Wildfire 2021

[Meadow Skipper]

^ Good job. That said, Jesus!

[TBS]

These things blow my mind. I pencil-whipped that growth as roughly 1 acre/second.
(143,000-38,000)divided by 86,400 seconds per day. An acre is somewhat larger than a football field.

Think about that - an average of more than a football field per second. We’re fuct.

Yup, moving 5-10x faster than Olympic sprinters can cover the ground.

Inciweb page https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7609/

That area is in extreme drought. It’s so bad no water is being released out of the Klamath system for ag or for salmon. It was an epic shitshow already and this is making it way worse.

[ZomblibulaX]

Martian sunrise on the San Rafael Swell this am. I was actually pretty elated we made it to mid-July before the smoke rolled in.

All my buddies are too old to be out on the line anymore, or too smart, but I hope those with friends and family out sorting green from black are safe.

[TBS]

tried to upload the image here. way too large (31mb).
put it on google drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16QP...pSqSzZBIp/view
(op by b0ardski)

Idaho and western Montana kinda suck right now

[Meadow Skipper]

William Kittredge’s book “A Hole in the Sky” takes place in this area. He saw the environmental disaster taking place this year.

Great book, great writer. I might start a thread some time about his circle of writers - Kittredge, Richard Hugo, James Crumley, etc…the Eastgate Lounge crowd. Buster would probably drop in.

[TBS]

Toss in some Craig Lesley too, even if he wasn’t part of the Montana crowd

[Meadow Skipper]

Toss in some Craig Lesley too, even if he wasn’t part of the Montana crowd

Winterkill was awesome. Hell, Richard Ford too.

[cat in january]

Been thinking about all you folks and the animals out West. Stay as safe as you can

[TBS]

Well, the Bootleg fire only grew by 10k acres yesterday, or a mere 9 secs per acre.

And what is now called the Grandview Fire started yesterday afternoon about 15 miles NE of me. Grew to 2k acres by midnight. It’s in grasslands and scrub juniper that’s been nicely baked at 100* for the last month

[ill-advised strategy]

The nice thing about that kind of sage/PJ fuel in your pic is it should shut right off at night so if you can get a lot of progress made overnight and into the morning and then hang onto it as much as possible when it wants to run, you can do pretty good.

Remember that spot and go get some juniper firewood this fall…great stuff!

[TBS]

We shall see. Haven’t seen an update this AM and I’m about to engage in a battle of wits with a creature possessing a brain the size of a dried pea.

Sat view of Bootleg Fire at 1830 yesterday

[splat]

Remember that spot and go get some juniper firewood this fall…great stuff!

Even better to let the burn on that juniper weather off for a year or two and let it season standing.
Then it's not all sooty when you cut it. Burns like coal.

[KQ]

Idiots everywhere:

Stevens County Sheriff's Office

July 10 at 4:42pm

This past weekend Stevens County area law enforcement and firefighters experienced a significant amount of added stress while conducting firefighting operations in the south end of the county.

Motorists were stopping on the roadway to watch the fire blocking the path for apparatus and personnel to respond into the area. Boaters were not moving to the sides of the lake to make way for aircraft scooping water. Several drones were spotted in the fire area.

In one case, one of the large aircraft had to nearly come to a full stop to avoid a collision with a boat. Launching drones in the area of aerial operations is not only illegal, it will potentially cause all operations to cease.

We ask that everyone please be responsible and use common sense when in the area of wildland firefighting operations. Everyone's safety depends on it.

[skaredshtles]

"We ask that everyone please be responsible and use common sense"

[altasnob]

Idaho and western Montana kinda suck right now

Ya, into Yellowstone too. Smoke forecast for 11 am Tuesday:


There is a fire on Highway 20 outside of Mazama right near Silver Star Mtn. I believe the Highway is still open but the campgrounds are closed:

https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissur...dland_fire.txt

[Bronco]

HWY 20 just closed from Early Winters to Silver Star Creek. Drove through yesterday, looked pretty grim and another fire starting on the other side of 20 on Delancy Ridge yesterday. Hope to get some good rain on these tonight!

[KQ]

Closing in on W2:

The blue dot on the on the map below shows the location of the City of Walla Walla. Gray areas on the map are smoke plumes. The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map website indicates that a smoke plume has been detected approximately 10 miles away to the NE.

[east or bust]

Can confirm the smoke sucks on the western edge of the Snake River Plain. We’re down to below 5 miles visibility.


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[Conundrum]

Can still see the foothills from downtown Boise but it looks gross.

[TBS]

The nice thing about that kind of sage/PJ fuel in your pic is it should shut right off at night so if you can get a lot of progress made overnight and into the morning and then hang onto it as much as possible when it wants to run, you can do pretty good.

Remember that spot and go get some juniper firewood this fall…great stuff!

Welp, it doubled overnight to 4K acres this AM
Bombed it until dark, back at it today


https://www.bendbulletin.com/localst...06288a123.html

It is scary dry here

[KQ]

2021 WILDLAND FIRES
(Name,Start,Contained,Acres,Updated)

ARIZONA FIRES
Rafael Fire. 6-20-21 0% 36,143 acres 6-24-21
West Chev Fire 6-19-21 0% 400 acres 6-24-21
Wyrick Fire 6-19-21 15% 7,452 acres 6-24-21
Rock Butte Fires 6-17/18 80% 802 acres 6-28-21
• Red Hat Fire - 49 acres – 100%
• Limestone Fire - 33 acres – 100%
• Spring Fire - 567 acres – 75%
• Rock Butte Fire – 126 acres – 85%
• Silent Fire - 27 acre – 100%
Backbone Fire. 6-16-21 6% 40,591 acres 6-28-21
Cornville Fire UNPINNING
Shamrock Fire 6-10-21 95% 1,104 acres 6-28-21
Pinnacle Fire. 6-10-21 60% 34,417 acres 6-28-21
Slate Fire 6-7-21 90% 11,435 acres 6-28-21
Telegraph Fire. 6-4-21 91% 180,756 acres 6-28-21
Mescal Fire. 6-1-21 100% UNPINNING
Courthouse Fire 5-29-21 UNPINNING
Warren Fire 5-25-21 100% 1,400 acres 6-28-21
Sycamore Canyon Fire UNPINNING
McDonald Tank Fire 5-23-21 95% 3,550 acres 6-28-21
Boggy Creek 5-22-21 70% 2,945 acres 6-28-21
Flag Fire 4-25-21 100% 1265 acres 6-28-21

CALIFORNIA FIRES
Lava Fire 6-25-21 20% 1,446 acres 6-28-21
King Fire 6-17-21 NEW 349 acres 6-17-21
Mojave Lightning Complex Fire NEW 100+ acres on 1 Fire, multiple fires
Willow Fire 6-17-21 NEW 20+ acres 6-17-21
Park Fire 6-17-21 NEW 300 acres 6-17-21
Casitas Fire 6-14-21 NEW 188 acres 6-14-21
Goose Fire 6-13-21 75% 67 acres 6-14-21
Flat Fire 6-13-21 60% 400 acres 6-14-21
Cloud Fire 6-12-21 50% 20 acres 6-12-21
Sierra Fire 6-9-21 20% 1000 acres 6-10-21
Fremont Fire 5-19-21 NEW 800 acres 5-20-21
Shasta-Trinity NF Lightning Complex Fire 5-15-21 OUT UNPINNING
Palisades Fire 5-14-21 100% 1202 acres 5-29-21
Dry Fire 5-9-21 95% 30 acres 5-29-21
Owens Fire 5-1-21 85% 1512 acres 6-14-21
Onion Fire 4-7-21 100% 85 acres 6-14-21

COLORADO FIRES
West Fire 3,100 acres

IDAHO FIRES
Tookush Fire 2 7-2-21 NEW
Tookush Fire 7-2-21 NEW
Little Pine Fire 6-22-21 UNPINNING
Fritzer Fire 6-22-21 75% 139 acres 7-2-21
Devil's Rd Fire 6-19-21 UNPINNING
Cold Creek Fire 6-14-21 100% 3,841.6 acres 7-2-21
Four Mile Fire 5-19-21 UNPINNING
Elk Fire 5-15-21 UNPINNING

MONTANA FIRES
Crooked Creek Fire 6-15-21 0% 5,100 acres 6-16-21
Robertson Draw Fire 6-13-21 0% 21,000 acres 6-16-21
Deep Creek Fire 6-13-21 0% 200 acres 6-14-21

NEVADA FIRES
Cottonwood Valley Fire 6-14-21 20% 400 acres 6-14-21
Sandy Valley Fire 6-10-21 60% 1,380 acres 6-12-21
Jacks Valley Fire 6-9-21 85% 285 acres 6-10-21
Wilson Creek Fire NV 30% 1,536 acres 5-29-21
Cherrywood Fire 5-17-21 75% 26,431 acres 6-12-21

NEW MEXICO FIRES
Cemetery Fire 6-12-21 30% 320 acres 6-14-21
Rincon Fire 6-11-21 0% 516 acres 6-14-21
Poso Fire 5-29-21 20% 1600 acres 6-14-21
Eicks Fire 5-24-21 60% 875 acres 5-27-21
Drummond Fire 5-20-21 0% 310 acres 5-30-21
Johnson Fire 5-20-21 11% 65,289 acres 6-15-21
Warsaw Fire 5-16-21 90% 950 acres 5-25-21
Doagy Fire 5-14-21 10p% 12,785 acres 6-12-21
Cuervito Fire 5-9-21 0% 1621 acres 5-27-21

OREGON FIRES
Sunset Valley 7-1-21 0% 987 acres 7-2-21
Rattlesnake Fire 6-30-21 0% 1,500 acres 7-2-21
Wrentham Market Fire 6-29-21 78% 7,222 acres 7-2-21-21
Lovlett Corral Fire 6-29-21 65% 110 acres 7-2-21
Finnigan Fire 6-27-21 NEW 1,000 acres 7-2-21
North River Rd Fire 6-19-21 UNPINNING
Cutoff Fire 6-19-21 96% 1,288 acres 7-3-21
S-503 Fire 6-18-21 98% 6,822 acres 7-2-21
Joseph Canyon Fire 6-4-21 95% 7610 acres 7-3-21
Dry Creek Fire 6-4-21 95% 1585 acres 7-3-21

UTAH FIRES
Flatt Fire 6-18-21 NEW 10,000 acres 6-18-21
Deer Spring Fire 6-18-21 NEW 20 acres 6-18-21
Morgan Canyon Fire 6-17-21 0% 7 acres 6-18-21
Broad Canyon Fire 6-11-21 UNPINNING
Pack Creek Fire 6-9-21 43% 8,938 acres 6-18-21
Bear Fire 6-8-21 14% 10,932 acres 5-14-21
East Canyon Fire 6-8-21 90% 897 acres 5-12-21
Mammoth Fire 6-5-21 93% 709 acres 5-14-21
Bennion Creek Fire 6-4-21 10% 7,724 5-14-21
Lamb Fire 5-20-21 80% 35 acres 5-25-21
Lone Cedar Fire 5-20-21 90% 25 acres 5-21-21

WASHINGTON FIRES
Green Ridge
Dry Creek Fire 7-7-21 20% 46,352 acres 7-11-21
Batterman Fire 7-4-21 10% 2,500 acres 7-4-21
Corkscrew Fire 7-3-21 NEW 30-40 acres 7-3-21
Cedar Hills Fire 6-28-21 UNPINNING
Lind Fire 6-27-21 UNPINNING
Koffman Road Fire UNPINNING
Hair Road Fire 6-21-21 UNPINNING
Vantage Hwy Fire 6-18-21 UNPINNING

WYOMING FIRES
Robinson Fire 6-10-21 29% 1,038 acres 6-14-21


From My Storm and Fire Info FB group

[KQ]

Heads up that SR 20 will FULLY CLOSE at 10 a.m. today - Monday - between mileposts 172-174 (about 20 miles west of Winthrop near Early Winters campground) for fire response activity. There is no estimate for when the highway will reopen so people should plan to use US 2 or I-90 for cross-state travel. We will update this post when we have more information.

[muted reborn]

This map, I think, makes smoke look way worse and widespread than other available maps or even satellite pics. Any experts want to comment? Is it just that the super light grey parts aren't really THAT bad?

[ill-advised strategy]

Welp, it doubled overnight to 4K acres this AM
Bombed it until dark, back at it today


https://www.bendbulletin.com/localst...06288a123.html

It is scary dry here

I guess so!

I dunno, I guess when sage and PJ are running all night get the fuck out of the way. That shit’s supposed to take a rest at night and let you get around it.
What a dirty cheating bastard of a fire to stay ripping all night, it’s just not right.

[Meadow Skipper]

I dunno, I guess when sage and PJ are running all night get the fuck out of the way. That shit’s supposed to take a rest at night and let you get around it.
What a dirty cheating bastard of a fire to stay ripping all night, it’s just not right.

That’s happening more and more often. The way things were is not how they’re gonna be.