Wood Hump WFU Fire
Location: 30 miles SW of Darby, MT
Specific Location: Bitterroot NF, Lat 45° 32´ 43″ Lon 114° 40´ 57″
Date of Origin: 07/18/2008
Cause: lightning
As of 08/22/2008 see Border Complex WFU Fires [here]
Situation as of 08/19/08 6:00 PM
Total Personnel: 0
Size: 2,212
Percent Contained: 0%
Maximum desired fire size (MMA): 106,000 acs
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Situation as of 08/18/08 4:00 PM
Total Personnel: not reported
Size: not reported
Percent Contained: 0%
Maximum desired fire size (MMA): 106,000 acs
Extreme fire behavior, has moved onto the Salmon-Challis Nat’l Forest.
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Situation as of 08/13/08 2:00 PM
Total Personnel: 3
Size: 2,200 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Lots of surface fire in the dead and down. Some short to moderate crown runs in green trees.
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Situation as of 08/06/08 4:00 PM
Total Personnel: 1
Size: 1,000 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Yesterdays [sic] the fire spread moved to the Southeast towards BRF/SCF boundry [sic]. Both forest [sic] are cooridnating [sic] mangement [sic] efforts.[sic]
Evidently it takes the entire staff of both forests to write two mangled sentences. Or possibly the combined Public Affairs personnel of Region 1 jointly issued the statement.
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Situation as of 08/01/08 2:00 PM
Total Personnel: 1
Size: 195 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Fire will be monitored by Hell Half L/O and air when needed.
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Situation as of 07/24/08 9:00 AM
No update. Fire not reported on InciWeb.
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Situation as of 07/22/08 2:00 PM
Total Personnel: 1
Size: 195 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Costs to Date: not reported
Maximum fire area desired: 4,000,000 acres
Mentioned for the first time this AM in the NORTHERN ROCKIES GEOGRAPHIC AREA MORNING REPORT.
Please call George Weldon, U.S. Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management, Missoula, MT at 406-329-3296 for more information regarding this fire or any fire in the Northern Rocky Mountains.
