Cardinal Creek Let It Burn Fire
Location: ~19 mi ESE of Condon, Missoula Co. MT
Specific Location: Cardinal Creek, Bob Marshal Wilderness, Flathead NF, ~Lat 47° 24´ 31″ Lon 113° 19´ 00″
Date of Origin: 07/25/2010
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/27/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 5
Size: ? acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire growth of approximately 150 acres on 8-26 with hot, dry and windy conditions.
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Situation as of 08/12/2010 2:30 pm
Personnel: 5
Size: 2,100 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
No growth in the past week. Minimal fire behavior.
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Situation as of 08/05/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 8
Size: 2,100 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Estimated Containment Date Monday November 15th, 2010.
Fuels Involved: heavy timber with large component of red-needled dead and down fuels.
Fire behavior is presently low with creeping and smoldering throughout the day.
Gordon Creek Trail is Open! Temporary Trail Closures include: Cardinal Creek Trail #506, -Cardinal Peak Trail #136, -Kid Mountain Trail #628, -Fossil Mountain Trail #128, and -Cabin Creek Trail #205.
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Situation as of 07/29/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 15
Size: 2,100 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire increased 75 acres yesterday. Single tree and group torching. Monitors monitoring.
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Situation as of 07/27/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 7
Size: 2,027 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire doubled in size yesterday.
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Situation as of 07/26/2010 7:50 pm
Personnel: 6
Size: 1,200 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire tripled in size yesterday.
Continue monitor and preparing for structure protection of administrative buildings. [Note: what buildings? This is a Let It Burn fire in the alleged wilderness]. Transfer of command to Type III. [Why call in outside help? Type 3 IMT's are for fire suppression fires with 100+ firefighter personnel. Don't need anything like that for Let It Burn].
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Situation as of 07/25/2010 9:30 pm
Personnel: 0
Size: 400 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Significant runs, active sustained crowning. 3 individuals will fly into the incident to monitor.
