Size: 72,171 acres

Location: 6 miles west of Anderson, Alaska 
Completion: 71% Personnel: 431 
Start Date: June 21, 2022 Cause: Natural, Lightning 
Fuels: A mix of tundra, brush, hardwood, and black spruce  

Summary: Today's weather forecast calls for higher temperatures and lower humidities. As a result, there is some potential for limited fire activity within the fire's perimeter, and some smoke may be visible today. 

Weather: Expect a generally sunny day with cumulus clouds forming in the afternoon. Temperatures will reach a high of 75F, relative humidity at 26%, and east-southeast winds at 8-10 mph, and gusts up to 16 mph. The potential for precipitation is 0%.  

Operations: The north and east fire perimeters are both under patrol status. Firefighters are working on fire suppression repair in these areas. Fire suppression repair is necessary to repair disturbances caused by hand and dozer firelines, staging areas, safety zones, and drop points created during fire suppression efforts. 

Three hot shot crews will continue work along the fire's southern flank today. They are steadily extending the fireline to the south and west. Fire managers project that this work will be complete in several days. 

A Temporary Flight Restriction remains in place over the fire area. All non-mission aircraft and drones must avoid the area outlined in the TFR for the safety of aircraft supporting the Clear Fire and firefighters on the ground. Information on the TFR is posted at https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_2_6281.html. 

Sheltering & Evacuations: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330, visit denaliborough.org or follow www.facebook.com/denali.borough 

Fire Loss & Suppression Repair: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330 

Other Fire Information: Alaska Fire Information, (907) 356-5511; akfireinfo.com, and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry and www.facebook.com/BLMAFS 

Size: 72,171 acres                                                                                                  Location: 6 miles west of Anderson, Alaska
Completion: 61%                                                                                                 Personnel: 517
Start Date: June 21, 2022                                                                                 Cause: Natural, Lightning
Fuels: A mix of tundra, brush, hardwood, and black spruce        

Summary: Hot, windy, and drier conditions had minimal effect on fire activity and suppression efforts. Hot spots and smokes in the interior and along the edge of the fire will continue to show up in areas not seen previously as this weather trend continues over the next few days. Firefighters are making steady progress on the fire perimeter expanding and connecting the completed line along the east to the completed line on the north fire edge. A fire suppression repair plan was developed through collaboration between the Incident Management Team, the Alaska Department of Forestry, and local resource advisors.

Weather: Today should see increasing clouds with a high of 65F. There is a chance of a light rain. Minimum humidity is 38%. Winds should be from the south at 10-15 mph with gusts to 20 mph in the early morning, becoming light and variable under 5 mph by the afternoon. A wind advisory is in effect for tomorrow for the gaps in the Alaska range, south of the fire, which could spill into the southern end of the fire near drainages and gaps.

Operations: Infrared detection was done on the fire last night. Fire managers reviewed the imagery and confirmed suppression efforts are continuing to effectively prevent perimeter fire growth, even with the windy conditions and lower humidities the last 24 hours. Firefighters are reinforcing point protection around homes along the north and east fire perimeter as they patrol and mop up any hotspots that surface. Backhaul of equipment is complete in this area and fire suppression repair is progressing in areas where appropriate.

Crews will begin work on constructing three miles of direct fireline along the central area of the southern fire edge and continue to protect structures that are currently threatened. Firefighters will also evaluate and develop protection plans around additional values further to the south of the fires edge.

Firefighters were inserted by helicopter near the Teklanika River where they constructed a fuel break to prevent fire from getting into a large island of available fuel. This specific spot had the potential for significant growth once fuels dry out and become available. The rest of the western edge of the fire will be monitored by air for any new activity.

Sheltering & Evacuations: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330, visit denaliborough.org or follow www.facebook.com/denali.borough  
 FireLoss & Suppression Repair: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330
Other Fire Information: Alaska Fire Information, (907) 356-5511; akfireinfo.com, and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry and www.facebook.com/BLMAFS

Size: 72,171 acres                                                                                                     Location: 6 miles west of Anderson, Alaska
Completion: 56%                                                                                                     Personnel: 494
Start Date: June 21, 2022                                                                                     Cause: Natural, Lightning
Fuels: A mix of tundra, brush, hardwood, and black spruce                                      

Summary: Suppression efforts continue on the Clear Fire, with firefighters performing actions that minimize potential impacts to structures, infrastructure, and other values. In some areas, the focus has shifted to mop-up, backhaul, and suppression repair. Firefighters are coordinating with incident Resource Advisors regarding needs on private lands, roads, and Native allotments. Fire suppression repair is a series of immediate post-fire actions to repair damages caused by firefighting actions and minimize potential soil erosion.   

Weather: Today should be mostly cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon with some sunny breaks and temperature highs of 67F. There is no rainfall expected. Minimum humidity is 43%. Winds should be from the south at 7-10 mph through noon, then turning south to southeast and increasing to 15-20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Cloudy and cool conditions are expected to persist through the coming week with periods of light rain and high relative humidity.  

Crews have completed backhaul in most of the Kobe Ag Subdivision. They are utilizing infrared technology to look for areas of heat and have found very little. This section of the fire is moving into a suppression repair stage with continued patrol and mop-up as needed. South of Kobe Ag, crews are improving and monitoring handline that extends southwest from Camp Challenge. 

Firefighters continue improving access to structures on the south end of the fire. They are utilizing heavy duty vehicles such as Fat Trucks to get to this part of the fire. Fat Trucks are industrial, off-road utility vehicles capable of traversing various types of difficult terrain. In order to protect the cluster of structures in this area, firefighters plan to construct over three miles of direct fireline along this south edge. Once firefighters are established in this section, they will implement fire suppression actions around structures and assess further needs for fireline construction commensurate with the fuels and expected fire behavior.

Towards the southern end of the fire’s west side, firefighters discovered some heat in a string of black spruce trees near the Teklanika River. A suitable area was located to land a helicopter, and a crew was inserted into this part of the fire yesterday to cut a fuel break and limit fire spread. The crew discovered significant dead, down, heavy fuels in the area, so this task may take another day or two to comp lete.

On the north end of the fire, boats and helicopters are assisting with logistical needs such as removing hoses and supplies and transporting firefighters. A significant amount of backhaul was completed in this area yesterday, and crews will continue this task today. Firefighters are still constructing saw line in this area of the fire and are patrolling to check for any heat. Crews found a small amount of heat in the northeast perimeter, but overall heat is very minimal in this section. 

The Structure Group is working on various areas of the fire. Firefighters are checking for heat around houses in Kobe Ag, assisting with backhaul, and helping to refine structure protection plans for Anderson.

Sheltering & Evacuations: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330, visit denaliborough.org or follow www.facebook.com/denali.borough  Fire Loss & Suppression Repair: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330 Other Fire Information: Alaska Fire Information, (907) 356-5511; akfireinfo.com, and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry and www.facebook.com/BLMAFS

Size: 72,157 acres                                                                                                Location: 6 miles west of Anderson, Alaska
Completion: 56%                                                                                                Personnel: 485
Start Date: June 21, 2022                                                                                Cause: Natural, Lightning
Fuels: A mix of tundra, brush, hardwood, and black spruce                          

Summary: Northern Rockies Team 1 continues to work toward a comprehensive strategic plan to pass on to the next incident management team and local fire officials. As the access to burned and/or remote areas of the fire increases, collaboration with Denali Borough Emergency Management continues regarding damage assessments. Team members are coordinating with officials from the Clear Space Force Installation. The efforts on the ground are deliberate, methodical, and thorough to ensure incident objectives are being met safely and risk is managed appropriately.

Weather: Cloudy skies with temperatures in the upper-50s today. The best chance of wetting rain is in the early morning, with scattered light rain continuing throughout the day. Winds are out of the south-southwest at 6 mph and the relative humidity will be a minimum of 53 percent. The extended forecast shows continued cloudy and cool conditions through the coming week. Fire behavior continues to be minimal, primarily smoldering.

Operations: In the Kobe Ag, Anderson, and Quota subdivisions on the east side of the fire perimeter, firefighters are patrolling control lines and mopping up around structures. The areas in and around Camp Challenge are also in the mop-up stage. Crews are backhauling excess supplies and coordinating with the incident Resource Advisor regarding suppression repair on private lands. Fire suppression repair is a series of immediate post-fire actions to repair damages and minimize potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities.

On the southern edge of the fire, firefighters are utilizing engines and heavy equipment including dozers, graders, masticators, Nodwells, and Fat Trucks to access adverse terrain near the homesteads and Native allotments. Crews are utilizing direct and indirect tactics including point/zone protection, which is a wildfire response strategy that protects specific assets or highly valued resources from the fire without directly halting fire spread. Crews are completing access routes to the fire’s edge to facilitate fire suppression actions around structures, and continuing recon on the ground with assistance from the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).

On the west flank of the fire, the Teklanika River and surrounding vegetation act as natural barriers to prevent fire from spreading to the west. This area will be assessed for fireline construction needs.

Resources assigned to the north edge of the fire continue patrolling the fire perimeter looking for hot spots and point-protecting structures and timber allotments along the Teklanika River. Firefighters are backhauling hoses and pumps from the fireline and shuttling them to the supply unit utilizing boats and the 10th Street boat launch.

Sheltering & Evacuations: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330, visit denaliborough.org or follow www.facebook.com/denali.borough Fire Loss & Suppression Repair: Contact the Denali Borough at (907) 683-1330

This will be the last update to Inciweb on the Lime Complex. For information, contact the Alaska Interagency Joint Information Center at (907)356-5511 or visit: https://www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry/| akfireinfo.com/.

Operations in Iliamna are complete. In Lime Village, firefighters are preparing for backhaul of equipment. In Sleetmute, firefighters finished work along the river corridor on Wednesday and are now packing equipment to fly out. An IR flight was conducted on Tuesday, July 19, and no change was detected along the fire perimeter and no intense fire was detected. Very small areas of scattered fire were detected within the southwestern portion of the 240 (Koktuli and Pike Creek) fire perimeter. All fire indices are continuing to moderate because of the consistent and significant precipitation over the complex area. NWTeam 9 has transferred management of the Lime Complex to the Mat-Su Southwest Area Alaska Department of Forest on Friday morning. Total resources reported on the Complex are 107. These resources are securing burned indirect line near Lime Village, construct protection line around allotments, and mop up where needed along the Mulchatna River. Work also continues to tear down and deconstruct protection equipment and backhaul supplies. Fires are being assessed daily by aerial surveillance, satellite imagery and ground reconnaissance

 July 20, 2022  

The Lime Complex consists of two staffed fires and sixteen unstaffed fires. The total size of the combined fires is 865,620 acres, and there are 112 resources assigned to the complex, an area covering 21 million acres. Each of these fires was caused by lightning. We continue to monitor unstaffed fires for growth and potential threats to identified values and are ready to respond if needed to protect values at risk.   

Containment: 56% 

Staffed Fires in the Complex 

Door Mountain (114,294 acres) 

Koktuli River/Pike Creek (293,970 acres) 

Over the entire fire area, weather conditions permitted the use of aircraft for operational and logistical flights.  

In the Iliamna area, crews conducted backhaul operations and equipment consolidation from around the entire area. Suppression equipment was completely removed from the Mulchatna Lodge. If the weather permits the required flights, it is possible that personnel will be able to finalize operations in the Iliamna area within one to two days. 

Crews near Lime Village worked yesterday and were able to pull all structure protection equipment from the community and communities along the river. There are still some items that were unable to be recovered due to the river levels rising. Those items were marked and will be recovered when conditions permit. 

Firefighters near Sleetmute were able to gain access to Red Devil and Kuskokwin River and conduct some backhaul operations. Some supplies were unable to be accessed for backhauling due to environmental changes and will be backhauled at a later date when possible. 

Weather: Periods of rain. Otherwise, mostly cloudy to cloudy (CWR 60%). Wind south to southeast 12 to 17 mph, with gusts 20 to 25 mph. Highs in the 50s. Minimum relative humidity 65 to 75%. 

Unstaffed Fires in Monitor Status 

Dummy Creek Fire (#247) ~ 179 acres; Cabin Creek Fire (#193) ~ 74 acres; Gagaryah River Fire (#197) ~ 38,910 acres; Kiknik Fire (245) ~ 45,734 acres; Maka Creek Fire (#207) ~ 2 acre; Nushagak River Fire (#189) ~ 10 acres; Stony River Fire (#198) ~ 40,419 acres; Telaquana River Fire (#216) ~ 7,791 acres; Titnuk Creek Fire (#246) ~ 53,291 acres; Upper Talarik (#205) ~ 9,133 acres; South Lime Lake Fire (#190)/Swift River Fire (#228 ~ 88,502;  Door Creek Fire (#273) ~ 54,006 acres; Hook Creek Fire (#188) ~ 4,275; Aghaluk Mountain (#206) ~ 115,030 

Fire Information: Phone: (907) 290-2699 | Email: 2022.limecomplex@firenet.gov | Facebook: facebook.com/AK.Forestry/ | Website: akfireinfo.com | Twitter: @AKforestry 

 The Lime Complex consists of two staffed fires and sixteen unstaffed fires. The total size of the combined fires is 865,620 acres, and there are 115 resources assigned to the complex, an area covering 21 million acres. Each of these fires was caused by lightning. We continue to monitor unstaffed fires for growth and potential threats to identified values and are ready to respond if needed to protect values at risk.   

Containment: 56% 

Staffed Fires in the Complex 

Door Mountain (114,294 acres) 

Koktuli River/Pike Creek (293,970 acres) 

Crews in the northern section of the complex continue to pull and backhaul equipment near Lime Village and cabins down the  Kuskokwin River corridor utilizing boats. Firefighters continue repair work due to fire suppression activities. Personnel continue to monitor any changes within the Lime Village burnout and mop up as needed. These operations are expected to take three to four days 

In the southern portion of the complex near Iliamna crews are pulling, backhauling equipment, and conducting repair work while preparing for opportunities to conduct backhaul missions near previously at risk values when weather permits. 

Recent widespread rainfall has limited fire activity and is expected to continue over the next few days.   

Weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy with times of showers (Chance of wetting rain 40%). Winds south to southwest 6 to 10 mph, with gusts up to 16 mph. Highs in the 50s. Minimum relative humidity 65-75%. 

Unstaffed Fires in Monitor Status 

Dummy Creek Fire (#247) ~ 179 acres; Cabin Creek Fire (#193) ~ 74 acres; Gagaryah River Fire (#197) ~ 38,910 acres; Kiknik Fire (245) ~ 45,734 acres; Maka Creek Fire (#207) ~ 2 acre; Nushagak River Fire (#189) ~ 10 acres; Stony River Fire (#198) ~ 40,419 acres; Telaquana River Fire (#216) ~ 7,791 acres; Titnuk Creek Fire (#246) ~ 53,291 acres; Upper Talarik (#205) ~ 9,133 acres; South Lime Lake Fire (#190)/Swift River Fire (#228 ~ 88,502;  Door Creek Fire (#273) ~ 54,006 acres; Hook Creek Fire (#188) ~ 4,275; Aghaluk Mountain (#206) ~ 115,030 

Fire Information: Phone: (907) 290-2699 | Email: 2022.limecomplex@firenet.gov | Facebook: facebook.com/AK.Forestry/ | Website: akfireinfo.com | Twitter: @AKforestry 

BLACK POST-FIRE BAER ASSESSMENT SUMMARY RELEASED

The Forest Service Gila National Forest (USFS) completed its BAER post-fire assessment of the Black burned area and affected watersheds to determine their response, soil conditions, potential threats, and recommended BAER emergency stabilization measures and actions on National Forest System (NFS) lands. BAER emergency treatments and activities are designed to decreased possible impacts to critical values from the burned areas during rainstorm events such as: life and safety, property, critical natural resources, and cultural resources.

NOTE: Attached below as “Related Information” is a PDF document called “Black Post-Fire BAER Assessment Summary”.