July 22 Ball Point Fire Update
Incident: Ball Point Wildland Fire
Released: 7/22/2007
Ball Point Fire
The Ball Point Fire was considered 100% contained at 6 pm last night. Transition to a local Type 3 organization will occur Monday morning at 6 am. This will be the last update from the Central Oregon Incident Management Team. The new Fire Information number beginning Monday, July 23 is (503) 668-1791.
FIRE LOCATION:
The Ball Point Fire is in the vicinity of Ball Point Mountain between Tygh Creek to the north and Happy Ridge to the south. The majority of the fire perimeter is within the Badger Creek Wilderness Area.
TOTAL ACRES
FIRE CAUSE
CONTAINMENT
TOTAL PERSONNEL
1,237
Lightning
100%
392
FIRE CAMP/HELIBASE LOCATION: The Incident Base Camp (ICP) at the Dufur High School in Dufur will be closed on Monday, July 23 and the new ICP will open at Camp Cody. The helibase will remain at Rock Creek in the vicinity of Camp Cody.
RESOURCES ASSIGNED:
Hand Crews
Engines
Water Tenders
Dozers
Helicopters
Camp Crews
Overhead
12
0
2
0
4
2
125
FIRE SITUATION:
The fire is now considered 100% contained with the perimeter mopped-up in at least 100 ft. with other areas as much as 300 ft. Today, fire fighters will patrol the east and south flanks; pull hose and rehabilitate the constructed line on the west flank; and pull hose, and finish rehabilitating the line on the north flank. Hose will be piled and loads will be flown out by helicopter. The spike camp will also be removed and the area rehabilitated. Crews will be flown out this afternoon. As the weather warms up during the week, islands of unburned fuel may burn and smoke maybe visible. This will be interior burning and no threat to the contained fire lines.
CLOSURES:
The temporary flight restriction over the fire area at will remain in place through today but released at 8 pm tonight.
The July 21st Mt. Hood National Forest Closure Order will be reassessed as need for the closure diminished. Until that time, the following areas, trails, and campgrounds remain closed to the public:
Areas:
- Badger Creek Wilderness Area
Trails:
- Entire trail system within the Badger Creek Wilderness Area
Campgrounds:
- Bonnie Crossing
- Little Badger
- Badger Lake
Roads:
- Forest Road 2700
- Forest Road 2700 at the junction with Forest Road 2710
- Forest Road 3550 at the junction with Forest Roads 4410 & 4420
- Forest Road 3550 at the junction with Forest Road 4891
- Forest Road 4860 at the junction with Forest Road 4812
- Forest Road 4811 at the junction with Forest Road 4810 & 4813
- Forest Road 4811 at the junction with Forest Road 2710
WEATHER:
An upper level high pressure over the Great Basin will expand toward the northwest, bringing more typical hot and dry conditions today through the rest of the upcoming week. Southwest flow aloft over the fire will deflect any threat of monsoonal moisture and thunderstorms well south and east of the fire area. The forecast for today calls for partly cloudy with a maximum temperature of 81-85 degrees, humidity with a minimum of 28-32%, with winds south 3-5 mph in the morning, becoming west 6-8 mph this afternoon with gusts of 16-20 mph.
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