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Salmon-Challis National Forest
50 Hwy 93 South
Salmon, ID 83467

(208) 756-5100

2004 Fire Season
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Fires to Date List

Fire Season 2004 News Releases

2004 Fire Season Map

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photo: Smokey Bear Current Fire Danger Rating

News
2004 Fire Pictures and Maps

Lem Fire - Human Caused from Unattended Campfire September 2

Bear Springs Fire Closure Modified
Bear Springs Fire - August 21 am

Bear Springs Fire, Porter Fire - August 20 am
Bear Springs Fire, Porter Fire - August 19 am
Bear Springs Fire, Porter Fire - August 18 am
Bear Springs Fire, Porter Fire - August 17 am
Bear Springs Fire, Porter Fire, South Kitchen Fire - August 16 am
Bear Springs Fire, Porter Fire, South Kitchen Fire - August 15 am
Bear Springs Fire, Porter Fire, South Kitchen Fire and Capp Fire - August 14, 10 am

Porter Fire, South Kitchen and Capp Fires - (with pictures) August 13 morning
Porter Fire, South Kitchen and Capp Fires - (with pictures) August 12

Corn Fire - August 9
Corn Fire - August 6 photos
Corn Fire - August 5
Corn Fire - August 4
Corn Fire - August 3 ---- map August 2
Cabin Creek After Action Review, Final Report July 27, 2004 [word] [pdf]
Cabin Creek Update -- July 22 -- controlled 7/21!
Three New Lightning Strike Fires -- July 21
Cabin Creek Update -- July 21
Cabin Creek Update -- July 20
Cabin Creek Update -- July 19
Cabin Creek Update and Three WFU fires -- July 18
Cabin Creek and Phillips Fire Update - July 17----- map of Cabin Creek fire
Cabin Creek and Phillips Fires - July 16
July 2 - Early Detection Results in Small Fires
June 28 - Several Small Forest Fires in June

Fire Emergency Closure Information

2004 Fire Pictures and Maps

Current Fire Danger

National Fire News

National Situation Report

Nation Wide Fire Map Link

Fire Use Site -- Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness

Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Fire Emergency Closure Information:

~~Corn Fire Closure Order~~, Map, Closure Terminated August 10, 2004
~~Bear Springs Closure Order~~, Closure Terminated August 31, 2004
New Closure in Effect August 31, 2004 Map
~~Porter Fire Closure Order~~, Map, Closure Terminated August 23, 2004

Fires to Date

Name	Start Date	Cause	Status	Acres	District	Remarks


Lake	8/17	L	not staffed	spot	North Fork T23N R17E Sec31	Wilderness, Located South of Corn Creek
Ebenezer	8/17	L	controlled 8/18	1/10	North Fork T23 R17E Sec29	Wilderness, across Main Salmon River from Ebenezer Bar Campground
Cedarville	8/17	L	controlled 8/18	2.5	Lost River T6N 27E Sec29	Located 8 miles W of Howe, ID
Redrock	8/16	L	controlled 8/17	1/10	Lost River
Papoose	8/16	L	out 8/17	1/10	North Fork	3 mi. NW of Indianola Helibase
Deer	8/16	L	out 8/17	1/10	Salmon/Cobalt	6 mi. SW of Williams Lake
Rattlesnake	8/16	L	being evaluated for a WFU	spot	North Fork	in the Wilderness, 1/2 mi. E. of Middle Fork River in the vicinity of Rattlesnake Cr.
Cove	8/16	L	controlled 8/17	1/2	Salmon/Cobalt	4 mi W of Meyers Cove
Smokey Cub	8/15	person	contained/controlled 8/15	spot	BLM, Salmon Field Office	near Smokey Cub Campground
Suphlur	8/15	L	suppression, controlled 8/17	spot	Middle Fork	1.5 mi. E of Sulpher Creek Ranch in the FCRONR Wilderness
Bear Springs	8/13	L		(8/15) 880	North Fork T26N R20E sec 28	10 miles NW of North Fork, ID
Winamuca	8/13	L	controlled 8/14	spot	Yankee Fork T13N R12E sec 1
Capp	8/11	Person	controlled 8/13	1.5	Middle Fork T16N R11E sec 32	Wilderness, 3.5 miles So.of Pistol Creek Ranch
South Kitchen	detected August 8	L	WFU	8/17 50	North Fork T23N R14E sec 35	Wilderness, 5 miles west of Middle Fork River confluence with the Main
Bird	August 5	L	controlled 8/6	.1	Salmon/Cobalt T23N R21E sec 26	9 mi. NW of Salmon, 2.5 mi. W of Highway 93
Good Luck	August 5	L	est. contain 8/6	.1	Salmon/Cobalt T19N R20E sec 7	8 mi. E of Moyer Helibase
Goldbug	August 5	L	contained 8/5	.1	Salmon/Cobalt T19N R22E Sec 20	on Goldbug Ridge 15 mi. S of Salmon
"N"	August 5	L	initial attack 8/6	1 snag	North Fork T24N R22E sec 5	2.5 mi. SE of Stein Mtn Lookout
Birch	detected August 4	L	contained 8/4	spot	Salmon/Cobalt T22N R18E sec 10
Flower Garden	August 3	L	controlled 8/4	2	Lost River T5N R24E Sec 18	9 mi. SE of Copper Basin Guard Station
Henderson Ridge	detected August 2	L	contained 8/2	.2	North Fork T26N R19E sec 35
Little Horsey	detected August 2	L	controlled 8/2	.1	North Fork
Mine	detected August 2	L	contained 8/2	.1	Bitterroot NF, just N of ID and SCNF border T3S R21E sec 29	in vicinity of other fires at headwaters of Indian Creek
Corn	August 1	L	8/8 - 100 % contained	205	North Fork T24N, R16E, sec 22	3 mi. E of Corn Creek boat launch
2 fires unnamed as of 8/2	August 1	L	unable to locate		North Fork T23N, R14E, sec 16 & 17	2 fires in Wilderness reported approx 1 mile S. of Butts Point Lookout
Bear Wallow	August 1	L	controlled 8/2	spot	North Fork	8/2 - 2 smoke jumpers on fire. 1 mile W of Butcherknife fire.
Butcherknife	August 1	L	controlled 8/2	1 ac	North Fork	8/2 - 5 smoke jumpers on fire. 3 mi. S of MT/ID state line on Butcherknife ridge
Irishman	July 31	L	out 8/2	1/3 ac	North Fork	8/2 - 3 rappellers on fire. 1/2 mile south of MT/ID state line at headwaters of Indian Crk.
Sulpher	detected July 30	L	WFU	1/8 ac	Middle Fork	9 mi. W. of Boundary Creek, just east of (inside) Wilderness boundary
Goat Mtn	July 22	L	contained 7/23	spot	Leadore	10 mi. nw of Leadore, ID
Spring Creek	July 21	L	controlled 7/20	1/4 ac	North Fork	within 1 mile of MT state line near Spring Cr. road
Shell	July 20	L	controlled 7/20	.1	North Fork T23N R16E S25	across Salmon River from Colson Creek in Wilderness
Goat	July 20	L	controlled 7/20	.1	North Fork T23N R16E S35	across Salmon River from Colson Creek in Wilderness
Asher	July 20	L	controlled 7/20	spot	Yankee Fork	just W of Cape Horn Guard Station
Crane	July 18	L	WFU, no smoke reported 7/20	spot	Middle Fork T13N R8E S15	Wilderness 2 miles E of Bernard Peak on west side of wilderness
Red Peak	July 17	L	WFU, no smoke reported 7/20	spot	Middle Fork T17N R11E S6	Wilderness 8 miles N of Pistol Cr. Ranch
Porter click to view pictures	July 17	L	8/4 - fire is active WFU* no smoke reported 7/20	(8/15) 2,900	Middle Fork T13N R8E S9	WFU* Wilderness 2 miles E of Bernard Peak on west side of wildernes
Phillips	July 16	L	100% contained 7/17	.25	Middle Fork T15N R13E S25	Wilderness 4 miles N of Loon Cr. Guard Station
Cabin Creek	July 15	L	controlled 7/21	795	North Fork	Located 1.5 miles NE of Indianola Helibase.
Sourdough	July 7 (initial attack)	L	out	.5	North Fork RD	holdover from lightning 7/3/04, T24N R17E S11 SW/SW, ~2.5 mi. N of Beartrap Lookout
Custer County Assist	July 7	Person	out 7/8	.1	adj. Yankee Fork RD
Valley Creek	July 7 (initial attack)	L	control 7/8	.1	Yankee Fork RD	1-2 mile NE of Basin Butte Lookout
Sawmill	July 1	L	out	.1	Challis RD	18 miles N of Challis near Morgan Cr.
Scratch	July 1	L	being moni- tored	.1	Middle Fork RD T15N R12E S25 44 36' 11" X 114 56' 28"	Wilderness border fire. 3 miles NW of Pinyon Pk. WFU*
Inc 4202	July 1	L	out	.1	North Fork RD	Wilderness, 6 miles SSE of Corn Cr.
Pine Creek	June 30	L	out 6/30	.1	North Fork RD	6 miles WSW of Indianola helibase.
Tormay	June 30	L	out 6/30	.25	Salmon/Cobalt RD	6 miles SW of Salmon
East Owl	June 30	L	out 7/1	.l	North Fork RD	6 miles E of Long Tom lookout
Little Fourth	June 29	L	out 6/29	.1	North Fork RD	SW of Stein Mtn Lookout
Grouse	June 29	L	out 6/29	.25	North Fork RD	8 miles N of North Fork, west of Highway 93
Salizer	June 29	L	out 6/29	.5	North Fork RD	1 mile N of Hughes Cr.
East Spring Cr. 2	June 28	L	out 6/30	.5	North Fork RD	6 miles WNW of Indianola helibase
East Spring Cr.	June 27	L	out 6/28	.1	North Fork RD	Just off the East Fork of Spring Cr. road
Long Tom	June 27	L	out 6/28	.1	North Fork RD
Hughes	June 26	L	out 6/30	.1	North Fork RD
Henderson	June 26	L	out 6/30	.1	North Fork RD	Single snag fire 6 miles north of Indianola Helibase
Christian Gulch	June 26	L	out 6/28	.25	Challis RD	Small fire near Double Springs in the Pahsimeroi Valley.
Cape	June 26	L	out 6/28	.1	Yankee Fork RD	West side of Highway 75 near Cape Horn.
Blue Moon	June 25	L	out	.1	Middle Fork RD	Wilderness, near Sulpher Creek Ranch. (25 miles NW Stanley)
Basin	June 24	L	out	.1	Salmon/Cobalt RD	16 miles SW Salmon
Sawlog	June 23	L	out	.1	North Fork RD
Dead Water	June 14	Person	out	.1	North Fork RD	W of North Fork along River Road near confluence of Dump Creek

* WFU = Wildland Fire Use -- a fire that is used for wildland benefits, no direct suppression activities used as long as fire stays within predetermined boundaries.

USDA Forest Service - Salmon-Challis National Forest
Last Modified: Thursday, 09 September 2004 at 11:56:07 EDT