Boise Fire Backing into Recent Fires

Overview: August 15th @ 1:30 am. North is up. White line was Boise Fire’s perimeter approximately 28 hours prior. Orange fill is intense heat. Yellow is scattered heat or cooling down.

Boise Fire backing into recent fires – Ryan Stephens

After making a significant slope reversal and running to the top of Antenna Ridge, the fire has moderated over the past 24 hours and is now backing into recent fire footprints. Today, crews are working on the fire’s east side with the addition of two new divisions. These resources are tasked with reopening lines from Orleans Mountain to Nordheimer Flat. Crews will also be working to construct hand line along High Point Ridge via the Nordheimer Trail. Priority continues to be protecting the community of Orleans. Weather today is expected to be similar to yesterday.

MAPS

Recent fires are seen in purple and blue around North, East, and South sides of the fire. The white line shows about 28 hours of fire spread. Time of IR was 1:30am on 8/15.

Looking Southwest, fire is seen backing down the North side of Orleans Mountain into China Creek and the greater Nordheimer drainage and the 2013 Butler Fire footprint.

Looking West. A closer look over the Greater Nordheimer drainage system.

Looking Northwest, fire continues to slowly back Southwest down the Boise Creek drainage. Fire Appears to be holding along road features to the South. Fire is also seen backing Southeast towards the saddle that leads to Black Mountain.

Operations map for 8/15/2024 showing proposed hand line from Orleans Mountain to Nordheimer Flat. Blue area burned in 2013.

Operations map for 8/15/2024 showing hand and road lines on SW corner of the fire.

Operations map showing location of dozer and hand line on northwestern flank of the fire. Pink area burned in 2023.

Last Night’s Lookout Live

Zeek talked about current tactics on the #BoiseFire, in the Klamath Mountain, and took a deep dive into the fire effects of the #ParkFire in the Big Chico Creek Watershed, above our hometown of Chico, California.

We share some post-fire drone footage of Upper Bidwell Park shot by a guy who goes by Brian Beans. We look at satellite imagery of the burn severity from Chico up to Butte Meadows, look at prospects for flooding and landslides above Chico this winter, and tour the geography of the Park Fire’s initial run using some helicopter photography of the powerline corridor between Bidwell Park and Paynes Creek that Zeek shot back in 2003.