Fire activity on OkaWenNF Map Red=active; Yellow=being patroled; Green=being managed for resource benefits.
METHOW VALLEY RANGER DISTRICT: Five fires in patrol status and four other fires being used for resource benefit.
NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK. Fourteeen fires from a single tree to 400 acres are being managed--six w/ suppression tactics and eight fires for resource benefits. Total acreage is less than 900 acres. Panther Creek Trail is closed from Highway 20 to 4th of July Pass.
CWICC records show show Sat, 9/12 that smokejumpers responded to a small (.4 acre) fire & rappellers responded to a small (.01 acre) fire both on Tonasket RD.
Where is the smoke in the Methow Valley coming from?
The following NOAA site shows smoke movement.
NOAA NW air quality site.
NOAA also has satellite Images by date/place. Recent smoke under Canada.
Local and NW Fire Information Sources
9/2/09 The News Hour(Lehrer) included a piece on Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest health.
OkaWenNF Situation Report 9/4: YTD Fires: Human caused fires: 44 (49 acres) Lightning caused fires: 167 (4,965 acres) Total fires: 211 (5,014 acres)
Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: large fire info (summary and map), daily updates.NWCC's website.
News releases from the Okanogan Wenatchee OWNF's news releases website.
OWNF Twitter (read tweeted messages online)OkaWen twitter site.
DNR daily updateDNR website.
Dispatch records for Wildfire at Central Washington Interagency Communications Center (CWICC). Covers: Okanogan to Klickitat counties. Click "incidents by type" then "wildfires"
CWICC's website.
National Fire Information Sources
National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
Daily update on major fires in the U.S. by state
NIFC website.
Incident Information System includes sortable information for major fires in USA. Incident website.
National NOAA map of fire/smoke website
British Columbia Fire Information
British Columbia Wildfire Information
BC fires and BC fires by unit.
Provincial fire map BC fire map.