DAILY COMET DRIVERS

Zones 7 & 8 (Squaw Creek to Pine Creek on the Salmon River Rd) and Zone 1 (Tower Creek to Carmen, west of Salmon River) are at 'SET' status.

DAILY COMET DRIVERS

This route is long and unpaved, and drivers should be prepared for heavy mining and recreation traffic, including semi-trucks and vehicles with trailers.ĮVACUATIONS: The Lemhi County Sheriff has placed Zone 2 (both sides of Highway 93 from Tower Creek to North Fork) in “GO” evacuation status. Alternative route: Williams Creek Rd (021) to Deep Creek Rd (101), then north on Panther Creek Rd (055). The pilot car system is for residents, river permit holders and river shuttles. The Pilot Car System on Salmon River Road is scheduled to run with two-way traffic today (a pilot car on both ends) with potential for temporary delays. There westerly winds are forecasted to increase to 15-20mph. When the inversion lifts and the wind shifts to coming from the west, high temperatures are expected to return and fire activity will increase. In the morning while the atmosphere is capped with smoke and winds to the south prevail, favorable conditions exist for firefighters to achieve objectives and stall fire spread into new fuels. A 20% chance of thunderstorms exists with a low probability of precipitation. Today, elements of increased fire activity remain present: wind, high temperatures, low humidity and dry fuels. Fire activity, due to high heat and low humidity, continued late into the night. Large airtankers dropped retardant along the Diamond line to slow the growth of any spot fires that could be started by falling embers. Drones were used in strategic firing operations to remove fuels between the fire front and the large indirect containment line, the Diamond Line, and to bring the fire down to the river just north of Comet Creek. After 3 p.m., the smoke lifted and fire activity increased producing visible columns in Pine Creek, along the Stormy Peak Road west of Moose Creek, and on the east side of the fire in the Napoleon Creek and Comet Creek areas. Yesterday, temperatures and fire activity were moderated early in the day by 2 smoke layers – smoke from the Moose Fire and a fire in Northern California. The Moose Fire began on July 17th near the confluence of Moose Creek and the Salmon River. JOIN US : Virtual Community Meeting on the Salmon-Challis Facebook Page and on Teams (, Monday, August 1st 6:00pm – 7:00pmĭiscussion of strategies and plans to protect the Salmon Municipal Watershed.Email: National Forest Facebook: ĥ6,049 acres, 23% contained.

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