Bear Wallow Complex Fires
Location: ~15 miles NW of Greenview, Scott Valley, Klamath NF, Siskiyou Co. CA
Specific Location: Maple Falls, Kelsey Ck., Marble Mtns. area, Lat 41° 39´ 36″ Lon 123° 11´ 6″
Date of Origin: 06/21/08
Cause: lightning
Situation as of 09/09/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 185
Size: 47,317 acres (Ukonom South - 32,470 acs. Anthony Milne Fire - 1,779 acs. Caribou Fire - 13,068 acs.)
Percent Contained: 75%
Costs to Date: $13,599,700 (some portion of this is Ukonom)
Fire progression north of the Little North Fork of the Salmon River near English Peak progressed rapidly to the E. Three month old fire still expanding. Talk about your crappy fire suppression!
A re-evaluation of Management Action Points are being conducted to determine what in the bloody hell the fire crews are supposed to be doing.
IC Steve Gage and Klamath NF Forest Supervisor Patricia Grantham [Phone Number: (530) 842-6131] are doing what????? Conducting assessments to determine necessary suppression repair work in cultural site areas that were unecessarily incinerated at huge taxpayer expense.
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Situation as of 09/07/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 0
Size: 14,847 acres (Anthony Milne Fire - 1,779 acs. Caribou Fire - 13,068 acs.)
Percent Contained: 40%
Costs to Date: $13,146,844
Low intensity surface fire.
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Situation as of 09/03/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 0
Size: 14,767 acres (Anthony Milne Fire - 1,779 acs. Caribou Fire - 12,988 acs.)
Percent Contained: 40%
Costs to Date: $12,665,110
The only change in intelligence since the previous final 209 is updated costs. All resources present at the Klamath Theater are being accounted for in the Panther Fire 209.
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Situation as of 08/24/08 6:00 AM
Total Personnel: 97
Size: 14,767 acres (Anthony Milne Fire - 1,779 acs. Caribou Fire - 12,988 acs.)
Percent Contained: 40%
Costs to Date: $11,293,971
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Situation as of 08/22/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 144
Size: 14,752 acres
Percent Contained: 35%
Costs to Date: $10,860,090
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Situation as of 08/19/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: not reported
Size: 14,748 acres
Percent Contained: 35%
Costs to Date: $10,613,552
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Situation as of 08/17/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 132
Size: 14,742 acres
Percent Contained: 35%
Costs to Date: $10,458,624
Containment percent has changed due to incorporation of the South Ukonom Fire into calculations. A lot of fire swapping with intent to juggle numbers is going on right now, but we will endeavor to sort it out.
Active surface fire with some isolated torching to creeping and smoldering.
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Situation as of 08/17/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 75
Size: 14,601 acres
Percent Contained: 49%
Costs to Date: $10,195,027
Responsible official: Klamath NF Forest Supervisor Patricia Grantham
Phone Number: (530) 842-6131
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Situation as of 08/16/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 75
Size: 14,595 acres
Percent Contained: 49%
Costs to Date: $10,137,615
Responsible official: Klamath NF Forest Supervisor Patricia Grantham
Phone Number: (530) 842-6131
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Situation as of 08/15/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 76
Size: 14,591 acres
Percent Contained: 49%
Costs to Date: $10,074,947
Checking fire spread on Anthony Milne Fire with Type I Helicopter to keep fire contained south of Wooley Creek.
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Situation as of 08/14/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 88
Size: 14,310 acres
Percent Contained: 49%
Costs to Date: $10,016,555
Increased fire activity. Caribou and Anthony Milne fires both active with backing and flanking fire and isolated tree torching.
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Situation as of 08/13/08 6:00 AM
Total Personnel: 84
Size: 14,178 acres
Percent Contained: 49%
Costs to Date: $9,931,791
Inserting fire use module and DIVS into a spike camp on the Anthony Milne Fire. Otherwise, continued mop-up, patrol and recon.
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Situation as of 08/11/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 82
Size: 14,060 acres
Percent Contained: 49%
Costs to Date: $9,764,647
Caribou Fire activity is limited to the high elevation fuels along the S flank. Anthony Milne Fire has a single narrow finger that may cross Wooley Creek to the N, but is currently hung up along that drainage. Elsewhere, both fires are quiet.
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Situation as of 08/10/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 145
Size: 14,060 acres (not updated)
Percent Contained: 49%
Costs to Date: $9,500,000
The reduction in percent containment is based on a confinement boundary adjustment. Transition between Swartzlander’s Type 2 IMT and Beckman’s Type 2 IMT is underway with transfer of command to Beckman’s team planned for 0600 on 8/11/2008.
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Situation as of 08/09/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 350
Size: 14,016 acres (not updated)
Percent Contained: 51%
Costs to Date: $9,100,000
Anthony Milne Fire reached the bottom of Wooley Creek today.
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Situation as of 08/08/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 527
Size: 14,016 acres
Percent Contained: 51%
Costs to Date: $8,800,000
Holding and mop up operations and spot fire containment have been successful.
Caribou fire 12,349 acs 68% containment. Anthony Milne fire 1,667 acs 0% containment.
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Situation as of 08/07/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 668
Size: 13,988 acres
Percent Contained: 51%
Costs to Date: $8,300,000
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Situation as of 08/06/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 665
Size: 13,988 acres
Percent Contained: 42%
Costs to Date: $7,700,000
Holding operations and spot fire containment has been successful. Roads and trails in the fire areas have been closed. Voluntary evacuation advisories will be lifted tonight.
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Situation as of 08/05/08 10:00 PM
Total Personnel: 643
Size: 13,073 acres
Percent Contained: 19%
Costs to Date: $5,700,000
Spot fires from yesterday were contained and burnout operations in Div X tied in to the river. Structure protection forces in place.
The priority fire is the Caribou Fire at 11,425 acs 27% containment. The Anthony Milne Fire is 1,648 acs 0% containment.
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Situation as of 08/04/08 5:00 PM
Total Personnel: 603
Size: 12,567 acres
Percent Contained: 19%
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Situation as of 08/03/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 605
Size: 11,748 acres
Percent Contained: 19%
Costs to Date: $5,100,000
Caribou Fire 10,100 acs 27% containment. Anthony Milne Fire 1,648 acs 0% containment.
Firing and holding operations in Division X of the Caribou Fire utilizing crews, engines and helicopters. Holding and mop up in Div. W, Y and Z of the Caribou Fire.
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Situation as of 08/01/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 483
Size: 11,475 acres
Percent Contained: 17%
Costs to Date: $4,600,000
Crews continued firing and holding operations with helicopter support in Div X of the Caribou Fire. There is a critical need for a ALS Ambulance due to the long travel times from the line to a hospital and inversions (smoke) that are restricting the use of medivac helicopters. Type 1 and Type 2 IA Hand Crews are also needed to support and hold the firing operations for the next 5 days.
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Situation as of 07/31/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 484
Size: 10,376 acres
Percent Contained: 14%
Costs to Date: $4,100,000
For the first time on this fire more than 0% containment was reported.
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Situation as of 07/30/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 416
Size: 9,905 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $3,700,000
Northern California IMT 1, Swartzlander, assumed command at 1800 today.
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Situation as of 07/29/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 455
Size: 9,054 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $3,100,000
Pacific Crest Trail remains closed as well as the Klamath National Forest portion of the Trinity Alps Wilderness. The fire still has the potential to threaten residences and structures along the Salmon River near Summerville.
Caribou Fire: 7,417 ac. Anthony Milne Fire : 1,637 ac.
Fire is making short run towards Little Caribou Lake. Burning operation was carried out successfully to the Salmon River.
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Situation as of 07/27/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 494
Size: 8,232 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $2,350,000
Increased fire activity on the Caribou Fire resulting from hotter and dryer conditions. Isolated torching trees and snags are providing embers for spotting. Ground fire continues to spread at a steady rate. Fire will continue to spread laterally along the Salmon River. Anthony Milne Fire showed no line movement.
Caribou Fire, 6,601 acs: The fire continues to back towards Blind Horse Creek. Firecrews have begun to scrape a contingency line from Glacier Point to a dozer line and build indirect line on the E side from Big Flat Campground towards Caribou Meadows. Crews continue to scout for opportunities to construct direct line and to patrol the N flank along the Salmon River. Work continues on a slop-over from the 25th.
Anthony Milne Fire, 1,631 acs: Fire perimeters and acres have been derived from the IR interpretations. Due to visibility and steep terrain direct measurement of the fires has been difficult.
Portions of the Pacific Crest Trail remain closed. The Klamath National Forest portion of the Trinity Alps wilderness still remains closed.
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Situation as of 07/25/08 6:00 AM
Total Personnel: 276
Size: 7,565 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: not reported, est. $1,500,000
One month and $1.5 million into these fires, USFS managers continue to mull over containment strategies.
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Situation as of 07/24/08 6:00 AM
Total Personnel: 169
Size: 7,114 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: not reported, est. $1.4 million
The Klamath National Forest portion of the Trinity Alps wilderness east of Cecil Lake remains closed to the public. The Caribou fire continues to spread to the west and to the north. Both fires continue to have interior activity.
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Situation as of 07/23/08 6:00 AM
Total Personnel: 158
Size: 6,432 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $1,100,000
Continuing to develop containment strategies on both fires, now 2 weeks since discover of the fires and more than one month since ignition. Planners mull and mull. Lots of head scratching going. It’s a real conundrum. Stumps the heck out everyone involved. Meanwhile the fires have expanded 20-fold in acreage and 150+ firefighters monitor the situation. No monitoring reports reported, so evidently they aren’t writing anything down, just in case. That’s pro USFS fire monitoring for you.
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Situation as of 07/22/08 6:00 AM
Total Personnel: 127
Size: 5,204 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $975,000
Recommended evacuations along Caribou Creek and the Salmon River south of Peterburg Ranger Station. Caribou: 8 structures threatened, evacuation have been recommended. Caribou: 3,593 ac. Anthony Milne: 1,611 ac.
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Situation as of 07/20/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 121
Size: 2,690 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $770,000
Anthony Milne Fire 1,535 ac. Caribou Fire 1,155 ac. Caribou observed increased fire activity today, a SSE wind pushed fire to the north with spotting of a 1/4 mile in Little South Fork of Caribou Creek. A spot fire of 30 plus acres is being wind driven to the N. Anthony Milne continues to have interior activity.
Planned Actions: Use air support, if available, to contain spread on Caribou, pull crews out of the fire area due to anticipated increase in fire activity.
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Situation as of 07/19/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 117
Size: 2,565 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $575,000
Anthony Milne Fire 1,535 ac. Caribou Fire 1,030 ac. Caribou Fire activity on the north flank forced crews out of the area. Burn out operations planned for the west flank of the Caribou fire.
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Situation as of 07/18/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 104
Size: 2,320 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $470,000
Milne Fire 1,505 ac. Caribou Fire 815 ac. Continued monitoring of resource damage.
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Situation as of 07/17/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 99
Size: 2,189 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: $370,000
A Fire Use Module was flown into today to monitor resource damage.
Fires are being monitored, i.e. watched, not fought. Recon continues; fires grow larger.
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Situation as of 07/16/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 94
Size: 1,620 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fires are being monitored, i.e. watched, not fought. Recon continues; fires grow larger.
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Situation as of 07/15/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 84
Size: 1,620 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Milne Fire 1,270 acres, Caribou Fire 350 acres. Smoke prevents air recon or helicopter work on Complex. Smoke limited observation of fire movement/spread.
Ukonom Complex Fires continues to burn toward the Milne fire; fires may merge.
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Situation as of 07/13/08 5:30 PM
Total Personnel: 55
Size: 1,200 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Good progress with falling teams & crews along trails, spike camp established, supplied. Transition with Type 2 team, Central Sierra Type 2 (Johnson).
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Situation as of 07/11/08 3:30 PM
Total Personnel: 25
Size: 570 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Scouting trails, natural barriers for large fire planning. Complex includes the Caribou & Anthony Milne fires in the Marble Mtn. Wilderness.
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Situation as of 07/10/08 5:00 PM
Total Personnel: 15
Size: 350 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Order placed for team. Helicopter water drops to check spread. Fire use module to scout lines/trails.
