Fletcher Fire Update -- July 18, 2007
Incident: Fletcher Wildland Fire
Released: 7/18/2007
FIRE UPDATE: Fletcher Fire
Modoc National Forest
July 18, 2007
Fire Information:
(530) 233-5811 or at www.fs.fed.us/r5/modoc/
Location: 20 miles northwest of Davis Creek, California
Date and Time of Fire Start: July 10 at 1:15 p.m.
Cause: Lightning
Fuels: Timber (Jeffrey pine, white fir, juniper) and grass
Cooperating Agencies: Forest Service (USFS), National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), Cal Fire (CDF), US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS ), Westside-Thomas Creek Rural FD, Davis Creek Volunteer FD, Modoc and Lake Counties, local government, Collins Pine Company, and private contractors
Estimated Fire Size: 8,121 Acres
Estimated Fire Containment: 40%
Estimated Expected Containment: July 20, 2007
Cost to Date: $2,000,000
Injuries to Date: 0
Committed Resources: 629 total personnel that include 18 Fire Crews, 36 Engines, 12 Dozers, 15 Water Tenders, 4 Helicopters, 6 Air Tankers, and fire support personnel
Structures Threatened: 4 Residences
Structures Damaged: 0
Structures Destroyed: 2 Residence; 5 Outbuildings
Fire Activity: Fire behavior has been less extreme than previously observed on Monday afternoon. A low pressure system is moving through the fire area that will bring higher relative humidity, cooler temperatures, but the potential for wind gusts and isolated thunder storms.
Events: The wind-driven fire has crossed into Oregon. Fire suppression efforts are being coordinated with the Modoc National Forest, Lakeview Interagency Fire Center, Oregon Department of Forestry, Fremont National Forest, and Oregon BLM units. Fire crews continue to make good progress on constructing direct and indirect dozer and hand line. Yesterday, the Infra-Red imagery mapping flight captured spot fires that were contained by firefighters. Firefighters continue to hold and strengthen fire lines surrounding the northwest and southeast flanks of the fire. Today, the crews will strengthen containment of spot fires near the north, northwest, and south flanks of the fire.
Closures: Road closures are still in effect for Modoc County Road 48, five miles west of Davis Creek; Crowder Flat Road at Forest Road 136, and the Westside Road near the T-Bone intersection at the California-Oregon border on the northwest side of Goose Lake.
Evacuations: Structures at Cove Ranch, Everly Ranch and a cluster of ranch structures on the north east flank of the fire in Oregon remain threatened. Fire managers will be assessing whether the current evacuation order that is in place for parts of Modoc County and Lake County along the west-side of Goose Lake should be lifted. At this time, no evacuation is planned for the town of Lakeview, Oregon.
Remarks: The fire has destroyed seven structures in the vicinity of Point Ranch.
Additional Fire Information: http://www.inciweb.org/ (including other fires) and (530) 233-5811. Please go to the Forest Service website for more information on fire restrictions and closures at www.fs.fed.us/r5/modoc/.
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