Sleeper Lake Fire, Newberry MI - Luce County forest fire

At this writing there's a wildfire burning north of Newberry, MI called the Sleeper Lake Fire. More than 15,000 acres of forest have burned, and part of M-123 between Newberry and Tahquamenon Falls was closed.

There's no way I can keep up with minute by minute conditions here, and I won't even try; however, some search traffic hit this site because of the bookmarks I've made to various news and information sources, and I thought I'd surface those. The weblog that's doing the best minute by minute coverage of the fire is Yooper Yarns, run by Cathy Clementz from Clementz's Northcountry Campground and Cabins just north of Newberry.

Michigan on Fire 2 is a book on the history of wildfires in Michigan.

Official sources:

• Michigan DNR - daily reports, fire maps. Public phone number for updates: 877-261-3473.

Newspapers, radio stations, and television:

• Marquette Mining Journal
• Newberry radio WMJT "Eagle 96.7" news
• Soo Evening News
• WLUC-TV (Marquette)
• WLNS (Lansing)
• Oldies 93 FM - photos from the air of the fire

Satellite imagery, maps:

• NOAA Fire satellite, includes hot spots and smoke plumes
• USDA Forest Service active fire maps
• Google maps for the area

Photos:

• Superior Sights Newberry

Weblogs and forums:

• Yooper Yarns - updates every few hours
• Newberry, MI on topix.net Topic Luce County Forest Fires has 350+ comments.
• outside.in/49868 has links to one blog
• ATV Offroad Club of Michigan - UP Forest Fire - 4 comments
• Sleeper Lake Fire in the Upper Peninsula on Absolute Michigan

Bookmarks:

• del.icio.us/tag/newberry

We were in this area at the end of July, and drove through the stretch of M-123 that closed that's the southeastern edge of the fire line.

To donate to firefighting efforts, the fastest most direct way is to call Rahilly's IGA in Newberry, that's where people are buying sandwiches and snacks to feed the firefighters and offer to pay for something for them with a credit card. (906) 293-5141

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Comments

[Spencer]

I dug into the USDA Forest Service active fire maps site. If you click, in the menubar on the left, into "Regional Maps / United States", then click on a region, you get a page that lets you dig into the archive of images for that region, where you can see the progression of the fire(s) in that region over time. There's usually several archived maps per day.

[mymidwestweb]

Hi, thanks for your website, lots of neat things to read! I just wanted to let you know I have been putting information together on my web site, along with photos, about the Sleeper Lake Fire, here in the U.P of Michigan. I just thought I'd mention it, if anyone would like to read what I've collected. Along with photos.
I would like to say thank you to everyone, from firefighters to DNR to many many more people. It's been amazing what a wonderful community this is! THANK YOU!
www.mymidwestweb.com

[mymidwestweb]

Sleeper Lake Fire 67% contained, Aug. 18. Black Hawks head home, final flight over Newberry to say good bye. See photos at: www.mymidwestweb.com
This fire has cost appx. 3 million.
Read daily updates at: www.mymidwestweb.com

[mymidwestweb]

www.mymidwestweb.com

Wildlife Rescued
See PHOTO and Information about a juvenile Northern Saw-whet owl rescued Tuesday from the Sleeper Lakes Wildfire in Luce County has been transported to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Gladstone for further care and treatment. The owl was found a few days ago near the fire line by a hand crew from Wisconsin working on containing the fire.
www.mymidwestweb.com

[mymidwestweb]

8 p.m. Official Report, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007
Read more at: www.mymidwestweb.com

The cost for suppression on the Sleeper Lake Fire has topped 5 million dollars so far.

Tomorrow's weather and fire behavior look to be some of the most critical since the last flare up on Aug. 21.

www.mymidwestweb.com