
1868.5 |
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| ***Acreage
above changes due to accurate mapping of fires and location of fires. |
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