#FORK AND FIRE UPDATE#
The EPA and USFS will update the map layers several times during year, as we respond to feedback and work to improve the map. While these sensors don’t meet the rigorous standards required for regulatory monitors, they can help you get a picture of air quality nearest you especially when wildfire smoke is in your area. With the southerly winds, smoke will be mostly dispersed away from the communities, but continued firing operations nearby could contribute to smoke in the area.Fire and Smoke Map: The EPA and USFS have created this map to test new data layers of use during fire and smoke events, including air quality data from low-cost sensors. Wednesday may see the start of a warming trend and light, variable winds. The next few days will see similar weather conditions holding with south winds. Weather: Favorable weather may continue longer than expected, perhaps lasting into early next week. Mary’s and Pitkas Point are currently in “Ready” position. Some residents are sheltered temporarily in Bethel with support from the Red Cross and Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. Mary’s, Mountain Village, Pitkas Point, and Pilot Station. Voluntary relocations are continuing for St. As a reminder, temporary flight restrictions remain in effect ( ).Įvacuations: No mandatory evacuation order in place. Aerial monitoring of both the East Fork and Apoon Pass fires will continue daily in order to identify any allotments, structures, or cultural sites that may be at risk. If you have been watching the rapid growth of the Apoon Pass Fire in recent days, the growth is due to the fast spread of fire through the dry, light fuel of tundra grasses. June 14, 2022, Map of the East Fork and Apoon Pass fires. Fish and Wildlife Service cabin on the East Fork. Work continues to secure the area around the fish weir and the U.S. Assessments are being conducted to identify the best placement of additional containment line north and west of Pilot Station and of potentially vulnerable structures and allotments along the Yukon River east of Mountain Village. Mary’s, Pitkas Point, and Mountain Village, as well as improve existing line around Pilot Station. Crews will continue to improve primary and contingency containment lines protecting St. The Chena Hot Shots and smokejumper crews will continue their work of direct attack on the western flank, supported by aircraft. Today, aerial ignitions using UAS will clean up unburned fuels between the North Fork and East Fork of the Andreafsky River.
In addition, crews improved an existing fireline constructed by a local fuels crew around the community of Pilot Station and prepped cabins on allotments to protect them from fire. They made significant progress toward the goal of reducing fuels in the area between the Andreafsky River (North Fork) and the East Fork.
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) used Plastic Sphere Dispensers (PSD) to burnout fuels around the southern toe of the fire. Operations: Yesterday, smokejumpers worked the active edge of the western flank, supported by water drops from aircraft. A view of firing operations on the East Fork Fire, June 13, 2022.
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