Wildfire in Southwest: Stateline Fire (NM,CO,OK)

Updated on March 21, 2018 at 10:50 AM) According to a March 18th article from the Denver Post the Stateline that burned 28,105 acres across three states (CO-10,333 acres; NM-17,300 acres; and OK-112 acres) was mostly contained at the time the article was written. The Southwest Coordination Center is reporting today (via the map on their homepage) that the Stateline Fire is at 100 percent containment.

March 14, 2018

Things are getting back to some semblance of normal in New Jersey after two recent nor'easters with the nor'easter # 3 hitting Southern New England hard. I wanted to find out about the wildfire situation in Oklahoma so I went to the Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) Daily Situation Page (updated daily) where I accessed the OFS Daily Situation Report for today, March 14th. This report is not yet available on the OFC Fire News Blog, however I suspect that this report will be available in a day or so.

Anyway, I noted that there were several wildfires in Oklahoma that have been 100 percent contained including the 2,400 acre Duncan Fire that burned 2,400 acres in Pushmataha County, the Rocky Trail Fire that burned 230 acres in Pittsburg County and several fires that were contained at under 200 acres.

Of note, I learned about the Stateline Fire that has burned over 26,000 acres near the New Mexico-Colorado-Oklahoma state line. This grass fire is outside the OFS response area but the OFS sent resources to help fight this grass fire. According to the Southwest Coordination Center's Morning Report (March 14, 2018)  the Stateline grass fire was first reported on Match 8, has burned 26,768 acres 35 miles north of Clayton NM, and is at 50 percent containment as I write this. Helicopters are working the fire in support of the wildland firefighters on the ground. Further the Midewin Hotshot Crew is or was working the wildfire.

Here is a video from KOAA 5 from March 12th:



Direct link to video on Youtube

And another video from the Colorado Division of Fire Control taken from a Colorado Multi Mission Aircraft on or about March 12th.


Direct link to video on Youtube

Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today reported on the Stateline Fire in a March 12th article

Time out - thank-you linemen for restoring power in NJ

As many of you know from reports on various media outlets, New Jersey and environs in adjoining Pennsylvania and New York have seen two nor'easters in the last several days with one more on the way tonight. Unless the storm tonight takes a turn to the west, this storm is likely to have a more severe impact on Eastern Long Island and Southern New England.

These two nor'easters, one on March 2nd and the second on March 7th hit New Jersey and environs hit New Jersey hard with 200 to 300,000 outages or more during each storm. Crews were not quite finished restoring power from the March 2nd storm when the second nor'easter hit. Utility crews from around the country came to help restore power. So, I want to take a time out from my usual blogging to say that I am ok, I get through the storm better then some in my area of New Jersey.

Before getting back to the utility crews, I would be remiss not to give a shout out to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS). I know that sometimes NJFFS crews help with post-storm clean up in New Jersey State property.  I do not know whether are not NJFFS have been helping with such post-storm clean up. At the very least I want to acknowledge that they are ready and willing to do so should their help be required.

But more importantly and to the point is to thank the utility crews for spending days away from their families working 16 hour shifts. See this March 12th report from First Energy on restoration efforts in their service area in New Jersey (where I live). Most of those who lost power during the March 2nd storm had the power restored by Saturday, March 10th with the majority of the remaining outages being restored to service on March 11th.

There were a couple of staging areas for utility crews, where crews from out of state could sleep in trailers, take showers, and eat in a common dining area. In addition supplies including but not limited to utility poles, wires, and transformers were at these staging areas. New Jersey Advance Media. New Jersey Advance Media (aka NJ dot com) had a nice photo spread on March 8th that included images of destruction caused by the most recent storm along with photos from one of the utility staging areas. That photo spread and article may be found here with photos of the utility staging area starting at photo 24 through photo 36. I don't have my own photos to share with you, but I do hope that you take a few moments to look at the photos from NJ Advance Media.

Thank-you all utility linemen, support crew, etc. who worked so hard to restore power to us in New Jersey and adjoining states. You work is appreciated. You spent time away from your families working long days to help us out. Stay safe.

NJFFS History: Monroe Township (Middlesex County), 4/19/85

Continuing with sharing some videos of historic wildfires in New Jersey, here is a a video of a wildfire that burned over 600 acres in Monroe Township (Middlesex County) on April 9, 1985. A few homes and outbuildings were lost.


Direct link to video

Airtankers at Penticton Air Tanker Base, British Columbia (2013

As we in the northeast experience another nor'easter today, I hope that you enjoy this footage of airtankers at Penticton Airtanker Base (July 28, 2013) in British Columbia, Canada. I enjoyed this 19 minute footage, made my day.


Direct link to video from VMC Aviation Videos

March 2nd Nor'easter

Many of you no doubt know about the nasty nor'easter that hit the east coast of the United States from Virginia to Maine last Friday, March 2nd. Tens of thousands of folk are still without power as I write this. I am still here. I do sometimes pause and post about notable weather events that impact my corner of the world. No, this time, I do not have no photos of utility workers that are working around the clock to restore power. I decided that best thing that I can do for those working to clean up tree debris and restore power is to stay out of the way. Moreover, I saw enough of those wonderful utility workers after Super Storm Sandy to last me a while, many were working within walking distance of my house.

I want to thank the staff of my National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office at Philadelphia, Mt. Holly for the great work they did in giving us the best information that they could to keep us informed of the nasty storm so that we may be as safe as we can. In addition, I want to thank the staff at the following National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) for their forecasts: State College Pennsylvania, Gray/Portland Maine, Burlington Vermont, Boston/Taunton Massachusetts,  Albany New York, Binghamton New York, New York, NY (Upton), Baltimore/Washington, and Wakefield, Virginia. Some WFO's were not as severely impacted as others, but I believe that all I named here were keeping an eye on the nor'easter. There are two National Weather Service River Forecast Centers that keep an eye on their rivers and harbors that cover the region that I just mentioned, the Northeast River Forecast Center and the Midatlantic River Forecast Center. The River Forecast Centers work with each of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices in their regions. All of these WFOs and River Forecast Centers were involved in forecasting the March 2-3 Nor'easter. I hope that I included all Weather Forecast Offices and River Forecast Centers that were involved with this Nor'easter.. Thanks all of my friends at the National Weather Service for working hard in sometimes difficult circumstances to be sure that your residents have the best possible weather information (that often changes as the hours go by) so that we may as safe as possible.

I think that the best video that I can share is one that some of you may have seen on CNN (on March 3rd, I believe) of a plane that was not able to land at Reagan National Airport in Arlington Virginia on March 2nd in the strong winds, starting at about 25 seconds into the March 3rd video report.


Direct link to CNN video on youtube

Here is the last Public Information Statement from the NWS Weather Forecast Office at Philadelphia/Mt. Holly for the March 2nd Nor'easter, you may or may not be interested in the snow fall totals. But you might be interested in the peak wind gusts listed after the snowfall reports. I copied this from their website which is why the background colors are not consistent. The yellow highlighting is mine.

000
NOUS41 KPHI 031800
PNSPHI
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-040600-

Public Information Statement
Spotter Reports
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
100 PM EST Sat Mar 03 2018

The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 53
hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation
is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, Skywarn
spotters and media for these reports. This summary also is available
on our home page at weather.gov/phi

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     SNOWFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

DELAWARE

...New Castle County...
   Talley Brook           1.3   810 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Greenville             0.8   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Claymont               0.6   812 PM  3/02  DEOS
   New Castle County Ai   0.1   700 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Hockessin                T   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Prices Corner            T   800 AM  3/03  DEOS

NEW JERSEY

...Atlantic County...
   Hammonton              3.2   745 PM  3/02  Co-Op Observer
   Estell Manor           2.9   800 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   1 WNW Hammonton        2.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 SE Folsom            2.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 SW Egg Harbor City   1.4   750 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Atlantic City Intl A   0.8  1205 AM  3/03  ASOS

...Burlington County...
   2 SSE Medford Twp      1.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Tabernacle             1.4   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Marlton                1.2   500 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 SSW Moorestown Twp   1.1   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Mount Laurel           1.1   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SE Southampton Twp   1.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Moorestown             1.0   827 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   5 WNW Tabernacle Twp   0.8   830 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Cinnaminson Twp.       0.7   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Maple Shade            0.5   505 PM  3/02  Public
   Mount Holly WFO        0.5   700 PM  3/02  NWS Office
   2 E Burlington         0.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Camden County...
   4 W Winslow Twp.       2.5   730 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Cherry Hill            2.0   845 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   4 SW Somerdale         1.3   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Mount Ephraim          1.0   725 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Cape May County...
   1 NNW Woodbine         0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Cumberland County...
   Newport                1.3   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Gloucester County...
   South Harrison Twp     3.5   815 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   4 WSW Turnersville     3.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Mantua                 3.0   454 AM  3/03  Storm total.
   West Deptford          2.5   630 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 WNW Turnersville     2.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   East Greenwich Twp.    2.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SE Monroe Twp.       1.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Hunterdon County...
   2 NE Byram             4.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Frenchtown             3.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 ESE Alpha            3.1   630 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SSE Annandale        2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Lebanon                1.8   730 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   3 E Flemington         1.0   826 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Readington             0.5   350 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Mercer County...
   2 NW Hopewell Twp.     0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 NNW Trenton          0.2  1159 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   Ewing                  0.2   340 PM  3/02  Meteorologist
   Hamilton Twp           0.1   500 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Middlesex County...
   3 NE South Brunswick   0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Monmouth County...
   Clarksburg             3.3   930 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Howell                 2.8   825 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Colts Neck             2.6   745 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 E Colts Neck Twp     2.6   800 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   3 W Howell Twp         2.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   9 NE Lakehurst         2.0   701 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Freehold               2.0   800 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   9 SSW Long Branch      1.3   705 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   5 SW Long Branch       0.6   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   1 SW Long Branch       0.4   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Morris County...
   Green Pond            11.8   400 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   Randolph Twp          11.3   730 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Jefferson Twp         10.6  1045 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   Lake Hopatcong        10.0   640 PM  3/02  Amateur Radio
   Mount Arlington        9.0   830 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Schooleys Mountain     9.0   315 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Mine Hill Twp. ENE     8.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Marcella               8.0  1030 PM  3/02  Elevation 820 feet.
   3 S Green Pond         8.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SW Randolph Twp      8.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Mine Hill Twp.         8.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Rockaway               6.0   700 AM  3/03  Public
   7 ESE Stanhope         6.0   615 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 W Washington Twp.    5.8   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Roxbury Twp.           5.8   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Chester Twp ENE        5.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 E Randolph Twp.      5.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 E Randolph Twp       5.0  1000 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Denville               4.3  1030 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Ledgewood              2.0   442 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   2 W Mendham            1.9   845 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 ESE Denville Twp     1.9   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 NNW New Providence   1.0  1000 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   5 W Fairfield          0.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Ocean County...
   3 SSE Berkeley Twp.    2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Lakehurst              1.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Point Pleasant Beach   0.3   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 NNE Brick Twp.       0.2   900 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Somerset County...
   1 NNE Peapack And Gl   4.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 ESE Bedminster Twp   1.0   600 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 ENE Franklin Twp.    0.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 ENE Franklin Twp     0.4   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 SE Hillsborough Tw   0.3   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 NE Franklin Twp.     0.3   600 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Sussex County...
   Branchville           16.5  1030 PM  3/02  Elevation 1200 FT
   Montague              15.8   211 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   Highland Lakes        14.0   800 PM  3/02  Elevation 1400 FT
   High Point            13.5   235 PM  3/02  Elevation 1500 FT
   Vernon Twp            11.0   530 PM  3/02  Barry Lakes
   3 SE Hardyston Twp     8.2   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 N Wantage            8.0   410 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Stockholm              7.0   237 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Vernon Valley          5.5   530 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 NNE Sussex           2.3   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Warren County...
   Oxford                 6.0   415 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Allamuchy              6.0   748 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Hackettstown           5.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 NE Hope              3.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Stewartsville          3.1   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   2 E Alpha              3.1   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Bridge                 2.7   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Riegelsville           2.0   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer

PENNSYLVANIA

...Berks County...
   Huffs Church           2.1   400 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   2 WNW New Morgan       0.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 ESE Fleetwood        0.2   806 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Bucks County...
   2 NW Perkasie          6.1   926 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Chalfont               5.5   800 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Furlong                2.7   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Penndel                1.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Trevose                1.0   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 E Oakford            1.0  1200 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   3 NNE Langhorne        0.7   630 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Carbon County...
   Albrightsville         5.5  1220 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Jim Thorpe             2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Chester County...
   Berwyn                 7.0   520 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Downingtown            4.6   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   East Nantmeal          3.3   630 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Devault                2.5   816 PM  3/02  DEOS
   West Chester           2.5   817 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Warwick                2.3   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Chester Springs        1.6   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Glenmoore              1.2   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Pughtown               0.6   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 SW Chads Ford        0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Delaware County...
   Wayne                  9.5   700 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Villanova              9.0  1200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Newtown Square         7.0   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Media                  6.0   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Thornton               5.6   625 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Lansdowne              4.4   825 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Springfield            4.3   800 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Broomall               3.2   350 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Chadds Ford            2.2   645 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Lehigh County...
   Fogelsville            6.0  1200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Salisbury Twp          4.1   700 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   2 S Emmaus             4.0   430 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   S Allentown            4.0   620 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Lehigh Valley Intl A   3.7   700 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Allentown              2.5   212 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 ESE Neffs            0.7   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Monroe County...
   Coolbaugh Twp         23.6   800 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Tobyhanna             20.0   510 PM  3/02  Broadcast Media
   Mount Pocono          17.0  1000 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   Blakeslee             15.0   200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Pocono Summit         12.0   939 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   1 NE Bossardsville     7.1   930 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Bartonsville           7.0   715 PM  3/02  Social Media
   1 N Rossland           4.4   706 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Montgomery County...
   Bryn Mawr              9.5   740 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Plymouth Meeting       9.0  1200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   North Wales            8.0   830 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Wyndmoor               7.0  1000 AM  3/03  Social Media
   3 SW Lansdale          6.7   900 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Lansdale               5.5   645 PM  3/02  Social Media
   8 ESE Schwenksville    5.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Green Lane             4.5   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Graterford             4.4   730 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Wynnewood              4.3   430 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   3 ESE Skippack         3.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Site 2                 3.5   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Wyncote                3.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 WSW Schwenksville    2.8   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   1 WSW North Wales      2.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   King of Prussia        2.3   800 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Tylersport             1.5  1000 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Gilbertsville          1.3   730 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 W Conshohocken       1.0   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer

...Northampton County...
   Hellertown             6.0   400 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Bethlehem              5.6   330 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Cherry Hill            5.5  1020 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Easton                 4.3   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Martins Creek          3.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Philadelphia County...
   Philadelphia           3.0   200 AM  3/03  Northeast Philadelphia
   Pencoyd                2.5   330 PM  3/02  6ABC Studios
   Fox Chase              2.2   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Rockledge SE           2.2   730 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Franklin Institute     2.0   930 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   5 NE Philadelphia      2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Somerton               2.0   415 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Philadelphia Intl Ai   1.5   700 PM  3/02  ASOS

***********************PEAK WIND GUST***********************

LOCATION             MAX WIND     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                        GUST            OF
                         MPH    MEASUREMENT

DELAWARE

...ANZ455...
   1 SE Dewey Beach        62  1126 AM  3/02  54 knots.

...ANZ470...
   NDBC Buoy 44009         69   700 PM  3/02  60 knots.

...Kent County...
   Dover                   62   349 PM  3/02  AWOS

...New Castle County...
   Wilmington New Castl    58   254 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Middletown              58   421 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Blackbird               52   509 PM  3/02  RAWS
   Townsend                46   510 PM  3/02  DEOS

...Sussex County...
   Lewes                   66   749 AM  3/02  ROUTE 1
   Lewes NOS               66   848 PM  3/02  NOS-NWLON
   Dewey Beach             62  1151 AM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Greenwood               54   316 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Sussex County Airpor    49  1203 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Redden                  49   208 PM  3/02  RAWS
   Georgetown              47   135 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Milton                  46  1235 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Seaford                 46   310 PM  3/02  DEOS

MARYLAND

...Cecil County...
   Fair Hill               63   306 PM  3/02  Mesonet
   North East              56   405 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Chesapeake City NOS     51   354 PM  3/02  NOS-PORTS

...Queen Anne``s County...
   Bay Bridge Airport      47   655 AM  3/02  AWOS

...Queen Annes County...
   Grasonville             64   417 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Stevensville            52   155 PM  3/02  AWOS

...Talbot County...
   2 E Oxford              54   551 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Easton/newnam Field     48  1250 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Easton Newman Airpor    46   750 AM  3/02  AWOS

NEW JERSEY

...ANZ431...
   Brandywine Shoal NOS    74   830 PM  3/02  64 knots.
   Cape May NOS Buoy       68  1148 AM  3/02  59 knots.

...Atlantic County...
   Atlantic City Intern    61   123 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Burlington County...
   McGuire AFB             51   500 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Moorestown              46   915 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Camden County...
   Pennsauken              56   345 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Cape May County...
   Dennisville             71   248 PM  3/02  Shingles off home.
   Cape May                71   418 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Cape May NOS            68  1148 AM  3/02  NOS-NWLON
   North Wildwood          57  1052 AM  3/02  WeatherFlow
   West Cape May           57   455 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Ocean City              55   829 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS
   Cape May Point          54   100 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Woodbine                51  1230 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Cape May County Airp    51   203 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Sea Isle City           50   600 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Dennis Twp.             47  1100 AM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Cumberland County...
   Fortesque               60  1205 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Newport                 54   200 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Millville Municipal     54   404 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Upper Deerfield         46   600 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Gloucester County...
   Washington Twp          65   255 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Piney Hollow            59  1024 PM  3/02  NJ-MESONET
   West Deptford           46   330 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Hunterdon County...
   Lebanon                 71   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Readington              53   620 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS
   Clinton                 50  1249 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   White House Station     46   440 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS

...Mercer County...
   Lawrenceville           62   500 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Mercer County Airpor    54   420 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Mercerville             49   529 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Hopewell Twp.           48   520 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Middlesex County...
   South Plainfield        65   500 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Perth Amboy             55   226 PM  3/02  WXFLOW

...Monmouth County...
   Keyport                 54   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Sea Girt                53   805 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Port Monmouth           53   259 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Monmouth                47   634 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   North Middletown        46   235 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Sandy Hook              46   845 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Allaire Airport         46   351 PM  3/02  AWOS

...Morris County...
   Morristown              49  1145 AM  3/02  AWOS

...Ocean County...
   Harvey Cedars           62   635 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Tuckerton               59   543 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Seaside Heights         58   725 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Rutgers                 58   247 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Mantoloking             55   751 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Trixies                 53   828 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Barnegat Inlet          52   500 PM  3/02  USGS
   Waretown                51   830 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Somerset County...
   Somerset Airport        49   631 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Sussex County...
   High Point Monument     48  1125 AM  3/02  NJWXNET

PENNSYLVANIA

...Berks County...
   Fleetwood               59   321 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Reading Regional Air    58   238 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Lenhartsville           54   239 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Bucks County...
   Perkasie                51   237 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS
   Nockamixon              49   323 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Yardley                 48   332 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Newton                  48   455 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Doylestown Airport      47   158 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Chester County...
   West Grove              60   305 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Coatesville             53   355 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Marsh Creek             52   651 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   4 NW Ladenberg          50  1245 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Delaware County...
   Newtown Square E        56   721 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Lehigh County...
   Lehigh Valley Intl A    60   520 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Queen City              51   635 PM  3/02  AWOS
   4 SE Claussville        46   155 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Monroe County...
   Pocono Mountains Mun    60   130 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Pocono Pines            48   540 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Montgomery County...
   Pottstown Limerick A    46   512 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Northampton County...
   Bushkill Center         60  1152 AM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Cherry Hill             58   800 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Beersville              50   115 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Danielsville            47   213 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Philadelphia County...
   Northeast Philadelph    62   313 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Philadelphia Intl Ai    59  1024 PM  3/02  ASOS

NJFFS History: Wildfire in Oldwick, Hunterdon County (4/6/15)

I am preparing this post on Friday, March 2nd to post on March 5th. Just in case the nor'easter does some damage to the power grid in my area.

Continuing with some recent wildfires in New Jersey, here is a video of a 21-acre wildfire that burned in Oldwick, Hunterdon County NJ on April 6, 2015


Direct link to video on Youtube

Aviation History: 555th Parachute Battalion (Smokejumpers)

A couple of days ago, thanks to Mike Archer's Wildfire News of the Day Newsletters, I learned about the 55th Parachute Battalion aka smokejumpers, that served at the end of World War II. There is a nice write-up with a video on this military.com webpage. The 555th Parachute Battalion aka the "triple nickles" were based in the Pacific Northwest in World War II on a highly classified mission to protect the Pacific Northwest from incendiary Japanese balloon bombs. These balloon bombs were designed to ignite firestorms. I don't exactly know if the Japanese used these balloon bombs, but I believe that the "triple nickle" helped to fight wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and were eventually called smoke jumpers.

I was not able to embed the video about the "triple nickles" that was shared on this military.com webpage. But I was able to find this Facebook post from the US Army.

Wildfire activiity in Southern Great Plains - Texas

I wrote yesterday (February 26th) about critical fire weather in the Southern Great Plains. Critical Fire Weather continues today in a portion of the Southern Great Plains.

Fire Weather Outlook for February 27, 2018 issued by NWS Storm Prediction Center on February 27, 2018

I don't know of any significant wildfire activity that occurred in Oklahoma yesterday, February 26th. I suspect that there may well be smaller wildfire in Oklahoma yesterday that I am not aware of.

There were at three larger wildfires in Texas on February 26 according to the Southern Area Coordination Center's (SACC)Morning Report for February 27th (the current morning report is found under Southern Area Productions):

• Head 2, Fire started on February 25th, 300 acres is 100 percent contained.
• Newell Fire, started on February 26th. According to this Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Information Twitter Post burned 4,022 acres up from the 2,500 acres reported by the SACC earlier this morning.
• 57 North Fire started on February 26th, 700 acres burned is 100 percent contained.

Enjoy this Youtube video posted earlier this afternoon by the Texas A&M Forest Service. taken from the cab of a dozer by Resource Specialist Cody Lambert as he worked the 57 North Fire

This just in from the Texas A&M Forest Service at about 5:25 EST

Incident Update: #FainRanchFire in Potter County is 40% contained at an estimated 30 acres. Forward progress of the fire has been stopped. TFS has one air attack aircraft and one dozer assisting. Potter County Volunteer Fire Department is also on scene. #txfire

— Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Information (@AllHazardsTFS) February 27, 2018

2017 Fire Season: Mad River Hotshots

I had noted in another post I made today (February 26th) that portions of the Souther Great Plains are experiencing critical fire weather today. As it is too early to know about new wildfires activity in Oklahoma, Texas, and environs, I thought that you might enjoy another fire crew video from the 2017 fire season. This video is from the Mad River Hotshot crew highlighting their 2017 fire season. I enjoyed the introductions to the crew in the first part of this 11 minute video.


Direct link to crew video from Mad River IHC

Critical Fire Weather continues in Southern Great Plains

Critical Fire Weather continues in portions of the Southern Great Plains today. It is still too early to know about any new wildfire activity today in Oklahoma, Texas, and environs. I'll report back if there is substantial new wildfire activity to report, probably tomorrow (February 27th).

Fire Weather Outlook for February 26, 3028 issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center on February 26, 2018

Wildfire Detection Notification App at work in Tulsa OK WFO

After the launch of GOES-R in the fall of 2016, later known as GOES-16 and now known as GOES East, I spent some time over the winter and spring of 2017 learning a little about the capabilities of GOES-16, how this satellite will improve weather forecasting,  and finally learning a little about how GOES-16 and her sister satellites (GOES-S is due to launch in March 2018) are able to improve detections of wildfires. The result of these endeavors was an eight-part series: Application of GOES-16 for wildfire detection. In part 2, I introduced the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) in the GOES-R series of satellites with a video from NASA on the ABI. In part 3 I shared three examples of improved imagery with GOES-16.

With that as background and I moved on to writing about the Wildfire Detection Notification App (WFDN), developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) Norman OK Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in February 2016. In part 5 of my series on the Application of GOES-16 for wildfire detection I wrote about the WFDN Application, an application that uses GOES-16 for wildfire detection, that article may be found here.

I was very excited when the following video report from News On 6 out of Tulsa Oklahoma came across my desk this morning. The News On 6 video report is about how the the WFDN App is being used in the area served by the NWS Tulsa Oklahoma Weather Forecast Office (WFO), one of the NWS offices using the WFDN App (see part 6).The video is short, just under two minutes. My friend from the NWS Norman WFO liked the video report and agreed that I should share this with you. You will see how the WFDN helped first responders quickly respond to a grass fire in Mayes County in northeast Oklahoma last week.

Direct link to Youtube video from News on 6 published on February 16, 2018

Initial Attack on a Grass Fire in Oklahoma

Before I get to the video that I want to share, I want to update you on a couple of wildfires that I wrote about on February 19th. The Red Horse Fire that burned 2,549 acres in Woods County, Oklahoma that I wrote about I checked the February 21, 2018 Morning Report on the Southern Area Coordination Center  where they reported that the Red Horse Fire is at 100 percent containment. On February 20th, the Southern Area Coordination Center's Morning Report noted that the Hwy 34 and 173 Fire is at 100 percent containment. You may find the current Morning Report and other Southern Area Products under Southern Area Reports on this Southern Area Coordination Center Webpage.

Several days ago, I came upon this video from Keith Buntin showing the Jennings Oklahoma Fire Department providing mutual aid to the Yale Oklahoma Fire Department for a grass fire. The video is about 15 minutes long, and depicts initial attack by this engine and crew. The video was shot from the cab of this engine. I believe but am not certain that you are seeing an engine with a small water tanker allowing the crew to use a hose on the grass fire.


Direct link to video on Youtube

Oklahoma and Texas Wildfires - February 16 to 18

I heard of three wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas, one that burned at the end of last week (week ended February 16th) and two that were reported on February 18th. There may well have been more wildfires that I do not know about.

Kemohah Fire, near Hominy Oklahoma, 166 acres, one structure destroyed. Reported by Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today on February 16, 2017. To the best of my knowledge, this  grass/vegetation fire is contained. It apparently started as a structure fire before spreading to burn 166 acres.

136 Fire, Potter County Texas, (Highway 136 and Cass Johnson Road) was one of a four wildfires (grass?) that were reported and on or about February 18th, most are at or near containment. My understanding is that the 136 fire, a grass fire, was contained at about 10 acres with the help of three air tankers dropping on the grass fire. The Texas A&M Forest Service made three tweets on twitter about this fire all on February 18th: tweet #1 at 11:24 AM on February 18th, tweet #2 at 12:01 PM on February 18th, and finally in tweet # 3 at 2:07 PM  on February 18th they reported that the fire had burned 10 acres and was at 90 percent containment. Thanks to Mike Archer at Wildfire News of the Day for the link to an article with video from MyHighPlains (February 18, 2018) about the 136 fire and the other wild (grass) fires.

Red Horse Fire, Woods County Oklahoma, about 2,549 acres at 35 percent containment, started on or about February 18th. I first learned about the Red Horse Fire from the Oklahoma Forest Service's Daily Situation Report (Facebook) for February 19, 2018. A direct link to the OFS Daily Situation Report may be found on the February 19th entry on the OFS Fire Blog. I found two local media reports about the Red Horse Fire: Woodward News (February 18th) and NewsOK (February 18th). Thanks to Mike Archer at Wildfire News of the Day for the link to the Woodward News article.

The early reports that I saw about the Red Horse Fire from yesterday and early this morning (February 19th) reported that about 3,600 acres were burned. at some point the acreage burned was downgraded to 2,549 acres probably because of better mapping. As I was writing this, I saw the following post on the OFS Facebook page probably posted about 2:45 PM EST.



High 34 and 73 Fire, Rogers Mills County, Oklahoma, 400 acres. I wrote about this wildfire on February 16th, I have no further information on containment.

Critical Fire Weather Continues in portions of Oklahoma, Texas, and surrounding areas

Fire Weather Bundle for days 1-2, 3-8 obtained on February 19, 2018 from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/gis/

Fire Weather Bundle for days 1-2, 3-8 obtained on February 19, 2018 from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/gis/

Update on critical fire weather in So Great Plains on Feb. 14-15

I spent some time over the last two days doing the best that I can to follow any wildfire activity in the Southern Great Plains including but not limited to Oklahoma and Texas during the February 14th and 15th critical fire weather.

I expect that there are wildfires, including smaller wildfires that were quickly contained that I do not know about. I do know of two wildfires that I will mention here.

The first wildfire is a wildfire in Jones County, Texas that broke out on February 14th reported by KTXS. It seems the wildfire burned some automobiles and there houses were threatened for a time.

Jones County #wildfire burns vehicles,  threatens homes https://t.co/lZPUitGu0C @AbileneFire @TXForestService

— KTXS News (@KTXS_News) February 14, 2018

Sometime later on February 14th, the Texas A&M Forest Service reported that the some wildland firefighters were released from the Jones fire as local responders were making good progress in fighting the wildfire.

Incident Update: Texas A&M Forest Service canceled/released from the wildfire in Jones County. Local fire departments have reported progress of the fire has been stopped. #txfire

— Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Information (@AllHazardsTFS) February 14, 2018

The second wildfire that is the Highway 34 & 73 fire in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, first reported on February 16th. I learned of this wildfire from the Southern Area Coordination Center's (SACC) Morning Report for February 16, 2018, the current Morning Report (updated weekdays during fire season) may be found by clicking on Southern Area Products. The fire has burned 400 acres. The SACC reports that the fire is at 59 percent containment when the report went to press.

The Current Large Incidents Map (updated weekly) dated February 16, 2018 - available here - has a box with a drop down menu below the map where you can get current information on a specific wildfire. According to that drop down box, obtained at 3 PM on February 16th, the Hwy 34 & 73 fire is at 80 percent containment.

I should mention that there are other wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas mapped on this Current Large Incidents Map are not, or are no longer being reported, on by the Southern Area Coordination Center (SACC). While I did miss a couple of days, I have been following the Morning Reports from the SACC. I believe but am not certain that the wildfires that I wrote about on February 2nd are contained. I wrote about the East Buford and West Buford wildfires, both in Oklahoma, on February 5th, both have since been contained.

In closing, two maps for you. The first is the Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center on February 16th where Day 2 is February 17th. The second map is the latest drought monitor map.

Fire Wx bundle for days 1-2, 3-8 obtained on February 16, 2018 from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/gis/

Critical Fire Weather - Feb 14 & 15 - So Great Plains, TX & OK

I recently wrote about the extreme drought that is continuing in portions of the Southern Great Plains, including portions of Oklahoma and Texas, see my February 12th article for more information. Following up on that article on the extreme drought I went to the National Weather Service's Fire Weather page from their Storm Prediction Center (SPC) to get the fire weather outlooks issued today, February 14th.

To get the Google Earth images that I share with you below, I went to the SPC's shapefile/KML links, looking for kml files that work with Google Earth, about half way down the page I looked for "Fire Weather Outlooks (Day 1,2 and 3-8) bundle" to download and install the kml file on Google Earth. I then go into Google Earth and select only the day that I want to share with you.

In the images below, note that there is elevated fire danger on both day 1 (February 14th) and day 2 (February 15th).

Fire Weather Outlook for February 14, 2018 issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center  on February 14th

Fire Weather Outlook for February 15, 2018 issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center  on February 14th

Since I have been following fire weather in the National Weather Service WFO at Amarillo Texas and the National Weather Service WFO at Norman Oklahoma forecast areas, I went to the webpage of each Weather Forecast Office (WFO) to get the following images for you. Both WFOs are forecasting critical fire weather conditions for today. The Weather Forecast Office at Norman Oklahoma carries their fire weather forecast out for six days. Over the next couple of days I will do my best to try to be informed about wildfires that may breakout and report back in a day or two. In the meantime, if you want to see what is going on before I get back to you, please check out the Texas A&M Forest Service Current Situation page and the Oklahoma Forest Service Wildfire Information Page. The Oklahoma Fire News Blog with listings for earlier reports is another good source of information.

obtained on February 14, 2018 from https://www.weather.gov/ama/fireweather

Obtained on February 14, 2018 from the fire weather potential tab on https://www.weather.gov/oun/

extreme drought continues in portions of So Great Plains - Feb 12th update

I wrote about extreme drought conditions in portions of Southern Great Plains (OK and TX) on January 31st. At that time the National Weather Service Amarillo Texas was at day 110 with no measurable precipitation at their weather reporting station. On February 11th they were at day 121 with no measurable precipitation:



Look at the most recent drought monitor the area of extreme drought (D3) in red on the map has grown from what I reported on January 31st as has the area of severe drought (D2)

This severe and extreme drought in Texas and Oklahoma and environs continues to raise concerns for a possibly devastating wildfire season. See this article by The Eagle (February 11th) for some more information about the drought in Texas. Fire Danger for today, February 12th was high in the Texas Panhandle as reported by the Texas A&M Forest Service on their Twitter account.

The wildfire danger forecast for today shows the northern Texas Panhandle in high to very wildfire danger along with an area of high wildfire danger in far West Texas. #txfire #txwx pic.twitter.com/lu9Ke0dmaJ

— Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Information (@AllHazardsTFS) February 12, 2018

2017 fire season: Cascade Initial Attack Handcrew

Today I am embedding a video from the Cascade Initial Attack Handcrew where they highlight their 2017 fire season. I don't exactly know where this Handcrew is based, perhaps they are based in the Pacific Northwest. Before you watch this video, I thought that you might want to read a brief summary of what handcrews do:

Handcrews are the infantry of wildland firefighting forces. Crews of 18 - 20 men and women use hand tools such as pulaskis and shovels to cut containment lines into the soil around a fire. Handcrews eliminate hotspots, so new fires won't start, and monitor unburned areas to make sure sparks don't jump the line and start new fires. Handcrews also work to reduce fire risks by removing flammable vegetation from wildland areas. These firefighters are in excellent physical condition. They may spend 12 hours or more working on the fire perimeter. A typical work day for a handcrew is filled with dirt, smoke, heat, and cold (obtained from USFS Fire and Aviation, Firefighters on the Ground on February 9, 2018)

Allow under nine minutes to watch the video. You will see some footage of helicopters working wildfires. Beautiful country!


Direct link to video on Youtube 

2017 fire season: Los Padres USFS Engine 47

Continuing with sharing crew videos from the 2017 fire season, here is a nice video, just over 20 minutes of showing Engine 47 from Los Padres National Forest. Nice footage of this engine crew as they work various wildland fires. You will see a couple of tanker drops.


Direct Link to video

Oklahoma 2018 fire season: large grass wildfires in Osage County

I read about two large grass fires in Osage County Oklahoma when I accessed this morning's (February 5th) Morning Report from the Southern Area Coordination Center (under Southern Area Products, reports updated daily during fire season). You may also find information on these two wildfires in the February 5th Fire News Blog from the Oklahoma Forestry Services (under fire activity with OFS Response) where the OFS reports that an Aircraft has been dispatched. Note that the KJRH in Tulsa OK reports these fires as one fire. The two large grass fires are located near Hominy Oklahoma in Osage County, both were first reported on Saturday, February 3rd:

• East Buford, burned 6,824 acres, at 40% containment (February 4th) 
• West Buford, burned 1,215 acres, at 40% containment (February 4th)

Report with video (also embedded below) from KJRH in Tulsa Oklahoma (February 3rd)

Direct link to video from KJRH in Tulsa OK

Some large wildfire activity in Texas and Oklahoma (Jan 25th - Feb 1st)

After writing about last weeks critical fire weather in Oklahoma on January 29th and the extreme drought in the southern Great Plains on January 31st, I want to spend a little time today writing about wildfire activity in the Oklahoma and Texas areas of the Southern Great Plains.  I will first write about some of the sources that I used before getting to the meat of this article, larger wildfires in the Oklahoma and Texas areas of the Southern Great Plains. The information presented here represents a work in progress, I hope to have more to follow as information becomes available.

There are a couple of sources that I went to in preparing this article. First is the Southern Area Coordination Center (SACC)   I look at three products, two of the products are the Morning Report  and the Detailed Situation Report from the Southern Area Coordination’s Center Predictive Services Page, click on Southern Area Products. These reports are updated daily during fire season, you are likely to see different reports from those that I reference in this article (reports dated February 2, 2018). The third SACC product that I used is their Southern Area Incident Map (updated daily by 9AM during the week. found under Southern Area Products). The map in combination with the information in the daily Morning Reports and the Detailed Situation Report are very helpful to me because it allows me easily locate a specific fire. Unfortunately, I can not link to any of these products for you. I mention them because I used them in preparing this article and I thought that you might find these products useful.

I also like to look at State Agencies Wildfire Data. Starting with Texas, I went to the Texas A & M Forestry Services Wildland Fire Division. You will afind the Texas A & M Current Wildfire Situation page useful with  a link to a nice interactive map of current wildfires in TX  (not the listing  of wildfires on the right side of the map wildfires. The Oklahoma Forestry Services has a nice fire news blog with daily entries summarizing wildfire activity that may be found here.

A note, when looking at data from the Oklahoma and Texas State Fire Agencies, I found that there some wildfires that I found on the SACC reports (e.g. the Windmill Fire below) that do not seem to be listed in the data from the State Agencies. Perhaps one explanation is what agency (State or Federal) is taking the lead of fighting the wildfire. I believe but am not certain that the Windmill Fire is a Bureau of Indian Affairs Fire.

I wanted to be able show you a map of some of the recent wildfires in the Oklahoma and Texas areas of the Southern Great Plains to give you an idea of wildfires that have burned over the last several days. So I went to the USFS Active Fire Mapping Program. You will see the map of Current Large Incidents when you access this page. If you go to Fire Data in Google Earth, you can download the current Large Incidents kmz file for Google Earth. I created the following map of large incidents for you. You will note that I have included fires in southern and central Texas as well as fires for Oklahoma. Recall that January 30th and 31st were critical fire weather days in portions of Oklahoma, Texas and adjoining areas. This map does not include the numerous smaller wildfires that have burned in the last several days in both States that are mostly contained.

Take a moment to look at the map. I am listing basic information on each wildfire for you (date started, acreage burned, and containment. Any errors in the listing below are mine. The information is taken from the SACC reports cited above and is current as of February 2, 2018.

Oklahoma

• Windmill: date first reported - January 30th; 3,380 acres; 65% containment
• East Side 2: date first reported - January 25th, 757 acres, 50% containment (February 1st)
• Duncan Hollow: date first reported - January31st, 288 acres, 100% containment
• 2073 Command: date first reported - January 30th, 320 acres, 90% containment
• Rogue Dozer: date first reported - January 30th, 425 acres, 95% containment
• Meachum: date first reported - unknown, 348 acres, containment unknown
• Barick: date first reported - Unknown, 637 acres, containment unknown
• Stidham Creek: date first reported - January 31st, 627 acres, 60% containment
• East 8 Mile: date first reported - January 31st, 100 acres, 20% containment

Texas

• 62 (Motley County): date first reported - January 25th; 5,042 acres; 95% containment
• Turkey Creek: date first reported - unknown, 313 acres, containment unknown
• Ledgerock: date first reported - January 30th, 500 acres, 100% containment
• Split Trough 2: date first reported - January 31st; 1,000 acres, 95% containment
• Nursery Road: date first reported - January 29th, 800 acres, 95% containment