Scores of Giant Fires Threaten to Overwhelm Western Crews

[Purveyor]

Source: NBC NEWS

AUG 19 2015, 8:01 PM ET

Thousands of firefighters struggled to hold their own Wednesday against more than 100 wildfires burning more than 1.1 million acres in the West, and hot dry weather won't make things any easier for the foreseeable future.

The biggest fire was the Soda fire straddling eastern Oregon and western Idaho. It was burning more than 280,000 acres Wednesday but was reported 95 percent contained, and crews were starting mop-up duty.

Three separate multi-fire complexes were scorching more than 163,000 acres in and around Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California, the state and federal joint incident command said Wednesday on the third straight day of 100-degree-plus temperatures and very low humidity.

The 45,477-acre River Complex near Denny in Trinity County remained only 18 percent contained Wednesday, commanders said. The towns of Daily Ranch, Bell Flat, Hoboken and Quinby, in addition to Denny, were under mandatory evacuation orders.



Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/scores-giant-fires-threaten-overwhelm-western-crews-n412731

[Old Codger]

1. we can see

The smoke from stouts fire and we get smoked out every once in a while from that one
it was 100 degrees again today and windy so not a lot they can do with this weather

[Purveyor]

2. Godspeed and take care. Ole Michigan, with all its gop warts, doesn't seem so bad when watching

all the other travesties taking place around the rest of the country.

[Old Codger]

3. Stouts fire

actually started just over the next ridge but has been heading steadily east so is now about 11 miles away... not a danger form that one just hope none start north of me then I wil be in trouble , prevailing winds are for north.

[PufPuf23]

4. InciWeb - Incident Information System - edited

This website lists all active fires. The link below is for California (Region 5). To get fires for Oregon and Washington (Region 6) replace the 5 with 6. For Idaho and Montana (Region 4) replace 5 with 4. edit This is wrong.

The numbers refer to State not USFS Region -- see pull down menu. Thanks to JimDandy in another thread.

I live in the Klamath River canyon and the air has been smoke-filled for weeks and I would expect the fires to last until significant rain. The landscape is very mountainous and heavily forested. The smoke and generally poor access limit fire-fighting efforts. Seven of the fires below on the first page for California are within 75 miles of my location as the crow flies.

The fires designated complex are smaller fires that have burned or are expected to burn together. These fires get quite large.


http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/state/5/

California Incidents

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Horse Fire
Wildfire
Northern California District
Active 250 12 min. ago

Route Complex
Wildfire
Six Rivers National Forest
Active 32,959 1:01 hrs. ago

Mad River Complex
Wildfire
Six Rivers National Forest
Active 26,462 1:07 hrs. ago

Fork Complex
Wildfire
Shasta - Trinity National Forest
Active 35,165 1:08 hrs. ago

River Complex
Wildfire
Shasta - Trinity National Forest
Active 45,477 1:58 hrs. ago

Gasquet Complex
Wildfire
Six Rivers National Forest
Active 6,426 4 hrs. ago

Walker Fire
Wildfire
Inyo National Forest
Active 3,715 4 hrs. ago

Nickowitz
Wildfire
Six Rivers National Forest
Active 3,331 4 hrs. ago

Six Rivers July Lightning
Wildfire
Six Rivers National Forest
Active 0 5 hrs. ago

Cabin Fire
Wildfire
Sequoia National Forest
Active 6,940 5 hrs. ago

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[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Thanks for that...

[PufPuf23]

6. You are welcome.

Plus got to fix a typo.

[mike_c]

7. very smokey up here on the north coast...

...although we seem to be getting something of a break today, with cool temperatures and overcast skies (zero probability of rain, though). Denny is so close that it's our go-to place to camp in the coast range when we only have the weekend-- not now though. Even without the mandatory evac, the air quality is so bad that it's hazardous to breathe up there. I've got ash all over my truck from previous days' smoke and ash fall.

Some local coverage: http://kymkemp.com/2015/08/19/day-21-lightning-fires/