HIGH CASCADES COMPLEX DIVIDES INTO
EAST AND WEST ZONES
Sunday, September 10, 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: Pelican August 10, 2017, Spruce Lake July 29, 2017, Blanket
Creek July 26, 2017 Cause: Lightning
Size:
48,411 Acres Percent Contained: 20% (% encompasses total of both East and West
zone of the complex)
Vegetation:
timber, brush, heavy logging slash Resources Assigned: 644 personnel
Incident Commander: Steve Millert/Dave Gesser with the
Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3
The North
Entrance Road to Crater Lake National Park will be closing again for a few days
starting today, Sunday, September 10. West Rim Drive is scheduled to close
today, Sunday at 9:00 pm. 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 showed low fire
behavior yesterday but weather is predicted to be hotter and dryer for the next
couple of days with a possibility of moisture on Tuesday and Wednesday. Within
the temporary flight restriction boundary the Incident Management team is
responsible for initial attack.
Spruce
Lake Fire (14,516 acres) Plans for today
include continuing chipping operations along the North Entrance Road in order
to prevent fire spread to the east.
Blanket
Creek Fire (30,917 acres) Plans today are to
construct and strengthen direct/indirect hand lines, Looking for alternate and
direct containment lines, and construct contingency lines to protect values at
risk.
North
Pelican (3,505 acres) Crews will continue to work on the north and
south flank, creating contingency plans to the protect values at risk. Crews
will continue to scout and look for opportunities 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.
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.
For
further information please visit the following links:
Oregon
Smoke Blog: http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/
Downloadable PDF: https://goo.gl/En7brs
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