Intermountain Region
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Current Conditions
Weather | Road, Trail, & Area Closures | Fires & Emergencies
Restrictions | Water | Avalanches | Fall Colors | Wildflowers
Weather
Current weather conditions from the National Weather Service are updated continually. Use the menu below to find weather conditions captured by Intellicast.com for a specific forest or grassland. The weather reports are for the Forest Supervisor office locations. Enter a city and state in either weather report web site for a more specific location. Weather conditions for the Regional Office located in Ogden, Utah.
Roads, Trails and Area Closures
Idaho
Sawtooth National Forest
Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Maintenance of trails, roads, bridges or boat ramps could cause temporary closures. Click here to view current closures.
- Firearm Closure for Westside Ranger District in Pocatello, ID
Utah
Dixie National Forest
Fishlake National Forest
- Temporary Road Closures
- Road Conditions Report
- Campground Status
- Trail Status
- Fireworks
and Spark Arrestor Order 04-00-105 - September 1, 2005
This notice establishes a new Fireworks Restriction Order 04-00-105 which was signed on September 2, 2005 by the Acting Regional Forester.
Uinta National Forest
- Whiting Campground: There is no water available in Whiting Campground. Campers will be required to bring their own water for drinking, washing and cooking. There is only water available to run the flushing toilets. Vehicles with trailers will not be permitted to park at the Whiting Campground trailhead from Memorial Day through Labor Day. During this time, all vehicles with trailers will be required to park at the lower equestrian parking lot. This restriction is being implemented to manage the increasing use at the trailhead.
- Mill Hollow Campground Closed until Summer 2008: The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has drained Mill Hollow Reservoir. Mill Hollow Reservoir does not meet current dam safety criteria as required by the Utah Division of Water Rights, Office of Dam Safety. For more information read the press release issued by the Utah Division of Wildlife (.pdf 10Kb)
- Little Mill Campground is closed until 2008 for campground reconstruction
Water
USGS posts updated water information regarding water droughts, stream flow maps, and flood and high flow information, as well as a number of other items.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides national water and climate information. Here is where you can find water supply, snow pack, precipitation, and reservoir reports, as well as stream flow forecasts and data.
Fires and Emergencies
The National Interagency Center posts an updated copy of the Situation Report on a daily basis. This is a national report that captures specific information regarding large fires, an outlook for the day, the total number of fires and acreage burned, as well as the current number of committed resources.
Utah Fire Info - www.utahfireinfo.gov
Idaho Fire Info - www.fs.fed.us/idahofires/
Nevada Fire Info - Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center
Nevada Fire Info - Western Great Basin Coordination Center
Nevada - Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF)
California - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)
Wyoming - www.tetonfires.com
Incidents throughout the U.S. inciweb.org
Weather, Smoke, and Fire images are pulled several times a day from an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite. Archived images are filed for research and comparison purposes.
Prescribed Fire
Evanston/Mt. View Ranger Districts, Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Fire Danger & Restrictions
Fire Danger: "The resultant descriptor of the combination of both constant and variable factors which affect the initiation, spread and difficulty of control of wildfires on an area." In 1974, the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and state forestry organizations established a standard description for five levels of fire danger for use in public information releases and fire prevention signing. In 2000, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Fire Danger Working Team reviewed and slightly revised these terms and definitions for adjective fire danger. Because every location is unique in its own way, you will need to contact your local Forest Service office for the fire danger status.
Eastern Idaho - Fire Restrictions
Southwest Idaho - Fire Restrictions
State of Utah - Fire Restrictions
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming - Partial Fire Restrictions
State of Wyoming - Fire Restrictions
Western Nevada - Fire Restrictions
Wildflowers
The Forest Service National Celebrating Wildflowers web site has officially being launched. This new web site is the gateway to an enormous amount of botanical information provided by our partners. A number of other modules such as rare plants, native plant materials, ethnobotany, lichens, ferns and other botany subject areas are currently under development and will posted to the web site as they become finalized. Go to the Intermountain Region portion of the web site.
US Forest Service - Intermountain Region
Last Modified: Monday, 10 March 2008 at 16:57:39 EDT