27 Jul 2009 |
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| Campground area fires: • In the last week, four fires at Crow Fair campgrounds blackened less than an acre each, all during the day. Flames on the Catfish 2 fire Friday reached 4 feet high. • Three prominent spots burned: the Swimming Hole fire burned the bank of the Little Bighorn River where youngsters bathe, the South Entrance fire darkened 1 acre of roadside from the grandstand area into camp, and the Teardrop fire blackened grass by the old Round Hall site. • Firefighters suggest that people have water and shovels with them when preparing for Crow Fair, and supervise their children’s visits to the campgrounds. Lana fire: • At 7:00 p.m. Sunday, a Big Horn county engine met two Crow engines at the 20-plus acre Lana fire in sage and grass north of the Sarpy Road eight miles east of Hardin. • The Crow helicopter and helitack firefighters arrived first at the lightning strike and were dropping water buckets, using caution around high-voltage powerlines above the fire. Engines mopped up until 1:00 a.m. Monday and will patrol this morning. Cajun fire: • 25 Pryor firefighters camped Saturday and Sunday at the 1 acre Cajun fire, in timber near the top of Snake Road, at 6830 feet elevation in the Pryor Mountains. Firefighters reached that lightning-caused fire Saturday morning and were assisted both days by helicopter. Other Activity: • Sunday night about 10:00 p.m., an engine and water tender doused a 1/10 acre brush fire up Rotten Grass Creek. The fire was caused by lightning but near a home. • The Bedrock fire lit 3 acres of grass Friday on the Grapevine Road near Highway 91, which runs from Pryor to St. Xavier. Engines converged from Pryor and Crow Agency at 7:30 p.m.. A vehicle sliding off the road sparked that fire. • Three other small fires burned near Pryor in the last week. • A squad of firefighters remained at the Little Corral Creek fire in the Wolf Mountains Saturday and Sunday, extinguishing new smokes that popped up within the firelines, due to temperatures in the 90’s. They carried bladder bags up the ridge to quell the last hot spots. Situation: • Ripe storm cells converged on Big Horn County Sunday evening, from north of Billings and from the southwest. They brought pea-sized hail to Garryowen, and a swath of lightning reaching from the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains into the Wolf Mountains east of Lodge Grass. Weather: • Monday may be twenty degrees cooler than Sunday, with north winds. A second round of scattered rain is possible Tuesday night. High temperatures stay below average, near 80, until a warmer weekend.  |
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