Gnarl Ridge Fire Update 10/04/08
Incident: Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire
Released: 10/4/2008
Leo Segovia, Incident Commander
Gnarl Ridge Fire Daily Update
Saturday, October 4, 2008
The rain rolled in on the Gnarl Ridge Fire yesterday. The Remote Access Weather Station (RAWS) at Cloud Cap recorded over 2.2 inches of rain in 24 hours, plus winds gusting up to 37 miles per hour. Additional rains, heavy at times, are forecasted to hit the fire area between now and Tuesday.
This morning, fire supervisors and Hood River Ranger District personnel are assessing conditions on and near the fire.
The heavy rainfall has triggered a safety stand-down for the fire fighters. Crews and equipment will be staged at the Incident Command Post in Odell until it is determined to be safe to send them up to the fire. More personnel and equipment are being released as surplus.
With the storms several streams, including Polallie, Eliot, and Tilly Jane Creeks, are areas of high concern. These streams have suffered landslides in the past that have damaged roads, including Hwy. 35. Some of these slides were triggered by heavy rains similar to what the area is having now.
Despite Friday's rain, fire personnel continued to work on improving the drainage on roads and fire lines. This included patrolling sections of roads that had newly-cleared culverts. In some areas, soil and rock loosened by the fire, drainage work, and rain threatened to block the culverts again.
The crews working with the chippers continued to make excellent progress toward cleaning up the piles of woody debris along the roads. Some larger pieces of wood have been cut into firewood and will be made accessible to the community. Please contact the Hood River Ranger District for more information.
Also on Friday, the last of the hose and equipment were removed from around Cloud Cap and Tilly Jane. These materials were brought down the hill before the Cloud Cap Road became too hazardous to drive.
For up-to-date closure information, see Page 2 of this update or go to http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/conditions/index.shtml#hor or call the Hood River Ranger District at (541) 352-6002.
Fire information continues to be available at (541) 354-1836.
Fire at a Glance (10/4/08)
Size: 3280 acres
Cause: Lightning on August 7th.
Location: 18 miles south of Hood River, OR and 7 miles south of Parkdale, OR
Evacuations: None
Containment: 90%
Expected Containment: 10/15/2008
Crews and Equipment:
Dozers: 1
Crews: 1 Type 1
2 Type 2
Helicopters: 1 Type 2 (Medium Lift)
1 Type 3 (Light)
Engines: 5
Total personnel: 198
Closures: For complete closure information, please see Page 2 of this update.
Contact Us: For additional information, please contact us at the Gnarl Ridge Incident Command Post (ICP), Hood River County Fairgrounds, daily from 8am-8pm, at (541) 354-1836. New e-mail address is gnarlridgefire1@gmail.com.
Additional Gnarl Ridge Fire information is available online at http://www.inciweb.org/.
GNARL RIDGE FIRE
AREA CLOSURE
10/2/08
Due to activity associated with the Gnarl Ridge Fire, part of the Mt. Hood National Forest is closed to entry. This closure includes the following campgrounds, trails and roads:
·· Tilly Jane Campground
·· Cloud Cap Campground
·· Cloud Cap Road #3512
·· Forest Road 2840-630
·· Forest Road 2840-620 and associated spurs
·· Forest Road 3511 and associated spurs
·· Cooper Spur Trail #600-B
·· Elk Meadows Trail #645 north of the intersection with Gnarl Ridge Cutoff Trail #652A
·· Lamberson Spur Trail #644
·· Gnarl Ridge Trail #652 north of junction with Gnarl Ridge Cutoff Trail #652A
·· Polallie Ridge #643
·· Polallie Ridge Trailhead and associated dispersed campsites
·· Tamanawas Tie Trail #650-B
·· Wagon Road #642
·· Tilly Jane Trail #648
·· Tilly Jane Trail #600-A
·· Tilly Jane Trail #643
