Wildfire Incident Report
Prepared: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 11:14:10 PM PDTWildfire Incident Report
Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center
La Grande, OR, USA
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Incident #
2023-WACOF-001772
FWAC Incident ID
40302599
Incident Name
Salmo Basin Fire
Last Updated
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:45 AM PST
(12 months ago)
(12 months ago)
Fire Reported
Sunday, July 30, 2023 8:07 AM PDT
(1 year, 3 months ago)
(1 year, 3 months ago)
State
Washington
Incident Type
Wildfire
Location
82.3 miles N of Spokane, WA
Responsible Agency
US Forest Service 
Responsible Fire Unit
Colville National Forest
Fuels
TIMBER/LITTER
Current Weather
Fire Growth Potential
Fire Weather Forecast
Incident Overview
The Salmo Basin Fire was first reported on 7/30 at 4:00 PM.
Smoke may be visible from Priest Lake.
Last Updated
Thu, Aug 3, 2023 8:39 PM UTC
Incident Type
Wildfire
Cause
Lightning/Natural
Fire Discovered
Sun, Jul 30, 2023 4:00 PM UTC
Location
Deep in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness, approximately 1.5 acres NE from the Salmo Mt. Lookout
Incident Commander
Colville National Forest
Incident Description
The first priority is firefighter and public safety. Secondly, resources are monitoring the fire and assessing point protection needs for the Salmo Mt. Lookout and communications tower.
Air resources are on-scene. For the safety of our aerial resources and firefighters on the ground, please do not fly unmanned aircraft (drones) in the fire vicinity. If you fly, we can't.
Air resources are on-scene. For the safety of our aerial resources and firefighters on the ground, please do not fly unmanned aircraft (drones) in the fire vicinity. If you fly, we can't.
Coordinates
48.9745, -117.09083333333
Total Personnel
15
Size
50 Acres
Containment
0%
Incident Map
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