Cooler Temperatures Calm Fire
Behavior
Monday, September 11, 2017, 9:00
a.m.
High Cascades Complex East Zone Fire
Information Phone Number
(541) 238-7164
info.ncascade@gmail.com
Crater Lake National Park
Information
(541)
238-7058
Location:
High Cascades Ranger District, Rogue River-Siskiyou National
Forest, Klamath Ranger District,
Start
Date: North Pelican August 10, 2017, Spruce Lake July 29, 2017,
Blanket Creek July 26, 2017 Cause: Lightning
Size:
72,309 Acres Percent Contained: 26% (% encompasses total of both East and West
zone of the complex)
Vegetation:
timber, brush, heavy logging slash Resources Assigned: 638 personnel
(Personnel for the entire complex)
Incident Commander: Steve Millert/Dave Gesser with the
Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3
Closure
Information: As a result of the fires in the High
Cascades Complex, a number of area road and trail closures are in place within
Crater Lake National Park, Rogue-River Siskiyou, Umpqua, and Fremont-Winema
National Forests. More road and trail closures may go into effect as the fires
progress. For specific closure
information, visit https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5503.
The North
Entrance Road to Crater Lake National Park and West Rim Drive will remain closed
until further notice. All concession
facilities and services remain open for visitors to the Park. Motorists and visitors to the area
also need to be aware of delays on Hwy 230 between Union Creek and the junction
with Highway 138 due to road construction.
Summary: The
High Cascades Complex East Zone includes the Spruce Lake, Blanket Creek, and
North Pelican fires. The three fires continue to have low intensity and low
fire behavior, weather will be hot and dry today and is forecast to cool down
as a chance of thundershowers brings the possibility of moisture on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Within the boundary of the temporary flight restriction the Incident
Management team is responsible for initial attack.
Spruce
Lake Fire (14,515 acres and 21% contained)
Crews are finishing up with the chipping operations along the North Entrance
Road in order to prevent the fire spread to the east.
Blanket
Creek Fire (30,946 acres and 17% contained) Burn
out operations were conducted yesterday to tie together the east flank of the
fire and strengthen contingency lines.
Crews continue to assess and protect values at risk on the park.
North
Pelican (3,695 acres and 18% contained) Yesterday firefighters continued
to work on the north and south flank, building contingency lines to protect values
at risk. Crews working in rugged terrain continue to look for opportunities on
the north flank to engage the fire with the highest probability of success
considering firefighter safety as our number one priority.
A Level 1
Evacuation Notification remains in effect for Mazama Village in Crater Lake
National Park. Level 1 is the first step in the “Be
Ready, Be Set, Go!” system. For more information about evacuation levels and
procedures, go to http://tinyurl.com/BeReady-BeSet-Go.
Smoke
Outlook: A full smoke forecast can be viewed at: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5503.
To see visibility at Crater Lake National Park, check out
the webcams at https://www.nps.gov/crla/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm.
For further information please visit
the following links:
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