Wildfire Incident Report

Prepared: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 11:14:13 PM PDT

Wildfire Incident Report


Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center
La Grande, OR, USA
www.fireweatheravalanche.org
Incident #
2023-NWCG-314628
FWAC Incident ID
45366775
Incident Name
Smith River Complex Fire
Last Updated
Sunday, December 31, 2023 2:00 PM PST
(10 months ago)
Fire Reported
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 12:00 AM PDT
(1 year, 2 months ago)
State
California
Incident Type
Wildfire
Location
13.4 miles E of Fort Dick, CA
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Current Weather

Fire Growth Potential
Fire Weather Forecast
Incident Overview

The Six Rivers National Forest has received approximately 150 lightning strikes across the forest since Tuesday evening, resulting in multiple fires across the forest.

Just south of the Oregon border, the Diamond, Holiday, Kelly, and Prescott Fires along with other smaller fires in the area have all been grouped together into the Smith River Complex. The Holiday Fire is reported to be 500 acres, the Diamond Fire 30 acres, the Kelly Fire 200 acres, and the Prescott Fire approximately 193 acres. Combined these incidents total 923 acres. These numbers will fluctuate as more information is acquired.

This Smith River Complex remains under a full suppression strategy with rapid and aggressive initial attack operations. Air attack is being used to perform reconnaissance throughout the forest and additional resources have been ordered to support the incident. 

California Interagency Incident Management Team 15 will be in briefing at 1700 on August 16th, 2023, and will be taking over the incident at 0700 on August 17th, 2023.

There is a current mandatory evacuation order in place for Little Jones Creek Rd (FS 17N08). If you are in this area please leave now and if you are aware of others in this area please let them know. OES has sent an Everbridge notification to those registered for notifications in this area (Del Norte Office of Emergency Services).

A road closure along US Route 199 will be in place as of 1400 on August 16th, 2023 due to increasing fire behavior near the highway (CHP - Crescent City).

Due to fire activity as well as proximity, Grassy and Patrick's Creek Campgrounds are now closed.

Last Updated
Wed, Aug 16, 2023 5:19 PM UTC
Incident Type
Wildfire
Fire Discovered
Tue, Aug 15, 2023 7:00 AM UTC
Coordinates
41.945944444444, -123.89172222222
Size
923 Acres
Containment
0%
Incident Map

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