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RED ROCK FIRE CLOSURE

The Central Idaho Dispatch Zone is at HIGH Fire Danger

The Salmon-Challis National Forest is reducing the Red Rock/Garden Fires closure. 

The Salmon‐Challis National Forest has implemented a separate and reduced Red Rock Fire Closure, Order Number: 04‐13‐24‐027, effective as of 8:00 pm, today, Wednesday, October 16, 2024. 

Description of #04-13-24-027 (effective as of 8:00 pm, Wednesday, October 16, 2024): 

DESCRIBED AREA, ROADS AND TRAILS:

Beginning at the junction of Iron Creek Road 045 and Ridge Road 020 and following Ridge Road 020, Williams Creek Road 021, and Deep Creek Road 101, and Morgan-Panther Creek Road 055 to where it meets Big Deer Creek, the following Big Deer Creek to the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Boundary, then following the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Boundary and Hoodoo Creek to Yellowjacket Road 112, then following Yellowjacket Road 112 to Little Yellowjacket Creek, to Duck Peak Road 021, to Cabin Creek and along the Prairie Basin Trail 035, Moyer Basin Trail 036, Moyer Creek Road 103, and Thunder Mountain Historic Trail 040 to Ridge Road 020, then following Ridge Road 020 to the junction with Iron Creek Road 045.

Panther Creek Road #055 to the junction with Deep Creek Road #101, Deep Creek Road #101, and Williams Creek Road #021 at Williams Summit traveling west are subject to closure depending on fire behavior.  The Ridge Road #020 from Williams Summit to Iron Creek Road #045 is closed. 

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

This Order shall be in effect from October 16, 2024, at 8:00 pm until October 31, 2024, or until rescinded.

The Salmon-Challis will continue to reevaluate the Red Rock Fire closure.  Future changes to the closure will be posted on our website and shared on our social media pages.