Black Butte II Fire
Location: 9 miles NW of Sisters, Deschutes Co. OR
Specific Location: E flank of Black Butte, Lat 44° 24′ 5″, Lon 121°37′55″
Date of Origin: unknown, reported 07/06/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 07/12/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 224
Size: 578 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Cost to Date: $3,084,943
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Situation as of 07/11/2009 9:00 pm
Personnel: 382
Size: 578 acres
Percent Contained: 80%
Transfer of command to Type 3 organization tomorrow, July 12, at 1800.
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Situation as of 07/10/2009 9:00 pm
Personnel: 446
Size: 578 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Fire Behavior: creeping and smoldering. Planned Actions: securing line and mopping up.
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Situation as of 07/09/2009 10:00 am
Personnel: 503
Size: 567 acres
Percent Contained: 15%
Acreage adjustment due to improved detection/mapping.
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Situation as of 07/08/2009 8:00 am
Personnel: 352
Size: 650 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Transition to Central Oregon Type 2 IMT (Rapp) at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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Situation as of 07/07/2009 3:30 pm
Personnel: 199
Size: 350 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Firefighters continue reinforcing retardant lines, constructing hand lines and tying in with existing roads to utilize as containment lines. Firefighters are working to contain several spot fires, including a 25 acre spot between Forest Roads 11 and 100.
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Situation as of 07/06/2009 1:45 pm
Personnel: ~167
Size: 300 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
The fire was reported at ~1:15 AM and is burning on the E flank of Black Butte. At this time the acreage is a rough estimate. The Black Butte fire lookout tower has been evacuated. Indian Ford Campground is not currently threatened, however it is being evacuated for public safety.
Black Butte Ranch Resort is ~1.5 miles to the S and no structures are currently threatened. Forest Roads 11, 1120 and 1430 are being closed for fire suppression efforts. Signs are posted on Road 64 and 1170. Resources ordered include 4 air tankers, 6 twenty-person hand crews, 4 helicopters, 1 dozer, 3 water tenders and 5 engines.
