Here is a summary of the major wildfires in Montana:
Wedge Canyon Fire -- The fire, a few miles south of the Canadian border and about 20 miles east of Eureka, has burned 36 buildings, including seven houses. The fire is at 51,201 acres. It is 81 percent contained. 617 firefighters. Suppression costs $30.5 million.
Robert Complex -- Burning along the western side of Glacier National Park, the fire is estimated at 52,648 acres. It is about 70 percent contained. About 620 firefighters assigned. Suppression costs $25.9 million.
Trapper Creek Complex -- On Flattop Mountain, a remote area north of Going-to-the-Sun Road in the north-central part of Glacier National Park and about 45 miles northeast of Kalispell. Includes three fires estimated at 19,107 acres. Remained 65 percent contained.
Crazy Horse Fire -- Southwest of Condon, the blaze is estimated at about 11,200 acres. About 80 percent contained, only the west side of the fire remains uncontained. All evacuation orders lifted. Roughly 200 firefighters. Suppression costs $11.7 million.
Little Salmon Creek Complex -- More than a dozen fires in the Bob Marshall Wilderness combined have burned 44,385 acres. Has burned one cabin. About 80 people working on the fires. Firefighting costs at $2 million. About 12,600 acres are fire use fires, meaning no crews are on those fires and they are not being suppressed.
Black Mountain 2 Fire -- Burning nine miles west of Missoula, 7,061 acres. It burned three homes, and threatened 650 others. Containment at 100 percent. Suppression costs to date $11.9 million.
Cherry Creek Fire -- About 10 miles southeast of Thompson Falls in Lolo National Forest. About 4,088 acres burned and 85 percent contained. About 90 fighters. Fire suppression costs $9 million.
Mineral/Primm Complex -- Three fires in the Rattlesnake Wilderness, 10 miles northeast of Missoula estimated at 23,719 acres. Considered 70 percent contained. 545 firefighters. Suppression costs $17.3 million.
Cooney Ridge Complex -- Twenty miles southeast of Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley, burning in the Sapphire Mountains. Officials estimate that six fires have burned together at about 24,880 acres. Fifty-eight percent contained. About 800 firefighters. Suppression costs $13.6 million.
Gold 1 Fire -- Thirty-three miles south of Missoula, estimated at 8,296 acres. About 303 people on the fire, 85 percent contained. Suppression costs $9.5 million.
Lincoln Complex -- Two Fires, the Moose-Wasson fire and the Snow-Talon fire, burning 37,812 acres. One fire is about eight miles southwest of Lincoln, the other about 5 miles northeast of Lincoln. The 2,004-acre Moose Wasson Fire 100 percent contained. The total complex is about 75 percent contained. Almost 844 firefighters. Suppression costs $11.6 million.
Fish Creek Complex -- 35 miles west of Missoula in the Alberton area. About 35,613 acres and 1,151 firefighters. All mandatory evacuations lifted, but residents are still on evacuation "request." The complex is considered 50 percent contained. Suppression costs $16.4 million.
Rough Draw Complex -- Eight miles southeast of Livingston. About 3,500 acres. Considered 85 percent contained. Just 68 firefighters remain. Suppression costs $6.5 million.
Winslow Fire -- Fifty miles southeast of Dillon. About 13,438 acres. Considered 60 percent contained. About 118 firefighters. Suppression costs $6.3 million.
Burnt Ridge Sheep Camp Complex: About 2,930 acres at 95 percent contained. Three fires burning four miles northwest of Neihart. About 230 firefighters assigned. $6.3 million in suppression costs.
Blackfoot Lake Complex: Has burned 22,263 acres south of the Hungry Horse dam since Aug. 20. Damaged 20 outbuildings. Four percent contained. About 1,540 firefighters, at a cost of $8.2 million, are tackling the blaze.
Rampage Complex -- Has burned more than 20,434 acres, and is responsible for shutting down portion of Middle Fork of the Flathead River. No containment. 28 people fighting it.
Rathbone Fire -- Has burned 3,010 acres 17 miles north of West Yellowstone, and caused travel problems on U.S. 191 running north to Bozeman. Pilot car still escorting traffic from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. About 520 firefighters. Roughly 92 percent contained. $3.8 million in suppression costs.
Posted in State-and-regional on Friday, September 5, 2003 11:00 pm Updated: 11:14 pm.
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