– June 12, 2011 0800 Briefing Meeting – NEW
06/12/2011 0500 MDT IR Flight Report:
The northern end was cooler tonight but still some heat in the Water Canyon with unburned fuels. There was also heat along the Little Co River, but south of the burnout lines.
There was intense heat on the west side of the fire south of Greer south to the head of Black River. The area around Reservation Lake had cooled down from the previous night. There was some large growth with intense heat just north of Boogy Mtn along Road 25 and roads with in the Reservation. Further south there was some large growth with intense heat in the Black River Valley at McDonald Creek.
The Southern portion of the fire continues to creep southward with moderate heat along most of the perimeter.
The Southwest area had some intense heat down to the confluence of the Blue River with Blue Creek. No heat was detected on the eastern side of the creek.
There was a large burnout operation on the east side of the fire along road 220. The finger stretched for several miles to the southeast. There was very little heat detected in the northeast side of the fire.