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RED ROCK AND GARDEN FIRE CLOSURES REDUCED

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The Central Idaho Dispatch Zone is at HIGH Fire Danger

Fire behavior has moderated on the Red Rock and Garden Fires. With the changed weather and fire behavior, the Salmon-Challis National Forest has implemented a reduced Red Rock and Garden Fires Closure, Order Number: 04‐13‐24‐026 as of 8:00 pm, today, Saturday, October 12, 2024. 

Description of #04-13-24-026 (effective as of 8:00pm, Saturday, October 12, 2024): 

DESCRIBED AREA/ROADS/TRAILS

Beginning at Ebenezer Bar on the Salmon River Road 030 south from Ebenezer Bar to Dome Mountain and continuing south to Big Deer Creek Trail 029 on Big Deer Creek, then west and south to Big Horn Crags Campground and Yellowjacket Lake Campground.  Then following south on Hoodoo Creek Trail 107 to where it meets the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Boundary.  Then following south from the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Boundary to where it meets Yellow Jacket Road 112.  The following Yellow Jacket Road 112 and Little Yellow Jacket to where it meets Duck Point Road 201.  Then following Duck Point Road 201 to where it meets Birdseye Creek.  The following Birdseye Creek west to where it intersects Silver Creek Road 108.  The following Silver Creek Road 108 to where it meets Morgan-Panther Creek Road 055.  The following Morgan-Panther Creek Road 055 to where it meets Opal Creek Road 252.  Then following Opal Creek Road 252, Moyer Creek Road 103, and the South Fork of Moyer Creek to Taylor Mountain.  Then following the ridge north and east to Iron Lake Campground and along Iron Creek to where it meets the West Fork Iron Creek Road 046.  Then following West Fork Iron Creek Road 046 and Iron Creek Road 045 to the boundary of the Salmon Challis National Forest.  Then following the Forest Boundary north to its intersection with the Leesburg Stage Road 002, along this road to the Ridge Road 020, then on Sharkey Creek Road 272 to Leesburg, then due west from Leesburg to its intersection with Jureano Mountain Road 300, then along this road to its intersection with the Moose Creek Road 061, then on Jureano Lookout Road 325 following this road to its end on Trapper Ridge.  Then following Trapper Gulch to its junction with Morgan-Panther Creek Road 055.  Then following Morgan-Panther Creek Road 055 to its junction with Salmon River Road 030.  Then following Salmon River Road 030 to its junction with Ebenezer Bar.

The purpose of this order is to protect public health and safety from the effects of the Red Rock and Garden Fires. 

This Order shall be in effect from October 12, 2024, at 8:00 pm until October 31, 2024, or until rescinded.