National Fire News Report ~ 9/03/08

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

National Fire News Report ~ 9/03/08

(On a scale from 1 to 5)

Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are
(MST) 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
208-387-5050
This report will be updated Monday - Friday.

September 3, 2008

The national preparedness level (PL) was lowered to PL 2 yesterday, due to a decline in wildland fire activity. Initial attack activity was light with 96 new fires reported. Two new large fires were reported in Texas and Utah.

Crews and Incident Management Teams were sent to Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas to support Hurricane Gustav recovery operations.

Weather Discussion: Northern California will be warm and dry today with some local gusty winds. Otherwise, look for a warming and drying trend over most of the West the next few days.

Source: National Interagency Coordination Center


Daily statistics 9/3/08
Number of new large fires	2	States currently reporting large fires:
Number of active large fires	11	California (4) Idaho (1) Nevada (2) Oregon (2) Texas (1) Utah (2) Wyoming (1)
Acres from active fires	360,117
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires	2
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) acres	34,087
Fires contained since 9/2/08	1
Year-to-date large fires contained	680
Year-to-date statistics
2008 (1/1/08 - 9/3/08)	Fires: 64,616	Acres: 4,626,490
2007 (1/1/07 - 9/3/07)	Fires: 66,676	Acres: 7029,971
2006 (1/1/06 - 9/3/06)	Fires: 80,181	Acres: 7,899,146
2005 (1/1/05 - 9/3/05)	Fires: 46,141	Acres: 7,554,369
2004 (1/1/04 - 9/3/04)	Fires: 55,380	Acres: 7,501,104
2003 (1/1/03 - 9/3/03)	Fires: 45,152	Acres: 2,718,489
2002 (1/1/02 - 9/3/02)	Fires: 62924	Acres: 6,330,440
2001 (1/1/01 - 9/3/01)	Fires: 58,545	Acres: 2,945,049
2000 (1/1/00 - 9/3/00)	Fires: 74180	Acres: 6,524,274
5-year average
2003 - 2007	Fires: 62,599	Acres: 6,922,216
10-year average
1999 - 2008	Fires: 62,862	Acres: 5,754,861

Current Wildland Fires
California	Fires: 4	Acres: 232,664	New fires: 0	Fires contained: 0
Gladding (Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit, Cal Fire): 500 acres at 80 percent contained. This fire is located four miles northeast of Lincoln. No new information was provided.
Iron and Alps Complexes (Shasta-Trinity National Forest): 105,445 acres at 98 percent contained. This complex of three fires is one mile north of Junction City. This will be the last report unless new information is provided. Information: Call 530-623-6415 or visit the web site.
Panther (Klamath National Forest): 48,108 acres at 75 percent contained. This complex of two fires is 14 miles southwest of Happy Camp. Information: Call (530) 841-4451 or visit the web site.
Siskiyou/ Blue 2 Complex (Klamath National Forest): 78,591 acres at 95 percent contained. This complex consists of both the Siskiyou and Blue 2 complexes. The complex is 18 miles southwest of Happy Camp. Fire activity was minimal. Information: Call (707) 441-3673 or visit the web site.
Idaho	Fires: 0	Acres: 0	New fires: 0	Fires contained: 0
WFU Fires: 1		Acres: 33,900	New WFU: 0
South Barker (Sawtooth National Forest): 33,900 acres. This fire is two miles east of Featherville. This wildland fire use is being managed to accomplish natural resource objectives. Information: Call 208-867-4323 or visit the web site.
Nevada	Fires: 2	Acres: 54,765	New fires: 0	Fires contained: 0
Burnside (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest): 216 acres at 60 percent contained. This fire is six miles west of Woodfords. Structures are threatened. Currently, no evacuation orders are in effect. Information: Call (775) 352-1228 or visit the web site.
East Slide Rock Ridge (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest): 54,549 acres at 50 percent contained. This fire is 15 miles southeast of Jarbidge. Structures are threatened. Information: Call (866) 534-9622 or visit the web site.
Oregon	Fires: 2	Acres: 1,883	New fires: 0	Fires contained: 1
Lonesome Complex (Rogue River National Forest): 923 acres at 35 percent contained. This complex of three fires is 20 miles northeast of Prospect. Fire activity was minimal. Information: Visit the web site.
Rattle (Umpqua National Forest): 960 acres at 15 percent contained. This fire is 30 miles east of Glide. Firefighters are managing the incident as a confine and contain management strategy. Information: Call (541) 496-9609 or visit the web site.
Middle Fork Complex (Willamette National Forest): This fire was contained at 218 acres.
Utah	Fires: 1	Acres: 3,432	New fires: 0	Fires contained: 0
WFU Fires: 1		Acres: 187	New WFU: 1
Porcupine Ranch (Southeast Area Office, Utah Department of Forestry): 3,432 acres at 85 percent contained. The fire burned actively yesterday. Structures are threatened and evacuations and road closures are in effect. Information: Call (801)703-0225, (435) 260-1825, or visit the web site.
NEW Fish (Manti-La Sal National Forest): 187 acres. This fire is 27 miles northwest of Helper. This wildland fire use is being managed to accomplish natural resource objectives. Information: Call (435) 384-2372.
Wyoming	Fires: 1	Acres: 67,141	New fires: 0	Fires contained: 0
Gunbarrel (Shoshone National Forest): 67,141 acres at 78 percent contained. This fire is 40 miles west of Cody. This will be the last report unless significant activity occurs. Information: Call (307) 527-6921 or visit the web site.

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