Midewin IHC Assignments

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Midewin Hotshots Assignments

2008 Incidents | 2008 Prescribed Burns
2007 Incidents | 2007 Prescribed Burns
2006 Incidents | 2006 Prescribed Burns

Midewin Hotshots 2008 - Incidents

Dates 2008	Incident Name	Location	Type of Activity	Fire Size Category
April 16-17	Cross Mountain 3	TN-Cherokee NF	Wildfire	C
April 18-27	Sun Rise	NC-Pisgah NF	Wildfire	F
June 1-4	Rattesnake Mountain 08	NH-White Mountain NF	Wildfire	C
June 13-25	South 1	VA-Great Dismal Swamp NWR	Wildfire	F
July 5-18	Basin Complex	CA-Los Padres NF	Wildfire	G
July 28 - August 10	Ukonom	CA-Six Rivers NF	Wildfire	G
August 14 - 28	Iron Complex	CA-Shasta Trinity NF	Wildfire	G
*November 2	Sutton Fire	OH-Wayne NF	Wildfire	B
*November 4-5	Hocking Fire	OH-Wayne NF	Wildfire	B
*November 5	Quarry Fire	OH-Wayne NF	Wildfire	B
*November 5-8	Diamond Hollow	OH-Wayne NF	Wildfire	C

Midewin Hotshots 2008 - Prescribed Fire

Dates 2008	Burn Name	Location	Type of Activity	Burn Size (acres)
March 11	Drummond	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	170
March 12-13	Middle Grant Creek	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	480
March 14	Prairie Home Companion	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	200
March 24-25	Kelly Mountain	MO-Mark Twain NF	Prescribed	717
April 5	Prairie Creek Woods	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	66
April 5	N. Portal	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	13
April 7	Reddick Hollow	IL-Shawnee NF	Prescribed	387
April 8	Ashby	IL-Shawnee NF	Prescribed	100
April 17	Cherokee NF Rx Support 08	TN-Cherokee NF	Prescribed	5
May 4-5	Evergreen	MI-Huron-Manistee NF	Prescribed	200
*May 11	Thompson Farm	MI-Huron-Manistee NF	Prescribed	40
*May 15	Tuttle Marsh	MI-Huron-Manistee NF	Prescribed	55
*November 4-5	Youngs Branch	OH-Wayne NF	Prescribed	390

* Partial Crew

Midewin Hotshots 2007 - Incidents

Dates 2007	Incident Name	Location	Type of Activity	Fire Size Category
April 01-03	Flint Ridge	TN- Cherokee NF	Wildfire	C
April 04-06	Bernie Lewis	TN- Cherokee NF	Wildfire	D
April 08	Warehouse	TN- Cherokee NF	Wildfire	C
April 08	Benton 1 & 2	TN- Cherokee NF	Wildfire	B
April 22	Trash	OH- Wayne NF	Wildfire	B
April 30 – May 03	Baraga Bump	MI- Ottawa NF	Wildfire	F
May 06-16	Ham Lake	MN- Superior NF	Wildfire	G
May 26-27	Incline	KY- Daniel Boone	Wildfire	C
May 29- June 01	Baker Creek	TN- Cherokee NF	Wildfire	C
May 30- May 31	Raccoon 2	TN- Cherokee NF	Wildfire	B
May 31- June 01	Between	TN- Cherokee NF	Wildfire	C
June 15- June 28	Short-off	NC- NFs of N. Carolina	Wildfire	F
July 04- 05	4^th	AZ- Kaibab NF	Wildfire	B
July 06- 08	Slide	AZ- Kaibab NF	Wildfire	G
July 09-12	Birdie	AZ- Coconino NF	Wildfire	G
July 24- August 06	Poe Cabin	ID- Idaho DNR	Wildfire	G
*August 14-16	Timber Creek	MN- Superior NF	Wildfire	A
*August 16	Boy’s Lake	MN- Superior NF	Wildfire	A
*August 16-17	Blueberry	MN- Superior NF	Wildfire	A
*August 17-18	Windy Lake	MN- Superior NF	Wildfire	A
*August 19	Pike Road	MN- Superior NF	Wildfire	A
*August 31	Charles	MO- Mark Twain NF	Wildfire	B
*September 01	Saturday	MO- Mark Twain NF	Wildfire	C
*September 08-10	Wind	OH- Wayne NF	Wildfire	C
*Oct. 31- Nov. 04	Coal Dale	OH- Wayne NF	Wildfire	C

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* Partial Crew

Midewin Hotshots 2007 - Prescribed Fire

Dates 2007	Burn Name	Location	Type of Activity	Burn Size
March 20	Middle Grant Creek	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	483
March 20	Maple Branch	Cherokee NF, TN	Prescribed	2477
*April 7	Little Milligan	Cherokee NF	Prescribed	70
April 16	North Portal	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	2
April 16	Zulu Field	Midewin NTP, IL	Prescribed	15
April 19	Gore-Greendale 1D	Wayne NF, OH	Prescribed	104
April 20	Gore-Greendale 1A	Wayne NF, OH	Prescribed	173
April 20	Gore-Greendale 1B	Wayne NF, OH	Prescribed	97
April 23	Young’s Branch	Wayne NF, OH	Prescribed	200
*November 16	South Patrol Rd.	IL- Midewin NTP	Prescribed	661
*November 17	Drummond	IL- Midewin NTP	Prescribed	200
*November 18	Mola	IL- Midewin NTP	Prescribed	66

* Partial Crew

Midewin Hotshots 2006 - Incident

Dates 2006	Incident Name	Location	Type of Activity	Fire Size Category
March 26-30	Burro Fire	Burro Springs-Horseshoe Canyon, (Chiracahua, Mtns.) Coronado NF, Douglas RD, AZ.	Wildfire	360 acres
April 11-12	North – 105^th Fire	Pima, AZ. (BIA)	Wildfire	75 acres
April 13-18	Ojo Feliz Fire	State & Private,(Turkey Mtns.,) Ojo Feliz, NM.	Wildfire	16,600 acres
May 1-3	Hughes Lake Fire	Huron/Manistee NF. Mio RD., MI.	Wildfire	5,950 acres
May 7	Lincoln Fire	Huron/Manistee NF. Baldwin R.D., MI.	Wildfire	1/10 acre
May 8	North Luce Fire	Huron/Manistee NF. Baldwin RD., MI.	Wildfire	2 acres
May 9	Carrs Road Fire	Huron/Manistee NF. Baldwin RD., MI.	Wildfire	1/4 acre
May 14	Escaped Campfire Fire	Huron/Manistee NF. Manistee RD., MI.	Wildfire	1/10 acre
May 26-29	Palo Duro East Fire	State & Private Amarillo, TX.	Wildfire	12,200 acres
June 4-5	Bruton Fire	State & Private San Angelo, TX.	Wildfire	36 acres
June 6	Camper Fire	State & Private Midland, TX.	Wildfire	1/2 acre
June 9	Hilltop Fire	State & Private Ozona, TX.	Wildfire	30 acres
June 14-15	Cock’s Comb Fire	Richfield/Fillmore BLM Hanksville, UT.	Wildfire	145 acres
June 20-26	Lion Creek Fire	Manti La Sal NF. Paradox, CO.	Wildfire	1,725 acre
July 4-5	Burnt Fire	Twin Falls BLM Juniper Butte, ID	Wildfire	9,006 acres
July 9	Mark Fire	Toiyabe NF Markleeville, CA.	Wildfire	1/10 acre
July 9	Mine Fire	Toiyabe NF Markleeville, CA.	Wildfire	1/4 acre
July 10-11	Encanto Fire	Carson City BLM Reno, NV.	Wildfire	2 acres
July 12	Eden Valley Fire	Winnemucca BLM Winnemucca, NV.	Wildfire	1,800 acres
July 21 – August 3	Cavity Lake Fire	Superior NF. Grand Marais RD, MN	Wildfire	32,000 acre
August 8	White Wolf Fire	Chippewa NF Walker RD, MN	Wildfire	1/10 acre
August 14-21	Jackson Canyon Fire	State & Private Casper, WY.	Wildfire	11,700 acres
August 22-27	Purdy Fire	Shoshone/Bridger Teton NF.’s Dubois, WY.	Wildfire	22,200 acres
September 12-18	Scott Creek	Superior NF Tofte RD, MN	Wildfire	39 acres

Midewin Hotshots 2006 Prescribed Burns

Dates 2006	Burn Name	Location	Type of Activity	Burn Size
March 18	Middle Grant Creek	Midewin NTP, Illinois	Prescribed	363 acres
March 20	Mola	Midewin NTP, Illinois	Prescribed	60 acres
March 23-25	Schoolhouse (blacklining)	Carlsbad BLM Carlsbad, NM.	Prescribed	190 acres
May 10	Oak Ave.	Huron/Manistee NF. Baldwin RD. MI.	Prescribed	24 acres

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