Four Mile Canyon Fire Scanner Updates

All air operations terminated for the night.

Per OEM

8:36 p.m. - Sept. 7, 2010: The next media briefing will be at 9 a.m. at the Boulder County Justice Center, located at 6th Street and Canyon Boulevard in Boulder.

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7:03 p.m. - Sept. 7, 2010:

The current evacuation area has not changed and includes:

- the communities east of the Peak-to-Peak Highway
- west of Highway 36
- south of Lefthand Canyon Rd
- north of Boulder Canyon
- along Sugarloaf Rd
- There are not any evacuations within the City of Boulder city limits.

The current list of road updates also has not changed and is as follows:
- Boulder Canyon is open
- Lefthand Canyon is open to Jamestown
- Lefthand Canyon is closed from Lee Hill to Lick Skillet
- Fourmile Canyon and Sugarloaf roads are closed

From 9 News

The Boulder Valley School District says Nederland Elementary and Nederland Middle/Senior High Schools will be open Wednesday on their regular schedule. Gold Hill and Jamestown elementary schools will remain closed Wednesday due to the fire.

Number of structures destroyed by Boulder fire soars to 92

BOULDER - Authorities said on Tuesday night that they have counted 92 structures, including homes, that were destroyed by the Fourmile Canyon Fire and eight others that were damaged. The fire has spread over more than 7,100 acres and forced thousands to evacuate.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx? ... &catid=339

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There will be no civilian access permitted past the roadblocks. All personnel past the roadblocks must be credentialed. Medication requests will be handled by mobile units in the area.

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is providing this information to residents who have been affected by the fire. The addresses listed below are of houses that the Sheriff's Office has identified as destroyed by the Fourmile Canyon Fire. These addresses were determined from only 5-10% of the burned area, as that is the only area that could be safely surveyed today. Some parts of the burned area are more densely populated than others. In most cases, Sheriff’s deputies were able to identify addresses by the homes' mailboxes, some of which are grouped with other mailboxes, so while we intend this to be an accurate list of addresses, we are working under difficult conditions in determining the actual address of each home.



We will continue to post more information as it becomes available following additional investigative work on Wednesday.

The list of homes is contained on this link:

http://www.boulderoem.com/component/content/article/5

Another source of information, including a nice perimeter map - http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/?n=fourmilefire_briefing

8:26 a.m. - Sept. 8, 2010 - Boulder County Public Health continues to urge residents to stay inside due to smoke from the Fourmile Canyon wildfire. Visit [url=http://www.BoulderCountyAir.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]www.BoulderCountyAir.org[/url] for more information.

7:58 a.m. - Sept. 8, 2010 - Sunshine Canyon Drive is closed.

Per InciWeb:

Incident Overview
Boulder, CO - The Four Mile Canyon Fire is burning in rugged, steep terrain 5 miles west and northwest of the Boulder City limits. Approximately 7,100 acres have burned. Multiple structures have been lost and many remain threatened. The fire began on September 6, 2010 in Emerson Gulch located in Four Mile Canyon. The fire cause remains under investigation. Communities impacted by this fire include Four Mile Canyon, Sunshine Canyon, Gold Hill, Sugarloaf, Pinebrook Hills, and Boulder Heights. Approximately 3,500 residents are under manditory evacuation.

Cooler temperatures are expected today with wind speeds between 8-12 mph. Aviation resources will be assisting fire operations throughout the day. Over 200 firefighters are currently fighting the Four Mile Canyon Fire and are joined by three Type 1 hotshot crews, 5 helicopters and 5 heavy air tankers. Multiple resources continue to arrive on the fire. The Rocky Mountain Type II Incident Management Team transitioned with the Boulder County Type 3 Incident Management Team on Tuesday at 6:00 P.M. and will be working with the local units that have been working on the fire since it started.

There will be a public meeting at 7:30 P.M at the Coors Events Center at the CU Boulder Campus. Attendees should use approved parking Lots 418, 440 and 436



Basic Information
Incident Type Wildfire
Cause Under Investigation
Date of Origin Monday September 06th, 2010 approx. 10:00 AM
Location 5 miles west of downtown Boulder
Incident Commander Todd Richardson

Current Situation
Total Personnel 200
Size 7,100 acres
Fuels Involved 10 Timber (litter and understory) Heavy dead and down with bug mortality in Douglas-fir.

Fire Behavior Crowning, running, spotting, creeping in Douglas-fir, Ponderosa pine and grass.

Significant Events 20 subdivisions west of Boulder have been evacuated and 3 major County Roads closed. Fire continues perimeter growth and associated structure loss. Transition from Type 3 and Type 2 (Richardson) occurred at 1800 today (9-7).


Outlook
Planned Actions Structure protection and damage assessment. Continue line construction on remote sections of fire.

Growth Potential High

Terrain Difficulty Extreme


Current Weather
Wind Conditions 20 mph SE
Temperature 76 degrees
Humidity 18%

Source

3 LATs are about to leave Jeffco airport (sorry, forget the new name) enroute to the fire.

Edited to add Jeffco airport is now called Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.

some interesting perimeter maps and links to other sites:

http://wildfiretoday.com/