New Fork Lakes fire
Aerial view of the fire showing New Fork Lakes and the Narrows. View looking northeast into the New Fork drainage. Photo by Chris Havener.
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Fire Map August 3
New Fork Lakes fire perimeter map as of Sunday, August 3. The fire is 11,585 acres.
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New Fork Lakes Fire grows to 11,585 acres
Area trail closures in effect
by Pinedale Online!
August 4, 2008
TRAIL CLOSURES: Bridger-Teton forest officials have issued an area closure for the New Fork Lakes Fire. Trails included in the closure are New Fork Lakes, Willow Creek, Spring Creek, and Long Lake.
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The New Fork Lakes Fire grew to 11,585 acres, as of Sunday night, August 3rd. The fire has been burning since Tuesday, July 28th. The human-caused fire started due to an abandoned campfire on the southeast shore of the lake. The blaze is about 19 miles north of Pinedale, burning mostly east in the Bridger Wilderness. It is burning in decadent stands of timber and bug-kill lodgepole pine, and the growth potential remains high.
Wilderness rangers are working the area ahead of the fire to make contact with anyone in the area to make them aware of the trail closures and have them vacate the area. The fire has been putting up a huge column of smoke, visible from a long distance. Signs are posted at the trailheads to warn of the trail closures.
Fire crews have gained 9% containment of the fire. Firefighters are patrolling the holding lines and providing structure protection for residences, outbuildings and ranches in the vicinity west of the blaze. There are currently 162 total personnel on this fire.
For current updates online, see the Inciweb page for this fire: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1440. Click on the Photos and Maps links for current maps showing the fire perimeter and many photos of the fire.
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Special thanks to Debbee Miller, Sally Hayward, Kirby Hedrick, Bob Rule/KPIN Radio, and US Forest Service for the recent photos of this fire. See our Pinedale Online story archive for earlier updates and many more photos of this fire (look through July and August).
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