Clearwater fire

nfh · Friday at 7:05 PM

Well this is going to shut down some sheep hunts, late season elk hunts. Elks fork is main hub to access several areas.

mightyhunter · Saturday at 6:03 AM

Why is this the Clearwater Fire? The Clearwater drainage is North of the road and river. Anyway, will they let it burn to remove beetle killed lodgepole pine or will they actually make an effort to put it out? You never know around here. NFH is right about the fire possibly altering sheep (Area 3) and elk hunts and especially access into other areas. No telling how many USFS administrators and supervisors are standing around watching this fire.

nfh · Saturday at 7:36 AM

mightyhunter said:
Why is this the Clearwater Fire? The Clearwater drainage is North of the road and river. Anyway, will they let it burn to remove beetle killed lodgepole pine or will they actually make an effort to put it out? You never know around here. NFH is right about the fire possibly altering sheep (Area 3) and elk hunts and especially access into other areas. No telling how many USFS administrators and supervisors are standing around watching this fire.

Had this same discussion on the fire name. My guess was since Clearwater campground is near.

Going to be a interesting fire to watch. Lot of dead crap to be burnt

mightyhunter · Monday at 5:10 AM

138 acres at the last report.

Soccerdude · Monday at 11:06 PM

Must be growing. Highway getting shut down.

mightyhunter · 2024-07-30T06:26:28-0600

70 firefighters on site and 0% contained. That would indicate another let the dead lodgepole burn and watch. Just sayin…mh

SDBugler · 2024-07-30T06:53:35-0600

Hopefully they will get the trail opened up to the public again before the season opens. As NFH said, that is a pretty major trail to access a lot of country!

nfh · 2024-07-30T09:33:28-0600

just letting it burn is what it looks like to me.
Did I read right about 1,000 acres now?

mightyhunter · 2024-07-30T11:03:58-0600

Nfh, 1,000 acres was reported by the Powell Tribune today.

nfh · 2024-07-30T12:20:21-0600

mightyhunter said:
Nfh, 1,000 acres was reported by the Powell Tribune today.

I see it almost took out elks fork campground. Spreading up to grace creek and looks like cougar creek is in danger. Should make for a good late season cow elk hunt.

grosventrehunter · 2024-07-30T19:19:53-0600

Not much of a fire if it's only burned 1,000 areas in eleven days. Seems to me if they were serious about putting it our there would be fire crews coming in from all over the state/country.