Wildfires Summer/Fall 2016 (Boise, Idaho Falls, Ammon: home, transfer, move)

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Shaner

right? but I am thinking it is going to be an indian summer so we shall see if it holds.

I'm sure you're right. I think the weather will stay mild for a long time this fall.

[Cnynrat]

It's much better here in the Sandpoint area compared to late yesterday afternoon and last night. I had to take my wife to the airport this morning, and it was pretty hazy in the Spokane area.

Dave

[Mtn. States Resident]

We're getting them now, Scott! The Pioneer fire in the Boise Forest has never totally ended, there are two on the ID-OR border, apparently some in NID today, a small one around Yellowstone and Henry's Creek is now 3,500 acres and growing!!! Not so big but homes in Bone and extreme southeast Bonneville County, including some in Blackhawk subdivision in Ammon, are being evacuated. The fire crews fear homes will be lost in the Bone area. The planes dumping water and some fire retardant are flying over my house. IDK where the helicopters are getting their additional fire fighting supplies.

UPDATE: Homes evacuated in the Sunnyside, Bone area near Henry's Creek fire | News - Home

To add insult to injury a small fire has started in the contracted barley by the Anheuser-Busch plant, which is immediately south of Idaho Falls.

We've had zero moisture since April and hot, windy days. These are started by lightning strikes as far as I know. Our sky is very smokey.

Good to hear from you Scott. I've been wondering how you are doing.......

MSR

[Mtn. States Resident]

This is something I've not seen before about the fires. Check out the page ........


InciWeb the Incident Information System: IDAHO Incidents

MSR

[Lv2fish]

This talk of smoke here and there being a normal part of Summer has me planning on adding HEPA and electronic filtration to the air handler (along with AC) of whatever place we buy. Wife has mild asthma.

[Mtn. States Resident]

Henry'Creek has grown to 10,000 acres. I wonder how many dry farmers have lost their crops for the year......

Well the planes have stopped flying tonight. I hope morning brings better news.

MSR

[Mtn. States Resident]

An update this morning as BLM has stated this fire is 17,000 acres. Now questioning if this was not a lightning strike-caused fire. BLM: "We do believe it is human caused" Henry's Creek Fire 17,000 acres | News - Home

There are fires in every western state currently. The fire by Spokane is the NID major fire, as far as I know.

Let's hope we get some rain in the west to help with the fires!!

MSR

[cleosmom]

Originally Posted by Mtn. States Resident

An update this morning as BLM has stated this fire is 17,000 acres. Now questioning if this was not a lightning strike-caused fire. BLM: "We do believe it is human caused" Henry's Creek Fire 17,000 acres | News - Home

There are fires in every western state currently. The fire by Spokane is the NID major fire, as far as I know.

Let's hope we get some rain in the west to help with the fires!!

MSR

Rain without lightening is most preferred. If these winds would calm down it would assist the firefighting actions in a large way. Not sure how many of you have ventured into our canyons, but the weather (winds also) can take on their own pattern compared to something less than 5 miles away where it might be calm.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Mtn. States Resident

Henry'Creek has grown to 10,000 acres. I wonder how many dry farmers have lost their crops for the year......

Well the planes have stopped flying tonight. I hope morning brings better news.

MSR

My bro estimated about 3/4 to 7/8 of the wheat crop is in, but the wheat in the higher elevations is only partly harvested, and some of the soft white spring wheat was still maturing in the head when the fire broke out.

No doubt, a lot was lost to the fires, but I'm sure farmers were plowing fire breaks all night long up there, so today, hopefully, the fire will be knocked down before the winds that are expected get too high.

The farmers here know how to fight fire. During the great Yellowstone burn of 1988, the farmers down here saved the town of W. Yellowstone. They showed up in droves, and where they could plow a fire break, they brought in the irrigation pipes and pumps and sprayed the forests surrounding the town with water from the Madison and the hot pools that lie just inside the park boundaries.

The fire reached the edge of the city limits, but they stopped it there. That one was the biggest burn in my own memory.

This is the worst range fire here in years. I guess it's our turn to burn this year. The winds were 40+ all day yesterday at 83º- ideal for a fast, big fire to grow.

[Mtn. States Resident]

Originally Posted by banjomike

My bro estimated about 3/4 to 7/8 of the wheat crop is in, but the wheat in the higher elevations is only partly harvested, and some of the soft white spring wheat was still maturing in the head when the fire broke out.

No doubt, a lot was lost to the fires, but I'm sure farmers were plowing fire breaks all night long up there, so today, hopefully, the fire will be knocked down before the winds that are expected get too high.

The farmers here know how to fight fire. During the great Yellowstone burn of 1988, the farmers down here saved the town of W. Yellowstone. They showed up in droves, and where they could plow a fire break, they brought in the irrigation pipes and pumps and sprayed the forests surrounding the town with water from the Madison and the hot pools that lie just inside the park boundaries.

The fire reached the edge of the city limits, but they stopped it there. That one was the biggest burn in my own memory.

This is the worst range fire here in years. I guess it's our turn to burn this year. The winds were 40+ all day yesterday at 83º- ideal for a fast, big fire to grow.

Yes, this does seem to be eastern ID'S worst range fire perhaps ever for me. It's now at 25,000 acres. Some of the dry farmers were cutting the fire breaks all night. This fire, probably like no other, has taught me in much more depth about the wind and skipping the fire breaks to encompass more dry wheat and dry foliage. They thought this would end Sunday night then the wind kicked in. On Monday morning the BLM thought they had it Contained to about 900 acres. The wind jumped all the fire lines and they went to 3,000 almost instantly. The cooler temps today help some.

With the wind the fire has changed directions. Instead of burning towards Ammon and Idaho Falls, it is now burning toward the Tetons and Jackson Hole. So many recreational areas along the way had to close access to users, such as the boating by Riviera. Rain may happen in 48 hrs., which would help.

I didn't live here when W. Yellowstone happened, but I saw the devastation driving to Bozeman. The BLM is highly organized here with 4-6 city/town fire crews responding as well. I've only heard a few planes today. I suspect they are getting water from the river between Riviera and Swan Valley.

Henry's Creek Fire grows to over 25,000 acres | News - Home

MSR