Chippy Creek Fire Update August 12, 2007
Incident: Chippy Creek Wildland Fire
Released: 8/12/2007
Fire Update & Fact Sheet
Montana Dept. of Natural Resources & Conservation
Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes
Eastern Arizona Interagency Incident Management Team
USDA Forest Service
Chippy Creek Fire
Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 7:00 a.m.
Information Office: 406-826-9009
LOCATION: 20 miles north of Plains and 12 miles north/northwest of Hot Springs, Montana
START DATE: July 31, 2007
SIZE: Estimated 62,985 acres (CSKT: 27,410; Lolo NF 23,568; DNRC: 2,065
MT- Private: 9,942)
CAUSE: Under Investigation
CONTAINMENT: 25%
RESOURCES:
Helicopters: 5 Engines: 25 Hand Crews: 9 Dozers: 17 Water Tankers: 9 Personnel: 526
FUELS: Continuous timber, dead and down lodgepole pine and recent logging slash.
WEATHER:
Temperature: Maximum 76 to 87 degrees
Humidity: Minimum 13 to 18 %.
Winds: Out of the Southwest at 15 to 20 mph.
CLOSURES: Current road closures remain in place near the fire area. Travel in the general area of the fire is discouraged. Highway 28 remains open. More specific information is available by contacting the appropriate land management agency. Temporary flight restrictions (TFR) are in place over the fire. They extend 15 nautical miles out from the center of the fire (47 47 48N; 114 49 48W) to an altitude of 9,000 feet above mean sea level (MSL).
Summary: The evacuation order was lifted at 6 p.m. yesterday for all evacuees, except for the residents from the Hubbart dam sub-division (until further notice). Crews conducting burn-out operations, especially in the southeast portion of the fire, made significant progress in straightening the fire perimeter to better secure the line. A Northern Rockies Type I overhead team, incident commander (IC) Wally Bennett, is arriving to assume management of the fire. Transition will occur at 6 a.m. Monday August 13th.
Flathead County Sheriff's Office is providing a recorded fire information message that can be heard
by calling 406-752-3836.
·A reminder that Stage II Restrictions are in effect.
Evacuation order remains in place for Hubbart Reservoir Sub-division
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