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View Lake Fire Complex Update - Tuesday, Sept 7, 2010
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INCIDENT UPDATED 9/10/2010

Approximate Location

44.795 latitude, -121.797 longitude

Incident Overview

Large plotter size briefing map of the View Lake Complex

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This incident page will not be updated after Tuesday, September 7, 2010. Road trail and area closures remain in effect. Updates to closure information will not be made on this web site after September 7. Please visit Mt. Hood National Forest's web site for updated information related to closures at www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood

The View Lake Fire Complex consists of several lightning-caused fires in Olallie Lake Scenic Area, Mount Jefferson Wilderness, and Bull of the Woods Wilderness on the Mt Hood and Willamette National Forests, 45 miles east of Estacada, Oregon.

An extended period of cooler temperatures and significant precipitation moved into the area on Tuesday. This weather has helped firefighters largely achieve their incident objectives. The Portland NIMO team will transfer command of the incident to a local Type 3 Organization Wednesday at 0600 and many of the resources assigned will be heading home.

A KMZ file that displays the closures in Google Earth can be downloaded here: http://tinyurl.com/263gh64

Basic Information

Incident Type	Wildfire
Cause	Lightning
Date of Origin	Tuesday August 17th, 2010 approx. 05:00 PM
Location	45 miles east of Estacada, Oregon
Incident Commander	Cable

Current Situation

Total Personnel	307
Size	4,775 acres
Percent Contained	80%
Estimated Containment Date	Friday October 15th, 2010 approx. 12:00 AM
Fuels Involved	10 Timber(litter and understory) Fires are burning in Fuel Model 10 with a heavy component of dead and down. Fire behavior is largely driven by the large accumulation of dead and down with isolated torching facilitated by standing dead and lichen draped timber.
Fire Behavior	Smoldering fire behavior confined to large diameter logs and sheltered fuels under the thick old growth conifer canopy.
Significant Events	IMT3 White shadowed Cable's NIMO team today. IMT3 is scheduled to assume command on Wednesday, September 8th at 0600.

Outlook

Planned Actions	Rehab will continue on the Bull of the Woods fire and the Pyramid Butte Fire.
Growth Potential	Low
Terrain Difficulty	High
Remarks	Pyramid Butte Fire- Rehab complete. Continue to monitor the southern perimeter that is burning in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area. Bull of the Woods- Road prep is complete for potential future containment actions. Rehab and monitoring of the fire will continue. The percent contained reported in block 16 is based upon the percent of the objectives accomplished for each incident within the complex considering the selected management strategy.