Illinois Creek Fire
Location: 3 mi W of Fox Park, Albany Co. WY
Specific Location: Near USFS Rds. 512 and 504, Medicine Bow-Routt NF, Lat 41° 6´ 15″ Lon 106° 12´ 0″
Date of Origin: 09/07/2010
Cause: Human
Situation as of 09/12/2010 5:15 pm
Personnel: 2
Size: 120 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $430,000
100% containment. This incident has been turned over to local unit. Accounting change due to more accurate estimate.
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Situation as of 09/10/2010 3:00 pm
Personnel: 95
Size: 120 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $285,000
100% containment. Planned partial demob on Sunday
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Situation as of 09/09/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 53
Size: 120 acres
Percent Contained: 80%
Fire remained in containment lines
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Situation as of 09/08/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 53
Size: 112 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
Indirect dozer line completed around head of fire. Fire stayed in place due to high humidity and cloud cover.
Red Flag Warning for high winds tonight.
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Situation as of 09/07/2010 6:30 pm
Personnel: 55
Size: 100 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
FDR 512 is closed. The Fox Park subdivision has been evacuated as a precaution.
Two of the seven air tankers dropping retardant on the Fourmile Canyon Fire were diverted to help with this fire Tuesday.
Group torching, spotting 1/4 mile. Burning in dead beetle kill lodgepole pine with needles intact. Treating Fox Park with retardant.
