White Sage Fire Every day Update – July 28, 2025

Highlights

Highway 89A has been re-opened to the general public. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District rescinded the fireplace space closure close to Vermilion Cliffs National Monument immediately resulting from decreased fireplace risk and exercise associated to the White Sage Fire.

The rescission reopens roads that had been closed for public and firefighter security throughout suppression and restore work alongside FR 22 and BLM Road 1065 (House Rock Valley). Fire managers are asking for the general public’s assist to stay conscious of fireplace sources which might be persevering with suppression and restore efforts alongside the fireplace perimeter and roadways. Please journey safely within the neighborhood of the fireplace. Highway 67 south of Jacob Lake stays closed.

The White Sage Fire is mapped at 59,070 acres resulting from improved mapping and unburned inside fuels being consumed. The Oak Point Fire, a small 85-acre fireplace about 8 miles south of the primary fireplace, is one hundred pc managed.  The complete acreage reported for the White Sage Fire now displays each the White Sage and Oak Point Fires.

There is a possible for particular person, gentle smokes which may be seen throughout the White Sage Fire perimeter from Highway 89A. Occasional smokes might be anticipated within the weeks to return. Those fuels will possible smolder for a while.

Throughout the fireplace footprint, crews are centered on suppression restore, utilizing heavy tools to maneuver soil and logs again into dozer traces and hand traces. Suppression restore helps to attenuate erosion, which might hinder regrowth and water absorption. 

On the west and south sides of the fireplace, firefighters are grading roads and spreading seeds acceptable for the world to assist the vegetation get better. 

On the north aspect, crews are persevering with suppression restore alongside the Winter Road. They are additionally rebuilding fences that had been broken and re-seeding the world.

The east aspect of the fireplace continues to be uncontained resulting from tough terrain, however there was minimal fireplace exercise for a number of days, so firefighters are patrolling and ensuring there is no such thing as a additional motion.

Fire Weather

Hot temperatures, with single digit minimal relative humidity values and poor in a single day restoration into Tuesday morning. Increasing monsoonal moisture will lead to slight likelihood of (10 %) of  thunderstorms late Monday, a 20 % likelihood of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and a 40 % likelihood of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday. With the rising clouds and moisture, temperatures will steadily decrease this week and relative humidity values will enhance. Thunderstorms could also be accompanied by robust, gusty and erratic winds to 45+ mph and harmful lightning.

Forest Closures