HJA Headquarters Office building, with wildfire smoke
Lookout Fire August September 2023
The Lookout Fire ignited August 5, 2023, by lighting on the flank of Lookout Mountain, at the heart of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. The fire footprint covered approximately 70% of the site. Thanks to huge efforts of fire crews, the headquarters facility was spared by the fire, protected by fire containment lines and by a sprinkler system. This gallery shares images of fire protections at headquarters and fire suppression activities along containment lines.
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_001
Water holding tanks, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_002
Buildings at the headquarters facility
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_003
The primary weather station PRIMET with hose and sprinklers set out to protect the research equipment
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_004
buildings at the headquarters facility with hosts and sprinkers set up to protect the buildings against fire
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_005
buildings at the headquarters facility with hosts and sprinkers set up to protect the buildings against fire
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_006
buildings at the headquarters facility with hosts and sprinkers set up to protect the buildings against fire
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_007
hoses and sprinkers set up by fire crews to protect the buildings at headquarters
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_008
hoses and sprinkers set up by fire crews to protect the buildings at headquarters
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_009
hoses and sprinkers set up by fire crews to protect the buildings at headquarters
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_010
Water holding tanks, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_011
Hose and sprinker set up around the perimeter of the headquarters to protect against fire
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_012
Hose and sprinker set up around the perimeter of the headquarters to protect against fire
Photographed by: Adam Kennedy
Date: 8/31/2023
Photo number: afp_013
An old-growth tree
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_014
Fire in the understory of the forest. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line. Notice the trucks in the top right.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_015
Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_016
Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_017
Fire in the understory of the forest. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_018
Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_019
Burned stump and roots after a controlled burn along the fire containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_020
Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_021
Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_022
Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_023
A creek and patch of unburned forest near Mack Creek
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_024
The Mack Creek gaging station, unburned, Thanks to the protectsion set up by fire crews. The forest nearby is green, indicating that the fire bypassed this area.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_025
A creek and patch of unburned forest near Mack Creek
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_026
Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_027
Smoke and ash in the understory. The metal tag on the tree indicates that it is part of a long-term study on tree growth and mortality.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_028
Thick forest duff burned through by the fire. This may have been part of the controlled burn.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_029
A new fire scar on a cedar tree
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_030
Burned logs
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_031
Burned tree buttress and branches of a cedar tree
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_032
An area of mixed fire severity, where some areas are charred and other areas are left green.
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_033
Burned roots of a cedar tree along a roadside in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_034
The sun comes through smoke and dust on a road in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_035
A containment line, a hand line, dug by hand to bare soil, layed with hose, and then burned to one side to remove fuels
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_036
Water holding tanks, hoses, and pumps, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_037
Water holding tanks, hoses, and pumps, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_038
An old-growth tree
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_039
Huge, old growth trees are an important part of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_040
A view over Blue River Reservoir to the smoke from the Lookout Fire
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_041
Downed wood and sword ferns are common in the understory of old growth forest in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. This is Watershed 2
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_042
Hoses and pumps are set up to protect the research gage house in Watershed 2
Photographed by: Willamette National Forest, Alan Thornton, USFS
Date: 9/11/2023
Photo number: afp_043
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_044
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_045
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_046
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_047
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_048
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_049
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_050
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_051
A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape
Photographed by: Julia Jones
Date: 9/10/2023
Photo number: afp_052
View of Lookout Ridge from FSR 130 above a rock quarry and at an existing research site
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 9/12/2023
Photo number: afp_053
Sunset panorama of Lookout Ridge from FSR 130 above a rock quarry and at an existing research site
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 9/12/2023
Photo number: afp_054
An Inyo Hotshot engaging in backburning with a drip torch off of FSR 465
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 8/25/2023
Photo number: afp_055
A tree torching during backfiring off of FSR 465
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 8/25/2023
Photo number: afp_056
The fire slowly creeping down the hill at Mack Creek near the gage house, just across the FSR 360 bridge by the outhouse, which burned down
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 8/14/2023
Photo number: afp_057
Photo of what we believe to be the remains of the old outhouse at Mack Creek, just across the FSR 360 bridg
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 8/14/2023
Photo number: afp_058
Mark Schulze, Forest Director of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, climbing down from Roswell Tower after installing a live webcam to assist with fire operations.
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 8/13/2023
Photo number: afp_059
A Wolf Creek Hotshot mopping-up along a handline on a steep slope above FSR 465 and Watershed 3
Photographed by: Benjamin E. Nash
Date: 8/24/2023
Photo number: afp_060
View of Lookout Ridge from FSR 130
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_061
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_062
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_063
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_064
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_065
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_066
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_067
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_068
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_069
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_070
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_071
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_072
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_073
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_074
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_075
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_076
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_077
Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.
Photographed by: Mark Schulze
Date: 9/20/2023
Photo number: afp_078