Based on the web cam, it's not looking good for Crooked Creek or anyone else that has anything in Union Pass Area!!!
Lava Mountain Fire
- Thread starter Seedie_Man
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I think I read today that Lava Mtn Lodge was still waiting to have to evacuate. I did not hear how close the fire was to Crooked Creek Lodge. But their webcam is still up and showing trucks around.
http://webcam.rangefamily.net/~snok...2016 20:10:35 GMT-0500 (Central Standard Time)
If it's not smokey, Crooked Creek is strait ahead.
If it's not smokey, Crooked Creek is strait ahead.
This was from this morning.
Has gotten much worse today.
Basic Information
Current as of 7/26/2016, 9:37:59 AM
Incident Type Wildfire
Cause Lightning
Date of Origin Monday July 11th, 2016 approx. 11:00 PM
Location 20 miles northwest of Dubois, WY
Incident Commander Rick Connell
Current Situation
Total Personnel 643
Size 8,020 Acres
Fuels Involved
The fire is burning in dense standing dead timber that spreads slowly except for when weather allows for continuous heating of heavy fuels and/ or exposure to wind. When weather aligns for growth, trees are torching and producing short range spotting leading to the majority of the growth.
Significant Events
Currently, the south flank of the fire is pushing east and hooking around near the Sand Butte area. If the direction of spread continues, the fire will be lined up to be pushed by the wind towards the Union Pass road. For these reasons the following areas are now in stage "GO" and need to evacuate immediately:
- Union Pass,
- Porcupine,
- Warm Springs,
- Hat Butte
Outlook
Planned Actions
Crews will continue working with landowners to protect property through point zone protection, evaluation, and preparation of structures.
Projected Incident Activity
Resources will focus on structure protection as needed in evacuated areas and continuing with actions to reduce fire spared as needed for point protection.
Current Weather
Weather Concerns
Weather conditions will remain conductive to the fire growth over the next 24-48 hours. High temperatures will continue to approach 75 degrees with low humidity and gusting winds.
Has gotten much worse today.
Basic Information
Current as of 7/26/2016, 9:37:59 AM
Incident Type Wildfire
Cause Lightning
Date of Origin Monday July 11th, 2016 approx. 11:00 PM
Location 20 miles northwest of Dubois, WY
Incident Commander Rick Connell
Current Situation
Total Personnel 643
Size 8,020 Acres
Fuels Involved
The fire is burning in dense standing dead timber that spreads slowly except for when weather allows for continuous heating of heavy fuels and/ or exposure to wind. When weather aligns for growth, trees are torching and producing short range spotting leading to the majority of the growth.
Significant Events
Currently, the south flank of the fire is pushing east and hooking around near the Sand Butte area. If the direction of spread continues, the fire will be lined up to be pushed by the wind towards the Union Pass road. For these reasons the following areas are now in stage "GO" and need to evacuate immediately:
- Union Pass,
- Porcupine,
- Warm Springs,
- Hat Butte
Outlook
Planned Actions
Crews will continue working with landowners to protect property through point zone protection, evaluation, and preparation of structures.
Projected Incident Activity
Resources will focus on structure protection as needed in evacuated areas and continuing with actions to reduce fire spared as needed for point protection.
Current Weather
Weather Concerns
Weather conditions will remain conductive to the fire growth over the next 24-48 hours. High temperatures will continue to approach 75 degrees with low humidity and gusting winds.
So that's looking at the field that runs back into the lodge that the snowmobile trail runs down?
Their webcam looks pretty smokey too. (last updated yesterday at 6pm it looks like)
http://www.crookedcreek-gr.com/webcam.html
Sounds like they need some moisture bad. Very dry in the entire area.
This is the current active fire containment area as of last night. I marked Lava Mtn Lodge and Crooked Creek to show the area of the fire better.
For those of you not on Facebook. Crooked Creek posted this yesterday afternoon.
Here are a couple photos from Tuesday evening when the fire was pressing hard. Unbelievable what great work the firefighters did to hold it back!
Photos by Mike Franchini
Here are a couple photos from Tuesday evening when the fire was pressing hard. Unbelievable what great work the firefighters did to hold it back!
Photos by Mike Franchini
Hope all stay safe! Rocky MTN Region is in bad shape this year!
Watch the stumps !!
And wear all black, the soot is pretty bad the first winter after a fire.
