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Fire Use Fires: Little Salmon, Pagoda, Independence Park, Lime Creek, Salmon Point, Casey Creek, South Spud, and Little Hammer.

Incident Information Contacts:
(406)755-3910 (voice) and (406)755-3931 (fax)

Screenshot of a Portion of a Little Salmon Fire Infrared Imagery Map
(for overview use only - not the current map - see maps section for current map)
[Graphic]: Map grapic of a portion of a Little Salmon Creek Complex infrared imagery map.

Narrative & Summary for 9-12-03 - 5pm

Start Time: July 16, 2003 at 9:16am
Start Location: 47 miles southeast of Kalispell Montana, in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
Cause of Fire: Lightning
Area Vegetation: Ponderosa Pine, Larch, Douglas-fir, Subalpine fir, lodgepole pine in the Little Salmon Fire, Subalpine fir and whitebark pine for the Pagoda Fire.
Acres Burned: 41,700
Structures Burned: 1 residence
% Contained: N/A
Target Containment: N/A
Temperature Tomorrow: 45 - 60
Relative Humidity Tomorrow: 70%
Wind Speeds Tomorrow: 4 - 8 mph
Wind Direction Tomorrow: West
# of Engines: 0
# of Bulldozers: 0
# of hand crews: 0
# of helicopters: 1
# of water tenders: 0
Total # of Personnel: 11

As of 9/12/03 - 5pm

  • Location: 47 miles SE of Kalispell, MT
  • Date of Origin: 7-16-03
  • Size : 41,700
  • Contained (fire use): N/A
  • Estimated Containment Date: N/A
  • Number of Incident Personnel: 11

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