Phoenix Let It Burn Fire
Location: 4 mi NE of Crater Lake, Klamath Co. OR
Specific Location: NE corner of Crater Lake National Park, 1 mi S of Hwy 138 , Lat 43° 4´ 18″ Lon 122° 1´ 14″
Date of Origin: 08/17/2010 (reported for the first time today)
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 09/08/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 19
Size: 600 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration area: 10,000 acres
Costs to Date: $600,000
The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) Type 3 Team (Hunter) transitioned the fire to local NPS Type 3 Management (Wills). Significant fire growth occurred since prior report due to warmer weather and successful burn out along the Crater Lake National Park and Fremont-Winema National Forests boundary. Wet weather has entered the fire area and current fire growth is minimal.
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Situation as of 09/04/2010 2:00 pm
Personnel: 42
Size: 350 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration area: 10,000 acres
Costs to Date: $500,000
South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP)Type 3 Team (Hunter) assumed command of the fire at 0800 on September 4, 2010. The decision to transition to the Type 3 team was based on forecasted high winds in alignment with slope and fuels.
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Situation as of 09/02/2010 7:35 pm
Personnel: 26
Size: 350 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration area: 10,000 acres
The Phoenix Fire received .25 inches of precipitation on 8/30/2010. Since the end of the precipitation, activity has slowly increased with hotter and drier weather. The fire is beginning to show signs of growth and is actively burning in heavy fuels.
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Situation as of 08/27/2010 5:45 pm
Personnel: 134
Size: 300 acres (a guess-timate)
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration area: 2,500 acres
Fire activity and subsequent growth on August 26, 2010 resulted in a 20 acre slopover on the Fremont/Winema National Forests. In response to the slopover, additional resources were ordered for the operational period of August 27, 2010. Many of these resources will be released at the end of shift. [sic]
Note: The NPS (Crater Lake NP) does Let It Burn, but the USFS (Fremont-Winema NF) does not wish for the NPS to incinerate USFS forests. So just to be pills, the NPS allows their fire to burn onto the USFS, causing unwanted emergency expenses to the USFS. This kind of inter-agency bullying and middle finger waving is symptomatic of government gone haywire.
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Situation as of 08/26/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 52
Size: 200 acres (a guess-timate)
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired incineration area: 2,500 acres
Significant growth occurred on the Phoenix Fire yesterday due to strong, gusty winds from the predicted cold front moving through. No effort being made to line or otherwise control this fire.
Update 08/27 11:00 am: Fire has moved onto Fremont-Winema NF 9 mi E of Diamond Lake Junction. Resources ordered.
