- Subject: NPS Morning Report - Monday, June 25, 1990
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 1990
RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
MORNING REPORT
Attention: Directorate
Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
CC: RAD Information Net
Day/date: Monday, June 25, 1990
*** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***
All flags are to be lowered to half staff today until sunset in honor of
Korean War Remembrance Day per authority of Presidential proclamation.
INCIDENTS
90-153 - Olympic (Washington) - Structural Fires
On June 23rd, a fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the park's
entrance station at Soleduck. A second fire burned the outside wall of park
headquarters, but was extinguished before it could cause any significant
damage. An investigation is underway. Arson is suspected. (Telephone
report from Maureen Finnerty, Superintendent, OLYM, to Walt Dabney,
RAD/WASO, 6/23).
90-154 - Yellowstone (Wyoming) - Animal Incident
According to an Associated Press story this morning, 71-year-old H.K.
received bruises and a gash on her right side after being butted by
a bison near Old Faithful on the 21st. H.K. was reported to have been
photographing an eruption when a large bison slowly ambled toward her,
knocked her down, then walked away. This was the second reported bison
injury in the park this year. Earlier, a West German man was bruised when
he was butted by a bison. (AP story, 6/22).
FIRE ACTIVITY
1) FIRE SITUATION - Preparedness Level II
One geographic area experiencing high fire danger. Numerous Class A, B,
and C fires occurring and a potential exists for escapes to larger
(project) fires. Minimal mobilization of resources from other geographic
areas occurring. The potential exists for mobilizing additional
resources from other geographic areas.
2) FIRE SUMMARY
State Agency Area Fire Acres Status
FL FL State Unnamed fire 36,000 MN
NM FWS Seviletta NWR Marikay 600 Yes
USFS Santa Fe NF Sypher - T2 110 Yes
Pedro 285 Yes
BLM Las Cruces Mary-Toy 500 Yes
*Claunch 515 Yes
Roswell *Hagerman 532 CN 6/24
NPS Guadalupe Mts. No Rain 77 CL 6/30
NM State *Turkey 600 CN 6/24
State *Corona 600 Yes
TX NPS Lake Meredith Big Canyon 7,300 CL 6/30
*Plum 1,100 CN 6/25
CA CA Ventura County *Pole 250 CN 6/24
USFS Cleveland NF *Bedford 150 None
CDF --- *Highway 150 CN 6/24
NOTES:
- Fires - Asterisk indicates newly reported fire. T1 and T2 indicate
assigned Type I and Type II Teams.
- Status - Containment/control dates are estimates; CN means
contain, CL means control, MN means the fire is being monitored; "none"
means no estimate; "yes" means the fire has been contained.
- Agencies - All BLM areas are districts; CDF is California
Department of Forestry.
3) FIRE NARRATIVES -
- Big Canyon Fire (Lake Meredith) - The fire has been contained and
should be controlled today. Close out for the Type II team will
occur this afternoon.
- Plum Fire (Lake Meredith) - The fire should be contained this
morning and controlled by Sunday. The air tankers and lead plane
assigned to the fire were released over the weekend.
4) FIRE ACTIVITY - 110 fires for 205 acres in past 24 hours.
5) FIRE DANGERS - The following parks are experiencing high to
extreme fire danger this morning:
High Very High Extreme
Mesa Verde Zion Bryce Canyon
Big Cypress Carlsbad Caverns Colorado
Scotts Bluff Guadalupe Mountains Big Bend
Bandelier El Malpais Lake Meredith
Padre Island Grand Canyon Walnut Canyon
Hawaii Volcanoes Lava Beds Tonto
Saguaro Pinnacles Chiricahua
Great Basin Sequoia/Kings Coronado
Chiricahua Chaco Culture
Whiskeytown Aztec Ruins
Casa Grande
Organ Pipe Cactus
Saguaro
El Morro
Salinas
6) ANALYSIS - Extreme conditions continue to be reported throughout
the Southwest. National parks report the following this morning:
* Big Cypress - The park reports that summer weather patterns
are now well established and water levels are slowly rising.
* Carlsbad Caverns - Thunderstorms in the area started the
Thayer Fire on BLM lands on the park's north boundary last
night. Park crews were assisting in suppression efforts.
* Guadalupe Mountains - Thousand-hour fuels are still at
nine percent.
* Lava Beds - The park continues to monitor the Butte Fire,
which is now being mopped up on the south side of the park.
* Yosemite - The park has two prescribed fires underway - the
50-acre Mariposa Grove 10 and the 10-acre YV 13A.
7) PROGNOSIS - Fire activity is expected to increase in California,
Colorado and the Southwest because of lightning activity which
occurred yesterday afternoon.
(NPS National Wildland Fire Summary, 0430 MDT, 6/25/90; NICC Intelligence
Section, Daily Situation Report, 1630 MDT, 6/24/90; NICC Intelligence
Section, Fire Management Situation Report, 0530 MDT, 6/25/90).
OFFICE NOTES
1) SERO advises us that a police department in Florida has found an NPS
badge with the number 196 on the back. Anyone with information on where the
badge might have come from should contact Capt. Steve Alscher, RAD/SERO.
STAFF STATUS
- Division Chief: No travel scheduled.
- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Loach on AL (6/18-7/9);
Farabee in Alaska for aviation program evaluation (6/24-6/30);
Henry on SL; Halainen in Nashville for meeting with R&R Uniforms
(6/26-6/28).
- Branch of Fire: Bund in meetings with regional fire coordinators
in RMR (6/25), PNRO (6/26) and AR (6/29).
Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities
Telephone: FTS 268-4874/6039 or 202-208-4874/6039
Telefax: FTS 268-5977 or 202-208-5977
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