Smoke above the Blue River Reservoir, looking south
Holiday Farm Fire September 2020
The Holiday Farm Fire began about 8:30 PM on the night of September 7, 2020, in the town of Rainbow, Oregon, along HWY 126, directly south of the Andrews Forest. The fire spread quickly, fueled by strong east winds and very dry conditions. Andrews Forest personnel evacuated from headquarters, north along the 15 road. Initial strong east winds blew the fire down the valley, over Blue River and Vida, with catastrophic results to local communities. Over the next several days, the fire spread more slowly, eventually entering Watershed 9, then Watershed 1, and finally Watershed 2. The fire burned about 400 acres within the Andrews Forest. Fire crews put in dozer lines and hand lines, and cut trees around headquarters to protect the facility.
Photographed by: HJA Staff
Date: 9/19/2020
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Looking west across the Mona Bridge, over Blue River
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Andrews Forest Headquarters
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire line around PRIMET station
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire hose and fire line at Headquarters
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire line and sprinker set up behind apartment buildings at headquarters
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire line and sprinker set up behind apartment buildings at headquarters
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Looking up toward the Watershed 1 landing with burned area upslope
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Propane tank at Watershed 1 landing, with fire damage
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Propane tank at Watershed 1 landing, with fire damage
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Propane tank at Watershed 1 landing, with fire damage
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire in Watershed 1 landing area
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Looking down into Watershed 1, from the top of the (once) wooden stairs leading down to the tower shed, now covered in blue tarp. Both the north and south slopes burned.
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire in slope of Watershed 1, along access road
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire in slope of Watershed 1, along access road
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire in slope of Watershed 1, along access road
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire along slope of Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire on slope of Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire on slope of Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Looking up slope from the Watershed 1 gage house, fire damage on south slope to the right
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire damage next to the gage house of Watershed 1, mesocosm insulation intact
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Active fire on south slope of Watershed 1 with sediment basin in bottom right view
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Gage house of Watershed 1 with fire activity on adjacent slope
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Weir and gage house of Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Gage house of Watershed 1 with fire activity on adjacent slope
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Gage house of Watershed 1 with fire activity on adjacent slope
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Panoramic view of Watershed 1 sediment basin with active fire on south/far slope
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Date: 9/19/2020
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closer view of damaged bypass hose between gage house and sediment basin of Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Panoramic view of Watershed 1 sediment basin with active fire on south/far slope
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Date: 9/19/2020
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View of Watershed 1 sediment basin with active fire on south/far slope
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Active fire in Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Active fire in Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Active fire in Watershed 1
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Watershed 9 gage house with fire damage and downed tree over gage house
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Watershed 9 gage house with fire damage to footbridge and downed tree over gage house. Fire activity just adjacent.
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Fire damage on slope of Watershed 9
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Greg Downing collects a water sample from the Watershed 9 weir
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Active fire and burned sediment basin dam in Watershed 9
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Burned dam in the sediment basin of Watershed 9
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Burned dam in the sediment basin of Watershed 9, with gage house in background
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Charred tree stump and exposed soil, Watershed 9
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Charred tree stump and exposed soil, Watershed 9
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Watershed 10 gage house, not in fire boundary
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Watershed 2 gage house. Fire was in upper Watershed 2 but the fire had not reached the gage house
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Date: 9/19/2020
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Andrews Forest information kiosk at the junction of the 15 and 1506 roads, with burned slope
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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burned area, base of slope at road entrance to Watershed 1 landings
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Date: 9/22/2020
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smoldering log, slope along road to Watershed 1 landing
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Looking down into Watershed 1, over the charred remains of the wooden steps and railing. The WS1 tower is in pieces. Hillside of south-facing slope is charred.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Charred, south-facing slope of Watershed 1
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Looking up Watershed 1. The fire burned on both slopes but did not burn the moist riparian area
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Looking down Watershed 1 towards gaging station from tower site. The fire burned on both slopes but did not burn the moist riparian area. Destroyed WS1 tower pieces in foreground.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
Photo number: aeu_056
Looking up to the north-facing slope of Watershed 1. Note smoldering areas. Many of the trees on the ground came down in the 2019 snowdown event. Large stump is visible in historic photos of WS1 post-logging
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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North-facing slope of Watershed 1
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Date: 9/22/2020
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WS1 trail on north-facing slope
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Remains of steps and electrical conduit in Watershed 1
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Watershed 1 gage house. Fire burned right up to its base.
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Watershed 1 gage house and weir in background, charred conduit on hillslope in foreground
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Charred remains of the powerline from the landing to the Watershed 1 gage house.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Melted remains of what was a fiberglass pole with a hobo temperature sensor on top, one of the 186 distributed temperature stations across the HJA
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Looking down into the base of Watershed 1, from the north-facing hillslope
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Phenology Core Site 1, on the north-facing slope of Watershed 1. Tree tags and dendrometer bands in the background.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Melted tree label, intact aluminum tree tag, and dendrometer band. PC01
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Patchy burns in Phenology Core Site 1 (PC01), Marked VAPA plant was top killed by heat but not burned over
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Patchy burns in Phenology Core Site 1 (PC01)
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Phenology Core Site 1, on the north-facing slope of Watershed 1. Tree tags and dendrometer bands in the background.
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Phenology Core Site 1, on the north-facing slope of Watershed 1. Tree tags and dendrometer bands in the background.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Melted tree label, intact aluminum tree tag, and dendrometer band. PC01
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Trail in WS1, north-facing slope. Burned area described as having "ash up to the ankles"
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Photo of the north-facing slope of Watershed 1
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Watershed 9 gage house with tree fallen on it, steps and footbridge damaged by fire.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Tree fallen on top of Watershed 9 gage house
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Tree fallen on top of Watershed 9 gage house
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Tree fallen on top of Watershed 9 gage house. Burned sediment basin in the background, left.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
Photo number: aeu_078
Burned slope in Watershed 9, upslope of gagehouse on "river left"
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Gage house and wier of Watershed 9. Greg Downing clearing ash and debris from flume to prepare for water sample collection.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Burned footbridge, railing, and sediment basin of Watershed 9
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Dangle head processor removes small trees along driveway of headquarters
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Fire hose and sprinklers set up around headquarters
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Fire crew cuts fire line around headquarters, just behind assembly area
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Fire line behind apartment buildings at the headquarters
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Fire crews cut hand line along driveway at headquarters
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Small trees cut and dozer line around PRIMET climate station
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Dozer line around PRIMET climate station
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Fire line around PRIMET station
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Fire line along driveway of headquarters
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Date: 9/22/2020
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small branches piles, as part of fire line cutting, along driveway of headquarters
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Firehawk helicoptor over Watershed 2
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Smoke from hot spots of fire in Watershed 2
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Smoke from hot spots of fire in Watershed 2
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Smoke from hot spots of fire in Watershed 2
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Firehawk helicoptor drops water over hot spots in Watershed 2
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Date: 9/22/2020
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Firehawk helicoptor drops water over hot spots in Watershed 2
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Looking over the Blue River Reservoir to patchy burn in the Mona area, from the 15 Road at site of 2011 landslide.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Looking west over the Blue River dam, at areas that had high severity fire
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Electric utility box along the 15 Road between highway 126 and the saddle dam. Power was lost along the 15 road and HWY126.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Area of high severity fire, along the 15 road (outside of the Andrews Forest), close to the junction with HWY126. This area of USFS land was thinned with underburning ca. five years earlier
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Area of high severity fire, along the 15 road (outside of the Andrews Forest), close to the junction with HWY126
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Area of high severity fire, along the 15 road (outside of the Andrews Forest), close to the junction with HWY126
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Area of high severity fire, along the 15 road (outside of the Andrews Forest), close to the junction with HWY126
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Area of high severity fire, along the 15 road (outside of the Andrews Forest), close to the junction with HWY126
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Looking across the McKenzie River from the 15 Road - HWY 126 junction
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/22/2020
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Smoke from hot spots of fire in Watershed 2
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Smoke from hot spots of fire in Watershed 2
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Smoke from hot spots of fire in Watershed 2
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Looking down the Lookout and Blue River Valleys, with areas of dead trees and smoke on the Mona side
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Panorama of Blue River Valley
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Looking down into the Andrews Forest from the 130 road where smoke rises from Watershed 2
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Panorama from the 130 road, looking into the Lookout Creek watershed where smoke rises from Watershed 2
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Hand line cut along the entrance driveway to headquarters
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Hand line cut along the entrance driveway to headquarters
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Hand line and cut trees behind the office building at headquarters
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Date: 9/29/2020
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Dozer line around headquarters and the PRIMET climate station
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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Panorama of dozer line around headquarters and the PRIMET climate station
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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PRIMET climate station in foreground, smoke rising from old growth stand in between WS1 and WS2 in background
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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PRIMET climate station in foreground, smoke rising from old growth stand in between WS1 and WS2 in background
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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An Air-Crane Helicoptor, 3AC, dumps water over hot spots in Watershed 2. Photo taken from PRIMET at headquarters.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
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An Air-Crane Helicoptor, 3AC, dumps water over hot spots in Watershed 2, PRIMET in foreground
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/29/2020
Photo number: aeu_122