Newby Lake Fire – Incident Overview

Basic Information

Current as of	7/19/2015, 8:52:36 PM
Incident Type	Wildfire
Cause	Lightning/natural
Date of Origin	Thursday July 02nd, 2015 approx. 01:00 PM
Location	12 miles NW of Loomis, WA.
Incident Commander	Ed Lewis – PNW 3

Current Situation

Total Personnel	403
Size	5,065 Acres
Percent of Perimeter Contained	30%
Fuels Involved	Timber (Grass and Understory).
Significant Events	Fire behavior includes creeping, smoldering with some isolated torching and short range spotting. Increase fire behavior is possible with outflow winds from thunderstorms.

Outlook

Planned Actions	Division A/Z: Aerial patrol. Division B: Identify heat sources and mop-up as appropriate. Division C: Utilize a combination of direct line and cold trail methods west of the North Fork of Toats Coulee Creek in order to check fire spread within the existing perimeter. Continue to mop up from the 4000 road to Toats Coulee. Identify alternate and contingency options. Division K: In monitor status. Contingency Groups 1 & 2 are constructing contingency lines to the south and east of the fire along Nine Mile Road and Branch Creek Drainage.
Projected Incident Activity	12 Hours: Low spread potential, creeping and a few isolated torching trees. Short range spotting. 24 Hours: Elevated fire activity with warming and drying. Isolated torching and short range spotting. 48 & 72 Hours: Creeping and smoldering with isolated torching and short range spotting Anticipated after 72 Hours: Creeping and smoldering. Unsettled, moist and cooler weather is forecasted.
Remarks	The figure of 5,065 acres accounts for acres within the United States.

Current Weather

Weather Concerns	Warming and drying trend will continue with today being the warmest temperatures and lowest relatively humilities in the past week. Winds will be calm. Brief thunderstorms are possible with outflow winds and lightning.