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The Yellow Lake Fire started on Sept 28, 2024 near Yellow Lake, east and south of Mill Hollow Reservoir on the Heber-Kamas Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is burning in heavy timber, and dead-and-down timber.
| Current as of | Tue, 10/01/2024 - 19:58 |
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| Incident Time Zone | America/Boise |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Undetermined |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | 10 miles South East of Francis Utah |
| Incident Commander | Joshua Lambert, Northern Utah Type 3 Incident Management Team |
| Incident Description | Wildfire |
| Coordinates |
40° 28' 10'' Latitude
-111° 4' 33
'' Longitude
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| Total Personnel: | 80 |
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| Size | 2,323 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 0% |
| Estimated Containment Date | 10/30/24 |
| Fuels Involved | Timber (Litter and Understory) |
| Significant Events | Extreme fire behavior observed with fire running and spotting to the East/North East |
| Planned Actions |
Ignitions operations along Highway 35 and ignition operations on Duchesne Ridge Road. Direct attack on north flank near YMCA camp and structure assessment/protection at YMCA camp. Securing edges where safe to do so. |
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| Projected Incident Activity |
Expect fire to continue to move to the East having crossed highway 35 towards Soapstone Pass area. Moving towards Duchesne River drainage to the East. Extreme fire behavior. |
| Weather Concerns | The fire will see another day of quite unseasonably warm temperatures today with high temperatures approaching record values for this time of year. An increase in southerly winds will bring enough mid to high level moisture to produce a few high based showers. Little if any rain is anticipated with any showers that develop, but they could produce gusty and erratic microburst winds. The showers will be most likely during the mid to late afternoon. A dry cold front will cross northern Utah tonight into Monday, bringing noticeably less warm temperatures and dry conditions with light winds. |
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