UPDATE 12:20 p.m. : ORIGINAL POST: Start Date: 06/05/2020Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AKCause: LightningFire Size: 12,024 acresContainment: 26%Total Personnel: 357 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – A Red Flag Warning was issued Sunday for extreme fire weather due to persistent hot and dry conditions in the area. Erratic winds are likely in the afternoon, generated […]
Continue reading
Archive by Author
Extreme Thunderstorms Forecast for Isom Creek
June 14, 2020 
Comments Off on Extreme Thunderstorms Forecast for Isom Creek
Winds challenge fire crews and send smoke to Dalton Highway
June 13, 2020 Comments Off on Winds challenge fire crews and send smoke to Dalton Highway
Start Date: 06/05/2020 Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 11,665 acres Containment: 30% Total Personnel: 294 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – An earlier than usual wind shift during a burn out operation on the Isom Creek Fire (#187) brought heavy smoke over the Dalton Highway near milepost 46 late Friday […]
Continue readingDense smoke on Dalton Highway
June 12, 2020 Comments Off on Dense smoke on Dalton Highway
EVENING UPDATE (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – A change in the wind direction and an increase in fire activity this evening is pushing smoke from the Isom Creek Fire (#187) over the Dalton Highway reducing visibility on the road between mileposts 34-46. Firefighters and Forestry engines will be controlling traffic into the night until it is safe […]
Continue reading Operations Update for the Isom Creek Fire -June 12, 2020
June 12, 2020 Comments Off on Operations Update for the Isom Creek Fire -June 12, 2020
Isom Creek Fire Operations Section Chief, Abe Davis gives an operational update for Thursday, June 12th. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BLMAFS/ Isom Creek Email: 2020.Isomcreek@firenet.gov Public Information Phone: (907)356-5970
Continue reading Critical fire weather expected for Isom Creek Fire
June 12, 2020 Comments Off on Critical fire weather expected for Isom Creek Fire
Start Date: 06/05/2020 Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 10,844 acres Containment: 10% Total Personnel: 275 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Westerly winds continued to help and hinder firefighters on the Isom Creek Fire Thursday. Winds pushed the fire away from the Dalton Highway, allowing firefighting crews to continue increasing […]
Continue reading BLM TEMPORARILY CLOSES FIVE MILE CAMPGROUND
June 11, 2020 Comments Off on BLM TEMPORARILY CLOSES FIVE MILE CAMPGROUND
FAIRBANKS, AK — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Yukon Field Office has temporarily closed public access to the Five Mile Campground located five miles north of the Yukon River bridge on the Dalton Highway. The closure is necessary to accommodate firefighters using the campground as they fight the Isom Creek Fire. Entering the campground […]
Continue reading Operations Update for the Isom Creek Fire -June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020 Comments Off on Operations Update for the Isom Creek Fire -June 11, 2020
Isom Creek Fire Operations Section Chief, Abe Davis gives an operational update for Thursday, June 11th. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BLMAFS/ Isom Creek Email: 2020.Isomcreek@firenet.gov Public Information Phone: (907)356-5970
Continue reading Warm, dry weather expected for Isom Creek Fire
June 11, 2020 Comments Off on Warm, dry weather expected for Isom Creek Fire
Start Date: 06/05/2020 Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 10,618 acres Containment: 10% Total Personnel: 300 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Southwest winds pushed the Isom Creek Fire away from the Dalton Highway allowing firefighting crews to secure and improve their firelines along the highway and Hovercraft Road. Firefighters were […]
Continue reading Isom Creek Fire grows to 7,574 acres
June 10, 2020 Comments Off on Isom Creek Fire grows to 7,574 acres
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – For the second day in a row, a late evening isolated storm cell moved over the Isom Creek Fire late Tuesday, bringing strong, erratic winds. Firefighting aircraft were forced to stop operations because of strong wind gusts. The easterly winds tested the constructed fireline along the two-track trail, locally know as Hovercraft […]
Continue reading
