Idaho fires

[IDVortex]

Well, some possible good news: a cold front is predicted to move in on Wednesday and we might get a steady rain for a few hours with no lightning.

This coming week actually looks OK for fires. But, who knows.

 

[sneaky]

Frog fire is blowing up here in Custer County and has prompted trailhead closures and mandatory evacuations. Tomorrow could be a busy day on that fire, I'll post up pics of it from the ranch tomorrow. We're waiting on that rain coming Thursday, but high winds forecast from now til then. So far it's moving away from us, but could block us in pretty quick.

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[sneaky]

Progression of the fire over the past 90 minutes. Air tankers been dropping since early this morning

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[Rotnguns]

Progression of the fire over the past 90 minutes. Air tankers been dropping since early this morning

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Good heavens, those are dramatic pictures. I hope you and your family are ok. That fire looks like it's pretty close.

 

[P Carter]

Progression of the fire over the past 90 minutes. Air tankers been dropping since early this morning

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Thanks for sharing - love that area! Is this showing a blow-up in the last 90 minutes? Keeping a close eye on things here and piecing together information from different sources...

 

[sneaky]

Thanks for sharing - love that area! Is this showing a blow-up in the last 90 minutes? Keeping a close eye on things here and piecing together information from different sources...

It started the day about 1500 acres, but it's grown all day. Jumped the East Fork now so it's going to potentially lead to more area closures. Anyone with a Pioneer zone tag should be keeping a keen eye. OnX is showing the hot spots and you can track the progress of the fire movement.

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[Bigbuckbandit]

It started the day about 1500 acres, but it's grown all day. Jumped the East Fork now so it's going to potentially lead to more area closures. Anyone with a Pioneer zone tag should be keeping a keen eye. OnX is showing the hot spots and you can track the progress of the fire movement.

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Appreciate the local report. Idaho Fish and Game also has a great GIS map that shows fire perimeter, satellite hotspots, and trail closures. Just google Idaho Fish and Game Fire Map and it should be the first result.

We’re hurting bad for rain in all of Idaho. Looks like tomorrow should bring some and hopefully help with containment on these fires.

I’m insanely jealous that you have a ranch out there on the East Fork. Praying you and your property remain safe and the fire fizzles out once the humidity ramps up.

 

[IDVortex]

The weather not just tomorrow but the entire week looks amazing.

 

[.204smokechaser]

Tides might be turning for some fires this year with precipitation coming in, but if none of you have seen the damage from the windstorm up the Selway or Lochsa this year, I fear we could have a really bad one in the next few years with all the timber that’s laying on the ground and still hung up in other trees.

 

[TheTone]

Tides might be turning for some fires this year with precipitation coming in, but if none of you have seen the damage from the windstorm up the Selway or Lochsa this year, I fear we could have a really bad one in the next few years with all the timber that’s laying on the ground and still hung up in other trees.

The lochsa and north fork are badly in need of a burn to clean them out

The selway has burned a bunch in the past decade and has some good ones going now. I suspect the Wye and macgruder fires in there are burning up a bunch of recent windfall

 

[Rotnguns]

Cold front moving into southern Idaho from the west today. Thunderstorms and high winds possible - hope they bring rain along with them. Supposedly more rain in a few more days.

 

[Spoonbill]

Cold front moving into southern Idaho from the west today. Thunderstorms and high winds possible - hope they bring rain along with them. Supposedly more rain in a few more days.

It’s raining hard just west of the Wapiti fire. It should help with getting the fire under control.

 

[jimh406]

I hope the storms coming through just drop rain and no lightning.

 

[CamoPirate]

There's been minimal lightning so far; the rain has been pretty good so far. Should help make it sound like I'm not walking in a Frito Lay factory that laid off QC...

 

[bisblue]

Older data, but this shows some historic vs current fires in the Lowman and garden valley areas.

 

[Rotnguns]

Older data, but this shows some historic vs current fires in the Lowman and garden valley areas. View attachment 763021View attachment 763022

Thanks for posting this - that's a great map and overlay. May I ask what software was used?

 

[Customweld]

Thanks for posting this - that's a great map and overlay. May I ask what software was used?

This is the one I use. It used to have each fire year color coded. It looks like they changed that.

InterAgencyFirePerimeterHistory All Years View

Uploaded new master fire perimeter history that includes 2021 fires, update complete 6/15/2022. Note - the URL for this service was changed in 2022 due to unforeseen circumstances. Apologies for any inconvenience.

data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com

 

[Rotnguns]

This is the one I use. It used to have each fire year color coded. It looks like they changed that.

InterAgencyFirePerimeterHistory All Years View

Uploaded new master fire perimeter history that includes 2021 fires, update complete 6/15/2022. Note - the URL for this service was changed in 2022 due to unforeseen circumstances. Apologies for any inconvenience.

data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com

Say, that's a great resource and it's free. Thanks for the link!

 

[Customweld]

Say, that's a great resource and it's free. Thanks for the link!

When you look at that map, you realize that there isn't much of Idaho that hasn't been burnt.

 

[bisblue]

I'll double check later, a fire planner at work shared it with me.
I was working the snag, Boulder and goat fires. I think the only spot that has burned in those fire areas was in 1908.