IOTA - Wildfire 2005

Florida Fire 7/7-19/2005

• CfA's news page is at CfA Fire News. - Public pages are mostly a day or so behind, which is not news in a fast moving fire like this.
  Emilio Falco has posted a number of great pictures here.

• Tue., July 19:
  Good news on the Arizona fire

• After the fire

Remarks:

• Burning area, distance:
  Sunday .......... 7/24 ..... 23,200 acres (100% contained)
  Thursday ...... 7/21 ..... 23,200 acres (85% contained)
  Saturday ....... 7/16..... 22,000 acres ........ <1 mile from Ridge
  Friday ........... 7/15..... 20,000 acres ........ 1 mile from Ridge
  Thursday....... 7/14 .... 11,375 acres ........ 1.3 miles from Ridge
  Wednesday .. 7/13........ 9,260 acres ........ 2 miles from Ridge
  Tuesday ........ 7/12........ 4,450 acres ........ 3 miles from Observatory
  Monday ........ 7/11....... 1,850 acres ........ 3 miles from Observatory
  Sunday ......... 7/10........... 820 acres ........ 4 miles from Observatory
  Saturday ...... 7/9............. 350 acres ........ 4 miles from Observatory
  Friday .......... 7/8............... 50 acres ........ 5 miles from Observatory
  Thursday ..... 7/7........... Fire starts ......... 5 miles from Observatory

• What fire retardant ("slurry") is made of

• Note from July 15

• Thursday's status map shows fire progress by the half day. A scale is barely visible in the top right corner. Current fire progression maps can be accessed from this Forest Service Page.

• Thursday morning was clear, the humidity was up a little. There is not a large pillar of smoke near the mountain as viewed from Tucson. The fire people are cautiously optimistic for the fate of the observatory

• map source Florida Fire Management Team/ Arizona Daily Star; check also the USDA Forest Service info page

.Marc's pictures..time......Image size(*)......taken from...........Title

(*) in degrees (horiz, vert)

7/14/2005

• ------------------------------------- Fire status Thursday Morning

7/13/2005

• Afternoon --------------- Ridge------------ SC's Wednesday photo of Fire

7/12/2005

• 2:00pm--- 40.1 x 30.0--- Mt Hopkins Rd.------ Fire from near Elephant Head Road

• 3:00pm--- 48.3 x 19.4--- Microwave turn------ Fire at 3pm Tuesday

• 3:00pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- Microwave turn------ Hot Shot Helicopter at ridge

• 4:40pm--- 79.3 x 25.8--- road to MMT------ Fire at 4:40pm

• 4:41pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- IOTA site---------- Smoke and fire

• 5:30pm--- 30.0 x 40.1--- road to MMT------ Sun seen through smoke

• 5:30pm--- 30.0 x 40.1--- road to MMT------ Fire at 5:30pm

• 6:15pm--- 78.5 x 25.7--- road to MMT------ Fire at 6:15pm

• 6:15pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- road to MMT------ Fire at 6:15pm

• 7:30pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- IOTA site---------- Fire crossing ridge line at 7:30

• 7:30pm--- 30.0 x 40.1--- IOTA site---------- Smoke in sky at sunset

• 7:30pm--- 43.2 x 32.9--- IOTA site---------- Smoke Cloud at sunset

• 7:31pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- IOTA site---------- Red Sunset

• 7:38pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- road to MMT------ Fire at 7:38pm

• 8:38pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- road to MMT------ Fire at 8:38pm

• Afternoon --------------- Ridge------------ SC's Wednesday photo of Fire

• --------------------------------------------------------Fire status Tuesday Night*

7/11/2005

• 1:30pm--- 23.0 x 17.3--- Steward Obs.------ Fire on Monday

• -------------------------------------------------------- Fire status Monday Night*

7/8/2005

• 12:23pm--- 40.1 x 30.0--- IOTA site---------- Smoke Plume on Friday

• 4:00pm--- 13.4 x 10.0--- IOTA site---------- Smoke Plume later on Friday

7/7/2005

• 7:00pm- 153.5 x 27.3--- IOTA site---------- Thursday's Rainbow

• 7:19pm--- 30.0 x 40.1--- road to MMT------ Rainbow into Josephine Saddle

After the fire 7/26/2005

• Cleared vegetation on road to IOTA

• Cleared debris North side of IOTA

• Cleared trees on NorthEast side of IOTA

• Cleared trees on North side of IOTA

• Slurry line on West side of IOTA

• Slurry Splatters on Pump Shed

• Mt. Wrightson from Summit ... vs. before

• Shrub clearing near Summit

• Northern Santa Ritas from Summit

• Santa Ritas from Summit

• Wrightson from Summit

• Ridge from Summit

• Josephine Saddle from Summit

• West side of MMT support building

Last modified: 2005-07-28, MGL, PASch