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| Current as of | Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:59 |
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| Incident Time Zone | America/Boise |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Lightning/Natural |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | 9.5 miles east of Cascade, Idaho |
| Incident Commander | Ryan Shannahan, Incident Commander Boise Type 3 Incident Management Team |
| Coordinates |
44° 32' 54'' Latitude
-115° 50' 25
'' Longitude
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| Total Personnel: | 2 |
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| Size | 33,437 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 90% |
| Estimated Containment Date | 10/15/2024 |
| Fuels Involved | Timber (Litter and Understory) Fuels are primarily timber (litter & understory) and brush with isolated patches of open grass. Fine dead fuels, timber litter, and 1000-hr fuels are the main carriers of fire. Live woody shrubs are available for consumption.
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| Significant Events | Minimal Fire behavior is mainly smoldering and creeping. There is no intense or scattered heat near the perimeter. No growth is expected. |
| Planned Actions |
Monitor hotspots on the northern perimeter of Snag. Direct attack will be used if the hotspots threaten containment lines. Suppression repair is nearing completion, but specific repair points are still incomplete. Current suppression repair completion: |
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| Projected Incident Activity |
Creeping and smoldering fire behavior with no growth is expected. |
| Remarks |
Transfer of command from CIMT Great Basin Team 6 to local Type 3 IMT will occur at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. |
| Weather Concerns | Monday, temperatures were in the low to mid 70s with humidity in the low 20s. Winds were calm across most of the fire with some Tuesday temperatures on the fire will be around 70 with humidity in the upper teens. Southwest winds will increase and gust 15-20 mph in the afternoon. Wednesday and Thursday each have over 90% chance of a wetting rain. |
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