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Wapiti Fire Statistics

Size: 125,540 acres
Completion: 75%
Total Personnel: 320
Location: near Grandjean, ID
Reported: July 24, 2024
Cause: Lightning

For More Information

InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idbof-wapiti-fire
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wapitifireinfo2024
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WapitiFireInfo2024
Interactive Map:  https://tinyurl.com/WapitiFireInfoMap

Special Emphasis: For this weekend, closures remain in place and fire crews and heavy equipment will continue to be present on the roads. Please use the links below for maps and information for planning hunting and recreational activities. 

Collection of firewood within closure areas is also prohibited; any firewood collection in open areas must be done with a valid firewood permit. For questions on firewood collection on the Sawtooth National Forest, please contact the Stanley Ranger Station at 208.774.3000. 

The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team has arrived on the Wapiti Fire to begin assessments of the fire area and develop a plan for emergency stabilization to limit threats and damage from the effects of fire, such as erosion control. 

Weather: Yesterday we saw an increase in temperature and wind and that trend will continue through today into Sunday. Today winds and temperatures will climb, and humidity will drop, creating potentially critical fire weather conditions. This pattern repeats Sunday when higher winds are expected, but humidities will be slightly higher than Saturday.

Current Situation: With the higher winds yesterday fire activity on the Wapiti Fire increased and is expected to remain active through the weekend. Yesterday crews worked on hotspots around the Haynes Creek area. Chapman Creek also showed more smoke yesterday due to the higher winds. More hotspots are expected to become active today particularly on the west side of the fire around Copper Mountain that will be exposed to gustier conditions. Hot spots in the interior of the fire are expected to show more smoke as fire spreads through unburned vegetation. 

The restoration of the Grandjean Road continues, and crews are assessing the area to see what other work is needed. Several small repair projects continue in the Lowman area. Crews worked just north of Copper Mountain to suppress the most predominate heat along the open edge of the fire. Crews will continue to look for and monitor other areas near Copper Mountain that may heat up with the windier weather. In the Bull Trout area, active fire areas that crews worked on over the last few days have been suppressed. Additional smoke has become visible north of that area and will be assessed today for appropriate suppression actions. Hazard tree removal along the 630 Road and Stanley Lake Road continues. Log removal on the 210 Road is mostly complete. Some minor repair and reseeding on the landings will be completed in the next few days by hand crews. As projects are completed equipment and people are being relocated to other portions on the fire area.

Evacuations: Evacuation status for Stanley Zone 1 is currently at READY. Stanley Zones 2 – 5 and Kasino are no longer in an evacuation status. Sign up for Custer County CodeRED emergency notifications: text CUSTER to 99411 or enroll at https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/BF28E45537FF. 

All Boise County evacuation levels have been lifted; residents should remain alert for any change in conditions which could reinitiate an evacuation status. Sign up for Boise County Alert Sense emergency notifications at https://public.alertsense.com/SignUp/publicUser.aspx?regionid=1163. 

For evacuation information on the Wapiti Fire, please see the Custer County Sheriff’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/p/Custer-County-Sheriff-Idaho-61558947312289/, and the Boise County Sheriff’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/boisecountysheriff/. 

Closures: The Wapiti Fire area closure covers portions of the Sawtooth, Boise, and Salmon-Challis National Forests. Please reference the map and description at https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incidentclosures/idbof-wapiti-fire. Recreationalists and hunters should reference this map and obey all posted signage regarding the closure area and any related road, trail, and campground closures. 

An interactive map for all closures on the Boise National Forest is found at https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/642380b0eb124c8cab6bd9ad3d7146ad/page/Overview/# data_s=id%3AdataSource_5-1888bd00a2c-layer-13-1888bd00b53-layer-16%3A82