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The Wolf Creek Fire was detected on the evening of July 24, 2024, approximately 5 miles west of Donnelly, ID, after a lightning storm passed through the area. Local crews responded immediately to suppress the fire and limit risks to nearby communities, infrastructure, grazing allotments, and heritage sites. The fire remained mostly on the west facing slope of West Mountain, but on July 29 the fire spotted over the ridgeline and onto the east side of West Mountain.
The fire is burning actively with spotting, flanking, and isolated torching, predominantly in timber and brush. Crews are working to target spot fires on the eastern slope of West Mountain and keep fire activity on the western slope.
On July 31, 2024 command of the fire was taken by Great Basin Team 7, a Complex Incident Management Team. This team will manage the Wolf Creek Fire on the Payette National Forest, as well as the Boulder, Bulltrout, and Wapiti Fires on the Boise National Forest. All of these fires, along with a number of others in the area, were started by the same series of thunder storms on the 24th and 25th of July.
No evacuations have been ordered at this time, but the public is reminded they should always be prepared for an evacuation when living in a fire adapted, fire prone ecosystem. A road closure is in effect. Please avoid the area in order to not impact firefighting efforts. To learn more about the Ready, Set, GO evacuation system click this link.
The Payette Fire Restrictions area is under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. Campfires are only allowed in designated sites. For more information click this link or visit the Idaho fires Restrictions website at: https://www.idl.idaho.gov/fire-management/fire-restrictions-finder/
| Current as of | Mon, 08/12/2024 - 09:46 |
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| Incident Time Zone | America/Boise |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | 5 miles west of Donnelly, ID |
| Incident Commander | Tony DeMasters, Great Basin Complex Incident Management Team #2 |
| Coordinates |
44° 36' 10'' Latitude
-116° 12' 37
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| Total Personnel: | 194 |
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| Size | 1,154 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 52% |
| Estimated Containment Date | 8/31/24 |
| Fuels Involved | Timber (Grass and Understory) Subalpine fir, snowberry, sagebrush, perennial grasses. Steep terrain. ERC values have been in the 90/97% over the last 10 days. |
| Significant Events | Moderate Torching Backing Flanking Moderate fire behavior was observed throughout the night and into the day, with surface burning of timber/understory, and single tree torching and spotting. |
| Planned Actions |
On the North and East Flank, resources are securing the fire edge from Wolf Creek to the head of Little Weiser River utilizing direct and indirect fireline, dozer line, hot spotting, and mop-up with the goal of stopping fire spread above private structures on the West Mountain Road. On the west flank crews are continuing mop up and increasing depth. |
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| Projected Incident Activity |
Tonight: There is continued potential for fire to spread north and northwest into the Little Weiser River drainage and toward Tamarack Resort, communication sites, recreation sites, private structures, and cultural/resource values, east off Cold Springs Ridge towards Cascade Reservoir and the values along West Mountain Road, southeast into Anderson Creek and south in Wolf Creek due to unseasonably high ERCs and poor RH recovery. Spotting will be likely in receptive pockets of timber/understory. There are still potential impacts to private and cultural assets around Cascade Reservoir. Outflow winds from thunderstorms could increase fire behavior. |
| Remarks |
This incident in being prioritized along with four other incidents (Boulder, Snag, Dollar, and Goat). |
| Weather Concerns | Today, temperatures rose into the low 70s with minimum humidity 20-25% on the fires. Winds were mainly terrain driven with west to southwest winds 6 to 11mph with gusts to 15mph on ridges. On Monday, there will be a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, and an increased chance Monday night into Tuesday. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect for lightning and thunderstorm gusts up to 40 mph Monday night through Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures Monday will continue in the low 70s with afternoon humidity increasing a few percent into the mid 20s. Winds from the southwest will become breezy on ridgelines with gusts to 25 mph. The trend after Monday will be toward cooler temperatures, higher humidity, breezy ridge winds from the west to southwest, and a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms each day.
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