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Trail Ridge Fire

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Unit Information

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 
420 Barrett St 
Dillon, 
Montana 
59725 
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 
420 Barrett St 
Dillon, 
Montana 
59725 

Incident Contacts

  • Catherine McRae
    Email:
    catherine.mcrae@usda.gov
    Phone:
    4069253353
    Hours:
    M-F 8-7, S/S 9-5
  • Arlee Staley
    Email:
    frances.staley@usda.gov
    Phone:
    406-490-1818
    Hours:
    M-F 8-6
  • Wisdom Ranger District
    Phone:
    4066893243
    Hours:
    M-F 8-4:30
  • Darby Ranger District
    Phone:
    4068213913
    Hours:
    M-F 8-4:30
  • Catherine McRae
    Email:
    catherine.mcrae@usda.gov
    Phone:
    4069255353
    Hours:
    M-F 8-7 S/S 9-5

Trail Ridge Fire Update Sept. 20, 2022

Trail Ridge Fire
Publication Type: News 09/21/2022


IMT3 Incident Commander:  Jay Wood

Sept. 20, 2022

   

Trail Ridge Fire

Fire Summary

Approx. 5 miles SE Sula, MT

Approx. 11 miles NW of Big Hole National Battlefield

Size: 17,157 acres Completion: 48%

Personnel: 162

Current Status 
Yesterday the fire area experienced warm conditions in the morning followed by isolated thunderstorms with high winds in the late afternoon.  Fire activity has been on the north flank of the fire and mainly in the 4B Drainage.  The weather today will be sunny and moderate fire activity is expected again.  The fire perimeter is  still within the indirect containment lines and crews are monitoring fire behavior in this area as well as starting suppression repair efforts.

Crews will continue work along the Mink and Meadow Creek Roads, chipping brush from the indirect lines near the 2017 Myers fire burn area.  On Forest Service Road 106, crews continue to monitor fire progression and minimize the potential for fire impact.

Transfer of command from CMT3, Shane Martin IC, to IMT3 Jay Wood IC took place  Monday, September 19, 2022, at 1800.

FIRE WEATHER AND BEHAVIOR
Today will be mostly sunny with a slight chance fore precipitation over the fire area.  The next chance for precipitation is forecasted for Wednesday through the end of the week with greater confidence of a wetting rain than previously predicted.

TRAIL RIDGE CLOSURES AND SPECIAL MESSAGES
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

  • See the Fire Area Closure Map for the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Bitterroot National Forest
  • See the Fire Area Closure for the Map for the Bitterroot National Forest  
 STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ON ALL BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST LANDS

 

 

 

 

  Public Information Officer (541)350-4666 NEW PHONE                                                                  Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest                                                                                                                                                      Bitterroot National Forest
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