Detroit Ranger District - Located 1.5 miles east of the Bingham Ridge Trailhead in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness east of Marion Forks. The fire is approximately 181 acres according to an infrared detection flight. The fire cause is undetermined. Resources on scene include hand crews, engine crews, dozers, smoke jumpers, rappelers, and aerial resources.

The Forest and Linn County Emergency Managers are working to determine necessary closures for firefighter and public safety. The public is asked to continue avoiding Forest Service Road (FSR) 2253 and the Bingham Ridge Trail #3421 to allow emergency responders and fire crews the space they need to work.

Visitors with permits that include Bingham Ridge Trailhead in the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit system will receive a notification of an upcoming emergency closure.

A public meeting to discuss the current fire situation will be held Friday, October 4 at 6:00 p.m. The public meeting will be held at the National Museum of Military Vehicles at 6419 US Highway 26 in Dubois.

Yesterday, firefighters made great progress on the Line Fire overcoming high heat and steep terrain to keep the fire in its current footprint. Night flying helicopters are being utilized to extinguish heat both along the fire perimeter as well as extinguishing burning fuels in the interior. Today, crews will continue to monitor and patrol along the Highway 330 corridor on the western flank of the fire. Fire crews have been inserted to go direct along the fire’s edge with the assistance of water dropping helicopters along Siberia Creek. On the eastern flank of the fire, firefighters will continue to mop up, strengthen and improve containment lines. 

A Community Meeting has been scheduled at the Big Bear Performing Arts Center at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, 2024. The address is 39707 Big Bear Blvd, Big Bear Lake, CA. 92315.

Homestead/Diamond Complexes Fire Update

Oct. 3, 2024

Fire Information: 541-208-7100, 8 AM - 8 PM

InciWeb-Homestead: https://t.ly/syeHa and InciWeb-Diamond: https://bit.ly/4gCfLsp

Six fires within the Homestead and Diamond Complexes remain under active management by Northwest Team 12. Firefighting resources from the Homestead/Diamond Complexes remain available for initial attack response to new fire starts in the area as needed. 

The Oregon Department of Transportation temporarily lowered the speed limit on Hwy 138 in front of the Fire Incident Command Post just east of Glide to 45 MPH for the safety of firefighters and community residents.

Homestead Complex: 10,284 acres, 35% contained │ Diamond Complex: 11,141 acres, 90% contained │ Total personnel: 371

Although westerly winds brought slightly cooler and more humid conditions yesterday, fires continued to creep and back into very dry fuels. Today will return to unseasonably warm and very dry conditions, with a corresponding potential increase in fire activity.

A heavy helicopter dropped 27,900 gallons of water on the northwest corner of the Horse Heaven Fire yesterday to slow the fire from backing into the Horse Heaven Creek drainage. Mastication work is making progress on the north side of the fire area along Forest Service Road (FSR) 092 and an extensive grading operation continues along Forest Service FSR 3831. A few days of work chipping along interior roads remains for crews and heavy equipment to complete.  

Fire activity on the Fuller Lake Fire remains at a low intensity, consuming surface fuels and an abundance of dead and downed trees in the Boulder Creek Wilderness. Fire managers continue to monitor the fire activity in the Wilderness to determine the need for additional action. Teams of sawyers continue to identify and mitigate hazard trees along FSR 5851 that have been weakened by the fire. Road work within the Bullpup Fire area is making good progress. Road repairs on FSR 3816 are ongoing, and repair work is nearing completion on FSRs 200 and 300.

The No Man Fire continues to be in a patrol and monitor state, with engine crews on the lookout for any smokes that may materialize. 

Two fires remain uncontained on the Diamond Complex. On the Potter Fire, dump trucks finished hauling slash to the Diamond Lake area and chipping will resume today. Grading along FSR 3703 is underway and making steady progress. The Pine Bench Fire continues to show no visible smoke.  

Closures: The Umpqua National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have revised closure orders. Two closure orders impact the Umpqua National Forest https://t.ly/Mvn6G. A BLM Roseburg District closure order remain also remains in place https://t.ly/uWX6l. A Temporary Flight Restriction remains in effect https://bit.ly/3XJL0cD. 

Weather: High pressure today will result in warmer and drier conditions, with temperatures forecasted to be 75-82 degrees in the valleys. There will be a weather disturbance on Friday that will cool temperatures and bring some light precipitation to the region late in the day Friday. 

Yesterday, crews continued making progress identifying and falling hazard trees along local roads and the fire line.  Crews have been working with Palm IR units on the eastern and western flanks, helping them to identify remaining smoldering material that could threaten containment and extinguishing them.

Today, interior pockets are continuing to consume material and overall fire behavior with visible smoke is reducing.  Crews will continue to work inward up to 100 feet from the fireline to extinguish remaining smoldering materials.  Palm IR units continue to work northward to identify smoldering pockets of material to help crews finalize containment.  Rehabilitation of non-primary containment lines (dozer lines or hand lines that are not used to contain the fire) are being evaluated for equipment or crew needs for completion.  The State Mobilize engine strike teams are demobilizing and returning to their home districts.

The fire investigation has determined that the cause of the fire was non-negligence, green tree striking a powerline near Highway 21, during the wind event on September 25th. 

Bozeman Ranger District fire managers are postponing ignitions on planned burns in Hyalite Canyon near Langohr campground, south of Bozeman, Montana. As well as planned burns in the South Brackett Creek and Fairy Lake areas of the North Bridgers. Associated closures for the burn areas are lifted.

Fire managers remain in constant coordination with weather forecasters and smoke specialists leading up to and during a prescribed burn.

At this time, forecasted weather conditions (specifically potential high winds and low relative humidity) are no longer providing favorable conditions to conduct prescribed fire operations. Although conditions could be favorable today, conditions don’t appear favorable into Friday and over the weekend which could lead to challenges with holding and mop up operations.

The Bozeman Ranger District will continue to look for favorable burning conditions in the near future and new notifications will occur at that time.

FIRE ACTIVITY: 

The Red Rock Fire is at 3,615 acres and 78% containment.  

Over the last few days the Red Rock Fire added about 250 acres, primarily on the northeast side of the fire in the Fourth of July Creek area. Firefighters are conducting burnout operations there to bring the fire safely down to the creek. Poor overnight humidity recovery and westerly winds gusting over 20 mph allowed for alignment of fuels in east-west drainages in the interior of the fire as well. On the north, south, and west sides of the fire, where containment has been established, crews are monitoring fire activity and beginning suppression repair work. 

The Black Eagle Fire is at 7,935 acres and 16% containment. 

The Black Eagle Fire added about 500 acres over the last few days, primarily in designated wilderness on the north side of the fire. The west to east drainages remain in alignment with westerly winds and activity was observed in Blackeagle Creek as well as the drainages above Yellowjacket Creek. Use of aircraft was needed to maintain control features. 

WEATHER: 

Weak high pressure over the fire area will bring light southwesterly winds and cooler temperatures today. Due to the cooler morning temperatures, the morning humidity recovery will be higher than the past few evenings, but the afternoon humidity will again dip into the lower teens. Today’s forecast high for the fire area is 60 with southwest winds only reaching about seven mph with gusts to 16 mph. A more powerful system will move into the Pacific Northwest Friday, bringing strong winds but continued dry conditions. 

FIRE BEHAVIOR: 

Nearly all fuels are available across both fires, though heavy dead and down fuels remain most problematic for firefighters. Areas where humidities fall below 25% with gusty afternoon winds can experience increased activity, including short-range spotting. Opportunities to attack the fire directly will likely be confined to morning hours and when effective water support is available. 

FOREST CLOSURES: For forest closure information please go to: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/scnf/alerts-notices 

EVACUATIONS:  For evacuation information in Lemhi County regarding these fires please go to: Emergency Management Department | Lemhi County, ID (lemhicountyidaho.org). 

Elk Fire Update - October 3, 2024

Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team 3

Casey Cheesbrough, Incident Commander

Date Reported: Friday, September 27, 2024

Cause: Lightning 

Size: 49,555

Containment: 0%

Total Personnel: 200

Location: Approximately 6 miles northwest of Dayton, Wyoming

Key Messages: The Bighorn National Forest has updated their Closure Order, which is in place for firefighter and public safety. The closed area is north of the Red Grade Road to Highway 26 north to Highway 14 and east of the border of the Medicine Wheel Ranger District and the Tongue Ranger District. 

Hot, windy weather is anticipated to start Friday afternoon and continue into Saturday. This weather will likely bring increased fire activity and spread.

Current Situation: There was significant fire growth yesterday. Crews worked on the southern end to slow the progression of the fire while helicopters dropped water to assist in their efforts. Several retardant drops were completed on the southeast side of the fire by airtankers; the retardant was dropped in areas to protect structures and other resources.

The fire was less active overnight due to cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity over the fire. Today, firefighting operations will continue to focus on direct, indirect and point protection strategies.  Firefighters will be improving existing roads and fireline on the northeastern, eastern, and southeastern portions of the fire area. 

Multiple air resources, including 10 helicopters and a variety of airtankers, will continue to assist firefighters on the ground today as weather conditions allow. With these aerial assets being used on the fire, if you fly a drone or plane within the Temporary Flight Restriction, all air resources will be grounded for safety. Find specifics at 4/3906 NOTAM Details (faa.gov).

Firefighter and public safety remain the top priority. The tactics used to suppress the fire will be determined by the terrain, fire and weather conditions, and medical response time with a focus on only implementing plans and tactics that have a high probability of success.

Closures and Evacuations: Evacuations have been put in place by the Sheridan County Sheriff remain in place; please contact the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office at 307-672-3455 or Sheridan County Emergency Management at 307-752-2174 for more information.

US Highway 14 remains closed from Dayton to Burgess Junction. For additional road closures, please visit the Sheridan County Emergency Management website at Sheridan County (sheridancountywy.gov).

Those needing a place to take livestock or a place to stay in a camper may evacuate to the Sheridan County Fairgrounds. If you need a place to stay and you are evacuated, please contact Sheridan County Emergency Management. Please contact the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office at 307-672-3455 or Sheridan County Emergency Management at 307-752-2174 for more information.

Weather & Smoke Information: Today’s temperatures are expected to be in the upper 50s to low 60s over the fire area with winds out of the southwest around 15mph. Relative humidity will be around 35%. It is expected that the Elk Fire will continue to put up a smoke column; please go to the AirNow website (https://www.airnow.gov/) for smoke information.

ELK FIRE INFORMATION

Fire Information Phoneline:    307-303-7642    Time: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bighornnf 

Email: 2024.elk@firenet.gov

InciWeb: inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/wybhf-elk-fire-2024

Frog Fire Statistics

• Size: 3,114 acres
• Containment: 77%
• Total Personnel: 31
• Location: east of Clayton, ID
• Reported: September 7, 2024
• Cause: Lightning

For More Information

InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idstf-frog 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sawtoothnationalforest

Current Situation: Today firefighters will spread out along the perimeter of the Frog Fire, ready to secure any heat that pops up. The Tadpole Fire, a small spot fire that reignited and was discovered two days ago, was declared out yesterday afternoon. Strong winds are forecast to move over the Frog Fire tomorrow with gusts up to 50 mph possible. The containment line along the perimeter of the Frog Fire has previously been wind-tested and held secure.

Evacuations:  There are currently no evacuations related to the Frog Fire.

Closures:  The area closure in place around the Frog Fire includes FS 667 (Big Boulder Creek Road) and Trail 047 where adjacent to the closure boundary. The closure excludes FS Roads 669 and 670 and Trail 682. Hunters and recreationalists should familiarize themselves with this closure information prior to entering the vicinity.  Please reference the map and read the full closure description at https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-closures/idstf-frog. Fire managers and local forest officials are evaluating the current closure area for a reduction in size once it is safe to do so.