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Prescribed Fire
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OtherSherwood
Unit Information
Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources
225 S. Silke Road
Colville, WA 99114
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The Sherwood Fire is located about 2 miles Northeast of Wellpinit, WA. It started on Wednesday, July 21st. The fire is currently about 1 mile south of Cottonwood road and 2 miles west of Wilkinson road. After initial attack NE Washington Team 3 took command of the fire then transferred command to NW Incident Management Team 6 on July 25th at 6:00 p.m.
Basic Information
| Current as of | |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Under Investigation |
| Date of Origin | Wednesday July 21st, 2021 approx. 02:15 PM |
| Location | Two miles north of Wellpinit, WA |
| Incident Commander | Grant Dennison, Incident Commander, Type 4 IMT |
| Coordinates | 47.912 latitude, -117.986 longitude |
Current Situation
| Total Personnel | 130 |
| Size | 1,256 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 95% |
| Fuels Involved | Timber (Grass and understory) Timber (Litter and understory) |
| Significant Events | Minimal, Smoldering |
Outlook
| Planned Actions | Continue to mop up, monitor and repair suppression lines. |
| Projected Incident Activity | 12 Hours: Continue to mop up, monitor, and continue suppression line repair. 24 hours: Continue to mop up, monitor, and continue suppression line repair. 48 hours: Continue to mop up, monitor, and continue suppression line repair. |
Current Weather
| Weather Concerns | Temperatures rebounded with a roughly 10 degree increase over yesterday. Higher dew points from the monsoonal air mass and yesterday's light rain, however, have only resulted in humidity reaching 25-30% despite temperatures in the lower 90s. A heavy smoke presence from distant fires has also remained in the incident area as winds have generally remained 5 mph or less. Tuesday and Wednesday will warm and dry further as temperatures climb to the mid-90s. A drier air mass will also return producing humidity in the teens. The lower atmosphere will be particularly unstable Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of low pressure arriving Thursday. This low pressure system may bring a round of wetting rains through Friday, but also with a very low chance of thunderstorms. Friday may also be rather windy with southwest gusts 30-35 mph possible. |
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