Pole Canyon Fire

[Sandstone Addiction]

This is getting too close for comfort. Pics are looking up Payson Canyon with Elk Ridge in the direct path if advancing flames. Flames appear to be either close to or over Maple Dell Scout Camp.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180914/99e312832e68f8130c1804ab68374c84.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180914/c6e2518806d1b5679c4c2b3df5ce847f.jpg

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[Sandstone Addiction]

The line of lights are people evacuating.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180914/09745a309934173dd431482e8e1d2252.jpg

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[Sandstone Addiction]

At 810 pmhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180914/d57aabc0e63c174c1d81e5e9272039d6.jpg

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[Sandstone Addiction]

Devastating fire.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180914/3cae82b37b1417c4ea93cd64e72bf1f0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180914/f84ae42fe3b679782c06c5f677f2335f.jpg

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[rockgremlin]

Soooo...arson? Cuz there damn sure hasn't been any lightning around here lately.

[DirkHammergate]

I could see the smoke from my kids school today in Salt Lake. Hopefully this doesn’t get anymore devastating.

[Sandstone Addiction]

KSL stated that it was started by lightening. ..on Sept 6th! But they chose to let it burn itself out.

What is irratating as hell is that I have yet to see any air craft flying over dropping retardant /water. Nothing except Chopper 5.
Soooo...arson? Cuz there damn sure hasn't been any lightning around here lately.

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[rockgremlin]

So, they decided to let it burn out and now it's threatening to burn up a bunch of homes.

Good plan.:roll:

[savanna3313]

My friend just posted that she and her family have to evacuate. My heart goes out to her and all of the people threatened by this fire. We need some of Florence to head over this way!

[BruteForce]

I could see the massive smoke cloud from South Jordan yesterday. UNREAL!

[middlefork]

I could see the smoke cloud from Roy. At first I thought is was just a Thunderhead build up but then had a WTF it's not supposed to even be cloudy.
Best wishes for those in the path.

[Sombeech]

Uh oh, somebody's gonna get publicly slammed for not taking action earlier on this.

Is this another area that was not managed as it should have been, leaving dead wood build up all over the place?

[Sandstone Addiction]

Sun is up now, I'm sure the south winds will be picking up again soon. Will be interesting to see what happens in the next 12 hours.

Salem Hills HS had a big ceremony planned to honor vets with a free dinner and recognition with the Gov stopping by for a visit before the football game against Corner Canyon. That's all been canceled. The HS parking lot looks like an RV park.

[oldno7]

Thanks for the updates, Dave.

[middlefork]

Pole Creek, Uintah-Wasatch-Cache NF. IMT 1 (Lund) mobilizing. Twelve miles northeast of Nephi, UT. Timberand brush. Extreme fire behavior with wind-driven runs, running and long-range spotting. Structuresthreatened. Evacuations, road, area and trail closures in effect
Looks like there will be some help on the way today.

https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

[Sandstone Addiction]

A local legend is in jeopardy of burning.

I first heard of "The Big Tree" when I moved to Salem 15 years ago, but didn't have an opportunity to see it until this past June.

The Big Tree is considered to be the largest White Fir in North America and would be a tragedy if this irreplaceable landmark were lost.

39.978169, -111.667897

https://www.unps.org/PAGES/news_bigtreehike.html

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[robles]

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[Sombeech]

A local legend is in jeopardy of burning.

That would be a tragedy.

[DirkHammergate]

I can now see the smoke from my house in Sugarhouse and the way my Ben McAdam's signs are flopping in the wind I'm hoping this doesn't go very very badly today and into tomorrow. This isn't good.

[Scott Card]

For any scouters, it looks like they have saved, for now, Camp Maple Dell according to the map. It would be a shame if that camp went up in flames. I have a lot of good memories there.

[rockgremlin]

So did that White Fir get saved or what?

[Sandstone Addiction]

So did that White Fir get saved or what?

Talked to one of the land owners in Loafer Canyon (the one who showed it to us) and he hadn't heard anything yet. But he did say that all of the cabins in the canyon were spared.

I kinda think it didn't make it. The tree sits in a saddle with tall trees all around it. But, the fire did move through that area during the night, so I'm crossing my fingers that the fire stayed on the ground and just burned the brush around it.

[Sandstone Addiction]

Some pics from Friday:

Ash on boat.

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On Friday, the fire was miles away from the Thistle Slide area, but as of Sunday, it had burned that and advanced across Highway 6 (the glow in the 2nd pic is the sunset, not fire).


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Friday evening the fire burned across Mt Loafer and looked like it was going to take out the community of Woodland Hills.


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[Sandstone Addiction]

Didn't take any pics on Saturday as I got off work early, hooked up the boat and spent the evening in the fresh air at Deer Creek.

The air on Sunday morning was remarkable clear as a slight breeze out of the north pushed the smoke south. For some unknown reason, the canyon winds that always blow down Spanish Fork Canyon were not filling the valley with choking smoke. Welcome relief.

Interesting side note...6000 people evacuated, and no one staying at the Red Cross Shelter. They are all either with friends, family or in travel trailers. I live in wonderful community. Everyone has been so generous.

Love this pic:

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This is the view from the Church parking lot this morning. Notice the trailers of a few evacuees. The High School parking lot is pretty full. Kinda surreal to see people sitting in lawn chairs with their dog under the awning watching the fire burn while walking into church.



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[Sandstone Addiction]

Just saw this. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180917/7c617b183480518593d5d3ab028d3b9e.jpg

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[rockgremlin]

Hey guys -- !!!

Don't worry so much about this fire. It will burn itself out any minute now. :roll::roll:

(Sarcasm inserted here because that was the stance the state agencies took in regards to this fire early on -- let it burn. And now look. It's considered the largest and most devastating fire in America right now).

[Iceaxe]

Wild fires are a catch 22 situation.... one of the reasons we now have such devastating fires is because we have been fighting them for decades and not letting them burn. The problem with that is we now have decades of fuel load just waiting to burn.... as far as nature and the environment are concerned wild fires are a healthy part of the ecosystem.

You might be too young to remember but this year marks the 30th anniversary of the epic 1998 Yellowstone Fire, from which we learned a lot.

1998 Yellowstone Fire
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_fires_of_1988?wprov=sfla1

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[Sombeech]

*1988

Yes I remember those, it was sad and a lot of people thought Yellowstone was gone forever, never to be beautiful again. But us humans tend to forget how these devastating fires are a healthy part of the ecosystem.

The smoke also does much more to the atmosphere than cow farts.

[rockgremlin]

The smoke also does much more to the atmosphere than cow farts.


Some say that is debatable. In theory, forest fires are considered to be "neutral," since whatever carbon that is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide were locked up back in the growth phase of the plant.


Plant removes carbon from the atmosphere upon growth. Plant releases carbon into the atmosphere when burned. (-1) + 1 = 0

[Scott Card]

The fire jumped Highway 6 yesterday and is now taking out Diamond Fork.

[rockgremlin]

A total of 86,739 acres have been burned so far, with only 2% containment. This behemoth could likely destroy well over 100,000 acres.


#Letitburn
#Letitburn
#Letitburn

(Sung to the tune of Let it Snow....)

[Sandstone Addiction]

They worked on this all day and its still slowly marching down the hill. They do have a 60' fire line between it and the backyards. Reports say that the fire is less than a 1000 feet away from houses. Hope the winds behave.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180919/74607c3f2864313212534f17b0056dbe.jpg

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[Sandstone Addiction]

Just saw this on Twitter.

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[rockgremlin]

^^^Turn on the sprinklers!! :eek2:

[Scott Card]

^^^Turn on the sprinklers!! :eek2:
I think I'd run a hose to my roof and connect a few sprinklers there.

[middlefork]

Just saw this on Twitter.

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Wood siding, Asphalt shingles and trees next to the house. What could possibly go wrong?

:2thumbs:

[accadacca]

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[rockgremlin]

"Confine and contain"

That's code for "we're not doing anything" Just curious...does "monitoring" mean they just ignore it until it's raging out of control and threatening homes? Or are they actually actively doing something?

I'm curious how many taxpayer dollars were spent fighting this fire?

[rockgremlin]

Cattle ranchers lose dozens of livestock to the blaze, are blaming firefighters for not doing enough. I think they might have a point.


#Letitburn



https://www.ksl.com/article/46395511/wildfires-cause-devastating-losses-to-livestock-in-spanish-fork

[Sombeech]

For sure, they've got to quit landing the ENTIRE air crew after somebody receives the most vague info that a drone was spotted within miles of the fire.

#thereWasNoDrone

[Sandstone Addiction]

It looks like "The Big Tree", the largest white fir in North America has been burned and now dead.

Such a shame. Stood majestically for hundreds of years (probably at least 300) and in a matter of minutes it's gone.

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[rockgremlin]

^^^ This pisses me off. And I was going to curse out the lazy firefighters again, but I had an epiphany. This wasn't the fault of the firefighters.

This is Trump's fault....for not signing the Paris accord. Alas yet another tragedy we can lay at the feet of Trump.

Thanks for the update...even though it's not good news.

[stefan]

that's very sad :facepalm1:

[accadacca]

That sucks

[Sombeech]

Bummer, although with something that big you must wonder if there's some part of the huge root system that survived.

[Rob L]

It'll survive if the area is left alone now.

[tallsteve]

Source? Where'd that photo come from?

[Sandstone Addiction]

Source? Where'd that photo come from?


The father of the kid in the pic with the dirt bikes posted it on facebook.

I assume he took it, but don't know for sure. If I can find out I'll let you know.