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Overview Klondike Fire West Zone Increased moisture in the air is reducing fire activity, as well as ability for tactical firing. This trend is expected to continue for most of this week. Firefighters are continuing to improve control lines and mop up hot spots close to the fire perimeter. Helicopters will be assisting with these efforts. As incidents evolve, mapping usually becomes more precise. Today’s map shows unburned area between Saddle Mountain and Collier Butte that was shown on prior maps as within the fire perimeter. This change resulted in a slight adjustment to fire acreage. Klondike Fire East Zone and Taylor Creek Fire Fire-weakened trees continue to send debris cascading down onto roads, and crews are working to mitigate these hazard to provide safe entry when the roads are again open to the public. Recovery of timber removed during the suppression effort is also ongoing. Suppression repair continues on containment lines on the Taylor Creek fire. This includes...

Terwilliger Fire Update Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Doug Johnson September 12, 2018 - 9:00 A.M. Special Announcements: Northwest Incident Management Team 8 (NWIMT8), Incident Commander, Doug Johnson, assumed management of the Terwilliger Fire this morning at 6:00 am. NWIMT8 would like to thank Northern Rockies Team 4, Incident Commander Rick Connell, for the previous management and hard work to contain the Terwilliger Fire. The incident command post (ICP) is located at the Tokatee Golf Course near Rainbow, Oregon. The fire started on August 19th and is burning in timber on the Willamette National Forest approximately 5 miles southeast of Blue River. Acreage: 10,948 Containment: 66% Public Information Phone: (541) 719-8135 Available 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. Information Websites: Inciweb – https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6160 Email: terwilligerfireinfo@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willamettewildfires/ Resources: Total personnel assigned...

Expect "good conditions" throughout the Willamette Valley today.

Fire The Klondike Fire added about 450 acres of growth yesterday for a total of 134,695 acres. Cool moist air with chances of scattered showers should continue to put a damper on active fire behavior today. Fuels will continue to smolder in the interior portions of the fire footprint even with the damp air. Smoke Today Winds today will be mostly northwest, and smoke should be relatively light today. Illinois River Valley communities (Agness, Selma, and Cave Junction) should have some smoke impacts in the morning and afternoon. Communities in the Rogue River Valley should see mostly good air quality with potential for some smoke in the late afternoon and evening. Coastal communities should have good air quality most of the day.Smoke Tomorrow Tomorrow smoke production should be similarly light. Winds will shift more to the southwest pushing smoke to the northeast. Merlin and Grants Pass may get more smoke tomorrow than today, while Selma and Cave Junction should get less smoke tomorrow...

A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team arrived on Monday. The team will mitigate unstable landscapes in order to prevent loss of critical natural resources. BAER teams are staffed by specially trained professionals such as hydrologists, soil scientists, engineers, biologists, vegetation specialists, archeologists, and others who rapidly evaluate the burned area and prescribe emergency stabilization treatments. Appropriate hazard reduction for employees, contractors, and the public may be needed as a result of the fire. This work includes the identification and mitigation of danger trees next to roads, trails, and firelines which pose a significant threat to firefighters and the public when the area is reopened. Fire suppression repair will continue to focus on restoring dozer lines and handlines to a more natural state and to prevent sediment runoff from impacting fish-bearing streams. An upper level trough will move through the area on Tuesday, then deepen on...

Overview Klondike Fire West Zone On the north edge of the fire an influx of late afternoon dry air yesterday allowed the fire to spread northeast along Forest Road 2308 and north across Slim Creek. Firefighters used tactical firing to broaden the control line in this area. Weather permitting, this operation will continue this afternoon. Today firefighters will use tactical firing to continue securing lines from Horse Sign Butte west to Game Lake Peak and south to Saddle Mountain. Moderate fire spread is expected along the Forest Road 2308 and upslope in the West Indigo Creek area. The Little Silver Creek area will see moderate fire spread at the 3,000 feet elevation, and more active fire spread at the 4,000 feet elevation due to drier air. Klondike Fire East Zone and Taylor Creek Fire Repair of containment lines constructed during the suppression phase continues today on the Taylor Creek Fire. The public is asked to avoid entering areas where heavy equipment and chainsaws are in...

Fire management officials on the Pomeroy Ranger District are implementing a large-scale prescribed natural fuel burn today.The Dark Canyon prescribed burn is anticipated to take 2-5 days to complete and includes 1,750 acres of grass, brush, timber litter and timber understory in the Lick Creek Game Management Hunting Unit. The objective of the burn is to improve foraging habitat for big game, reduce long-term wildfire risk through reductions in existing fuel loading, and to restore the ecological functions of a fire adapted ecosystem to the area. #KnowBeforeYouGo Hunters and forest visitors are encouraged to plan ahead and avoid the area during prescribed burning activities.Interested in more details on this prescribed burn? The Umatilla National Forest has developed a prescribed fire interactive map displaying planned burning activities, which is available at https://tinyurl.com/y8b433th. The interactive map allows the user to zoom in on certain areas and click on a burn unit for...

See attached Smoke Outlooks for 9/11 NW California and SW

Fire The Klondike Fire has generally been adding about 2000 acres of growth per day with persistent smoldering in the interior portions contributing to smoke. Similar patterns are expected to persist today. Currently the Klondike Fire is 134,241 acres and 51% contained. Smoke Today Models indicate that shifting winds will push smoke south, providing some relief to communities in the Rogue River Valley. Coastal communities should continue to see mostly good air quality. Selma and Cave Junction will likely be in the path of smoke much of the day with peaks in the early to midafternoon. Agness may see some peaks when the inversion breaks but should experience good air quality much of the day. Smoke TomorrowSimilar smoke conditions are expected

Happy Camp, CA – The forecast calls for much cooler temperatures today with mid-70’s expected in the valleys and mid-50’s at the ridges. Ridge level westerly winds are expected to continue in the afternoons with gusts of 15 – 20 mph. Relative humidity on the ridges is expected to increase from 25% to 30% in the morning to 55% to 60% by afternoon. Cloud cover is expected to move into the area in the afternoon. Yesterday’s Activities: Fire behavior was moderate, with uncontained fire edge moving slowly to the south. Aerial resources monitored the fire along the peaks, ridges and containment lines on the west flank. Firefighters began repairing the contingency fireline located west of the fire from Crazy Peak to the south. Firefighters continued patrolling containment lines on the east side and suppression repair work continued on the roads and trails that were used for fire suppression actions. Today and Tomorrow’s Activities: Aerial resources will continue to monitor...

Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6160/ Email: terwilligerfireinfo@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willamettewildfires/ Public Information Phone: (541) 719-8135 Location: 5 miles southeast of Blue River, OR Incident Command: Type 2 Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 4, Rick Connell, I.C. Size: 10,948 acres Containment: 66% Personnel: 575 Current Status: Moderate to low intensity fire continues to move slowly east into the Three Sisters Wilderness. Fire crews monitored fire activity from the air and ground. Helicopters dropped water along the East Fork of the South Fork of the McKenzie River, south of FS 1993, to cool hot spots and slow the fire’s spread. Removal of logs from the northwest side of the fire was completed and chipping operations continued along the southern sections of the fire. Planned Actions: Fire crews will continue to patrol, monitor the fire perimeter, and mop up hot spots where fire suppression...

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Fire The Klondike Fire continued to have minimal growth yesterday. Crews continue to build containment lines along the northern portions of the fire. The fire continues to smolder within the existing footprint continuing to produce smoke. Currently the Klondike Fire is 130,258 acres and 51% contained, with 814 acres of growth on Sunday. Similar fire behavior is expected today. Smoke-Today Smoke patterns should be similar to yesterday. Coastal communities should be mostly be clear. Communities to the south and east of the fire will likely see afternoon smoke impacts. Agness should see clear air most of the day with a few hours of higher impacts in the early afternoon. Smoke Tomorrow Similar impacts expected

Bear Camp Road System Remains Closed to General Public:Rafting Traffic, Residents of Agness and Galice Allowed Through Southwest OR – Effective at noon on September 10, 2018, those with valid permits and/or authorization may travel on Bear Camp Road. Bear Camp Road remains closed to general public travel due to Klondike Fire activity.Bear Camp Road (Forest Road 23) is the most common route traveled for the shuttle drivers for Wild and Scenic Lower Rogue River visitors, providing a shorter alternative to the Highway 199-to-Highway 101 route. The current closure includes the Peavine Road system. Exceptions for through traffic have been provided for the following: · Residents of Agness and Galice, Oregon, may continue to use the road to access their residences and will be asked to provide photo identification at checkpoints.· Traffic associated with recreational activities on the Wild portion of the Wild and Scenic Lower Rogue River is allowed to continue using Bear Camp Road. This...

Happy Camp, CA – Warm and dry conditions are expected again today with increasing clouds, slightly cooler temperatures and breezy ridge top level winds out of the west northwest. After today, the temperatures are forecast to become cooler with clouds moving in, bringing higher levels of humidity and moderating fire behavior. Yesterday’s Activities: Aerial resources monitored the fire on the west flank noting moderate fire activity with containment lines holding. Firefighters patrolled the containment lines on the east side for smoldering fire in heavy fuels and duff and continued the work of repairing roads, trails and firelines. The uncontained fire’s edge continued to slowly move south toward the 2017 Eclipse Fire footprint. Today’s Activities: Aerial resources will monitor fire activity and the containment lines on the west side to ensure the fire remains east of El Capitan ridge. Crews will continue to patrol and mop up along on the eastern flank. Fire suppression repair...

Overview Klondike Fire West Zone On Sunday, September 9, higher humidity allowed firefighters to continue securing the line from Horse Sign Butte west to Game Lake Peak and south to Saddle Mountain. During the afternoon, conditions were right for a successful tactical firing operation from Forest Service Road 2308 Northeast to Brandy Creek. Tactical firing is an effective way to remove fuels and reduce the intensity of a wildfire. Fire in Silver and Indigo Creek continued to creep and smolder with isolated tree torching. Helicopters dropped 110,890 gallons of water on hot spots to assist firefighters. Klondike Fire East Zone and Taylor Creek Fire After suppression efforts are completed there is still extensive work that needs to be done within a fire area. In the Klondike East and Taylor Creek Fire areas, crews continue to search for hot spots and extinguish them. Other crews will be determining which trees are hazardous and remove them to allow a safer re-entry when the public...

Expect generally "good" conditions in the Willamette Valley

Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6160/ Email: terwilligerfireinfo@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willamettewildfires/ Public Information Phone: (541) 719-8135 Location: 5 miles southeast of Blue River, OR Incident Command: Type 2 Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 4, Rick Connell, I.C. Size: 10,944 acres Containment: 66% Personnel: 562 Current Status: Throughout the day, the fire was monitored from the air and ground with mostly low intensity fire activity observed. Crews completed chipping operations on slash material on the north and heavy equipment continued to haul logs from fire line construction. On the northeast side crews continued to patrol and monitor the fire movement south of the East Fork of the South Fork and FS 1993. Moderate to low intensity fire continued to move slowly east into the Three Sisters Wilderness. On the south side crews worked to patrol and monitor for hot spots and secured line and some brush/slash...

9/9 Natchez Fire Update Happy Camp, CA – Warm and dry weather is expected today with breezy west to northwest winds on the ridges in the afternoon. Winds are expected to be 10 to15 mph by midday with gusts up to 20 mph near the mountain peaks. On the lower slopes winds should remain light. A cooling trend expected to start Monday, should moderate fire behavior. Yesterday’s Activities: Containment lines in Cyclone Gap continue to keep the fire from spreading to the west. Helicopter water drops were used to cool hot spots near the ridges between the mountain peaks and hand crews completed their work to suppress the spot fire on the west side of Polar Bear Mountain. Smoke lingered on the east flank and little fire activity was noted. Crews continued to patrol all containment lines and worked to repair fire suppression impacts. The uncontained fire edge continued to move southwest towards the Eclipse Fire footprint. Today’s Activities: Hand crews, supported by aviation...