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The Dollar Fire was started by lightning on the evening on August 5, 2024, 18 miles northeast of Cascade, ID. At 6 a.m. on August 8, 2024, Great Basin Complex Incident Management Team 7 assumed command of the fire. At the time, Great Basin Team 7 was already in command of four other fires in the area as the West Mountain Complex. Transfer of command to Great Basin Complex Incident Management Team 2 occurred at 6 a.m. on August 10, 2024. The incident is being managed along with four other incidents (Wolf Creek, Boulder, Snag, and Goat).
The Forest has issued a Closure Order for the area around the Snag and Dollar fires. Please avoid the area in order to not impact firefighting efforts.
To learn more about the Ready, Set, GO evacuation system click this link.
The Boise National Forest, Idaho Department of Lands, and Bureau of Land Management are in Stage 1 fire restrictions on state, endowment, private and federal lands within the West Central Mountains Fire Restrictions Zone. For more information, visit the Idaho fires Restrictions website at: https://www.idl.idaho.gov/fire-management/fire-restrictions-finder/
| Current as of | Tue, 08/13/2024 - 20:59 |
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| Incident Time Zone | America/Denver |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Lightning/Natural |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | 18 mi. NE of Cascade, Idaho |
| Incident Commander | Tony DeMasters, Great Basin Complex Incident Management Team #2 |
| Coordinates |
44° 43' 2'' Latitude
-115° 48' 39
'' Longitude
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| Total Personnel: | 0 |
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| Size | 1,580 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 0% |
| Estimated Containment Date | 09/15/24 |
| Fuels Involved | Timber (Grass and Understory), Short Grass (1 foot) Subalpine fir, lodgepole pine, snowberry, sagebrush, perennial grasses. Steep terrain. |
| Significant Events | Active, group torching, spotting, flanking. Active fire activity was observed throughout the night and into the day, with surface burning of |
| Planned Actions |
Continue to monitor fire by air and ground, while scouting for areas of opportunity to engage the fire. |
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| Projected Incident Activity |
The fire will continue to spread north in the North Fork Gold Fork River drainage, flank east toward South Fork Salmon River, backing and flank west and south in the North Fork Gold Fork River drainage toward the Dollar Creek Trailhead due to high temperatures, low RH, and unseasonably high ERCs. Active fire behavior with group torching and spotting is anticipated and fire will continue to be active at night due to sitting in a strong thermal belt. Outflow winds from thunderstorms could increase fire behavior. |
| Remarks |
The fire is currently being monitored by air and ground, appropriate action will be taken as necessary. Decrease in acreage due to more accurate mapping. |
| Weather Concerns | Today, isolated showers and thunderstorms moved across the fires and produced light rain (less than 0.10" in most locations), gusty outflow winds to 40 mph, and lightning. Temperatures were cooler with highs in the mid 60s to around 70. Humidities were higher today, bottoming out at 33-38%. Winds away from thunderstorms were out of the west to southwest this afternoon with gusts to 25 mph. Thunderstorm chances will decrease on Wednesday, but numerous showers and thunderstorms will make a return on Thursday. This will come with a 30-40% chance of wetting rains, meaning areas under the cores of showers and thunderstorms may see significant rainfall while other areas will see little. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms will linger into Friday with dry, warmer, and breezy conditions over the weekend. |
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