Westy WFU Fire
Location: ~20 miles NE of Yellowpine, Valley Co., ID
Specific Location: Payette NF, Rush Creek area, Lat 44° 59´ 10″ Lon 114° 59´ 17″; Cabin Creek, Lat 45° 8´ 37″ Lon 114° 55´ 41″, Rainbow Peak, Lat 45° 3´ 32″ Lon 114° 59´ 9″
WFU start date: 08/11/2008
Causes: various
Situation as of 08/26/08 2:20 PM
Personnel: 3
Size: 11,255 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: not reported
Maximum desired fire size: not reported
Flew a recon and contacted ground personnel on the fire [who apparently have no other means of communications -Ed]. Fire could threaten Monumental Ranch in future. Sam Hescock is qualified FUM2 but is not actually at the fire.
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Situation as of 08/19/08 6:00 PM
Personnel: 0
Size: 7,839 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: not reported
Maximum desired fire size: not reported
The Westy WFU Fire will combine the Cabin Creek Fire [here] and Rush Creek Fire [here]. Neither of those fires was formally declared WFU fires until today. Neither of those fires was lightning caused.
Acreage breakdown: Westy: 904 acs, Cabin Creek: 5,500 acs, Rush Creek: 1,435 acs
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Situation as of 08/14/08 11:30 AM
Personnel: not reported
Size: 7,060 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: not reported
Maximum desired fire size: not reported
The Westy WFU Fire will combine the Cabin Creek Fire [here] and Rush Creek Fire [here]. Neither of those fires was formally declared WFU fires until today. Neither of those fires was lightning caused.
Acreage breakdown: Westy: 125 acs, Cabin Creek: 5,500 acs, Rush Creek: 1,435 acs
Sam Hescock, Payette NF Fire Manager, (470,000 acres burned last year) has been named as the qualified FUM2. None of these fires are staffed. Fire behavior will be monitored by air and by lookouts.
