Incident: Conger Creek
Released: 8/10/2007
Yesterday's Activities:
Conger Creek Fire grew by about 400 acres yesterday and is currently about 7400 acres. The fire made a push to the east and has crossed the Falls Point Lookout Trail #436. It continues to back into Dwight Creek and creep toward Falls Point Lookout. Crews hiked to the Carmichael Cabin Thursday and will perform structure protection activities over the next two days.
As a result of the Conger and Railley fires, most of the backcountry on the Seeley Lake Ranger District has been closed.
Weather and Fire Behavior forecast for today:
Partly Sunny, isolated showers and thunderstorms, termperatures 67-75 degrees, humidity 21-31 percent, winds out of the southwest 5-10 MPH becoming west 15-25 MPH with 35 MPH gusts this afternoon. Red Flag Warning in effect from noon until 9 pm this evening.
Today's Planned Actions:
Crew hiked into Carmichael Thursday and packers will arrive today with structure protection materials today. Crews will perform structure protection today and hike out Saturday.
Special Notices, Alerts & Restrictions:
The area closure begins at Triple Divide in Sec. 6, T18N, R10W, runs southeasterly along the Lolo National Forest boundary through Olson Peak to Mineral Hill, then crosses to North Fork Blackfoot Trailhead. From the trailhead the closure goes north up Lake Creek to East Spread Mountain, turns westerly to Spread Mountain and runs southwesterly along (and includes) Spread Creek Trail NFST #166 to Monture Trailhead. From Monture Trailhead the boundary runs north along (and includes) Center Ridge Trail NFST #246 to Lodgepole Trailhead. From Lodgepole Trailhead the boundary runs cross country to Nome Point, on to Morrell Mountain, then turns north to Pyramid Pass Trailhead,
