Saw you show with Your buddy last night. Hope burns went well today and cimt can embrace thoughts
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2,126 acres this morning active this afternoon. Guessing little bigger now.
Cam link: ALERTWest - Red Mtn Del Norte 1
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Nothing too gnar relative to the past week’s weather on the Somes Bar RAWS, just the new fuels alignment north of Nordheimer Creek
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2821 acres on this afternoons mapping flight
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Really wish the un-nicer NW wind component would go away.. Hang in there troops - long way to go yet..
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Any LG orders for any of these fires??
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https://kymkemp.com/2025/07/11/fire-crews-brace-for-heat-as-butler-fire-threatens-salmon-river-road/
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It looks like there’s at a few spots across the Salmon River by Morehouse Creek and Crapo Creek. Hopefully they’re able to pick them up or long hikes just got a lot longer for the folks on this.
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No recent fire history on that side of the River for about 35,000 acres.
Blue is fires since 2020
Green is fires between 2010 and 2020.
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30 minutes ago · Jul 17 at 5:33 PM
Additional resources have been dispatched immediate need for structure protection in Forks of Salmon - per radio traffic
• Staff Reporter
35 minutes ago · Jul 17 at 5:19 PM
Evacuation Order for the Forks of the Salmon due to the Butler Fire. Fire has crossed the river. Individuals in this area are ordered to leave now. Evacuation route is through Cecileville - per a Wireless Emergency Alert from Siskiyou County
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Xcn15 out mapping a couple of fires
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Quite the puzzle, there’s a lot of line near the slop from the Jacket Fire, earlier this month, and a 2021 fire upstream on the North Fork Salmon. They’ve got to keep it out of Crapo Creek, though.
The Klamath is kind of like the Feather River, you don’t see a lot of medium-sized fires. Either we keep them really small or they burn the whole world.
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Perhaps you can explain or elaborate. At the end of your post you compare the Klamath to the Feather River, but this fire is along the Salmon River and on the SRF. What are some of the factors involved?
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As it moves to the north, it’s moving onto the Klamath NF. This fire started right near the boundary, which is why Summit and jacket had one team assigned through the Klamath and Butler had a different team assigned through Six Rivers
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Once fires are established mid slope in these rugged canyons, containing them before they become large is very difficult. Just about anywhere in the Festher River or Klamath NF, you’ll be working in heavy dead and down and snags from previous large fires. Retardant isn’t very effective because the fires can just finger around thru the heavies, or underneath them. Hand line construction is slow and dangerous, and there are few options for dozers except on major ridges, all of which have old dozer lines, already.
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