Aside from about three days of the #HaydenFire and one 20k acre blow up in the wilderness, this #fire season in central Idaho is going about like I expected back in spring.

September is right around the corner, with it comes cooler nights and better humidity recovery. (It was 36° at my campsite Saturday morning) large fire growth can still happen, but it's less common. The first snow in the high country isn't that far off...

I think we're getting a hell of a break this year.

Monsoonal moisture is moving into the #HaydenFire area. Not sure if any is hitting the ground yet, but ITD road cams to the south show actual widespread rain hitting the ground -- very rare for us in August. The increased humidity and (hopefully) rain should result in lower fire activity and give fire crews a chance to improve the completion of their confine & contain objectives.

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Here's an updated fire progression map for the #HaydenFire #Fire #Wildfire #Idaho #IDwx #IDfire

With better weather in the forecast, I expect we'll see some reduction in evacuation status over the next couple days. #HaydenFire

catching up after being out of cell svc for a few days.

#HaydenFire is now a confine & contain operation

like what I'm seeing, lots of blackline and smooth edges at preexisting roads/trails. Looks like burnouts blacked in gaps between control lines and the fire in several areas.

I think they've just about got this one effectively corraled. Though it'll be a while before it meets the requirements for completion and controlled likely won't be until a season-ending event.

Tomorrow's #SitRep is going to look far different than today's. I'm still camping with very sketchy cell service, but a quick look at the fire map shows a hellish day for our neighbors on the other side of the Rockies, fire everywhere...

I'll be back in civilization tomorrow and will do a deep dive on #HaydenFire, #ElkhornFire and all the new IA going on in surrounding areas.

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Yesterday I said I didn't think a #HaydenFire zone 2 or 3 evacuation order was very likely given their mapped action points, with a major caveat of "barring a wind event"...

I'm getting ready for a trip so I haven't done my morning #fire deep dive, but I'd keep an eye out for new evac notices today.

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No IR overflight last night #HaydenFire. Cloud layer over the fire, flight left its fuel stop in Boise made it to Challis before turning west towards the Elkrun fire.

A closer look at 3 active areas of the #HaydenFire.

**Check the image captions for my commentary.

Overall, I think a ton of progress has been made, I'm interested to see tonight's IR flight data, but I'm optimistic based on what I see on the Ops map -- assuming the weather doesn't get too extreme I think they have a good chance of holding their primary lines.

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A closer look at the evacuation action points mapped on tonight's updated evac map. You can see where the fire crossed the zone 1 trigger resulting in the GO order.

Barring a major wind event and a string of bad luck, I don't foresee a zone 3 evac order being triggered. And zone 2 would be more unlikely. I think Zone 1 could stand down to SET status in the next day or two with a bit of blacklining around that trigger point.

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#HaydenFire was quite hot well after dark according to the GOES-West RGB #fire loop. Only visible fire in the northwest at the time.

and here's the ICS-209 update for the evening. Nothing too interesting was noted.

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Not much to add on the #HaydenFire at the moment. They're working hard to blackline the north flank and seem confident it'll hold.

On the east side, they're getting spots across the road. Did a little firing last night to hold the road. Seems like lines in some areas on the east side are more complete than the ops/planning maps currently depict.

On the west side, the fire isn't moving much, but is bumping closer to an action point. They're monitoring closely.

EVACUATION NOTICE #HaydenFire

**Zone 1 is now GO**
Zone 2 is now SET
Zone 3 remains SET

The Baptist Church in Salmon is the shelter. If you need assistance or need help placing animals, call either of the Shelter contacts listed in the notice. They're good people; they've worked in natural disasters all over the world. They'll do everything they can to help you. And yes, now that you mention it, their last names are the same as mine... weird that ;)

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**EVACUATION NOTICE**

#HaydenFire "GO" evacuation notices are being sent. I don't have full details yet, but I suspect zone 1 (and maybe zone 3) based on satellite imagery I'm seeing this afternoon. .

The shelter (Salmon Valley Baptist Church in Salmon) remains on standby to assist.

If you get the notice, please take it seriously.

I'll update once I know full extent of evacuation area.

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**EVACUATION NOTICE**

#HaydenFire "GO" evacuation notices are being sent. I don't have full details yet, but I suspect zone 1 (and maybe zone 3) based on satellite imagery I'm seeing this afternoon. .

The shelter (Salmon Valley Baptist Church in Salmon) remains on standby to assist.

If you get the notice, please take it seriously.

I'll update once I know full extent of evacuation area.

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GOES-West showing #HaydenFire activity on both the north flank and the South-East Flank of the #fire. Both are pretty active.

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I was just reviewing the 3-day #HaydenFire progression model (growth forecast). I won't post the map here as it requires a lot of context to understand and can look scary...

but as I expected, the primary concern is on the east flank with the potential for the fire to exit Jack Smith Gulch and hit open sage/grass flats. At which point, with a red flag wind, it could burn all the way to irrigated fields pretty damn quickly.

here's a look at last night's IR on that side.

Here's a closer look at last night's IR data on the north flank of the #HaydenFire It does appear a small burnout operation was done on the dozer line and road. I expect more of this today -- I imagine they *really* want to get this corner black-lined.

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#HaydenFire ICS-209 form from last night.

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*EVACUATION UPDATE*

The #evacuation shelter (the Baptist church) in Salmon has just been informed that the #HaydenFire is half a mile from triggering a "GO" evacuation order.

If you get that call, go. I've been on enough fire lines to know you don't want to try to save your property from an approaching fire in red-flag wind-driven conditions.

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