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The Cow Valley Fire is burning on private and public lands 9 miles east of Ironside, Ore., on both sides of Hwy. 26. At 9 p.m. MT July 11. It is burning in grass and brush on private and public lands.
| Current as of | Thu, 07/18/2024 - 15:59 |
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| Incident Time Zone | America/Boise |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Human - Under Investigation |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | 9 miles east of Ironside, Ore. |
| Incident Commander | Tyson Albrecht IC NW Team 6 Adam Veale Deputy IC NW Team 6 Steve Hawkins Deputy IC NW Team 6 |
| Coordinates |
44° 21' 24'' Latitude
-117° 45' 22
'' Longitude
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| Total Personnel: | 378 |
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| Size | 133,408 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 77% |
| Estimated Containment Date | 07/27/2024 |
| Fuels Involved | Brush (2 feet) Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
A fuels and fire behavior advisory is in effect for SE Oregon below 5500 ft. Fine fuel loading is above average. Live fuel moistures are below 100 percent making them seasonally ahead of norms. Thunderstorms and gusty outflow winds combine with the above average fine fuel loading for another day of potentially extreme fire behavior. Hot and dry conditions continue. Extended burn periods are resulting in extreme fire behavior. |
| Significant Events | Moderate Backing Creeping Smoldering Wind and fuels driven fire moving at low to moderate rates of spread due to successful lsuppression actions. |
| Planned Actions |
Continue to patrol and mop up DIV G and DIV R. Continue to establish direct and indirect containment lines in DIV T and DIV W. With an uptick in activity in the Westfall area there will be a structure protection group positioned to focus on structure triage. Will continue to provide assistance to local units dealing with new initial attack fires in the proximity of The Cow Valley Fire. |
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| Projected Incident Activity |
12 hours: Expect minimal fire behavior in DIV W and T. Other divisions can expect no forward progression of fire due to containment features and suppression actions. There's low potential for spread to the west outside the main fire perimeter under current conditions. 24 hours: Expect minimal fire behavior in DIV W and T. Other divisions can expect no forward progression of fire due to containment features and suppression actions. There's low potential for spread to the west outside the main fire perimeter under current conditions. 48 hours: All divisions can expect no forward progression of fire due to containment features and suppression actions. There's low potential for spread to the west outside the main fire perimeter under current conditions. 72 hours: Same as above Anticipated after 72 hours: Same as above |
| Weather Concerns | Wednesday morning began with thunderstorms over the fire. Thunderstorms are not expected on Thursday as the upper level ridge of high pressure builds in even stronger. Temperatures will continue to climb through the weekend, with high temperatures reaching as high as 108 degrees by Saturday. Hot and dry conditions will continue through early next week with high temperatures 106-108 degrees and minimum relative humidity 10 to 12 percent each day. Wind directions will be variable, but gusts should remain 20 mph or less except over ridgelines. |
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