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Condition Monitoring Report  
Station Number: ID-BK-27
Station Name: Inkom 5.5 N
Report Date: 6/22/2025
Submitted: 6/22/2025 7:16 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Dry
Description:
General: It's raining as I type, so our moisture is perking up.  We expect .4" in June, and we're improving our lot today.  Including this morning's moisture, We have had .28" so far this June.  Otherwise, it's been pretty hot.  It's 39 degrees F right now (6:00 am).  The clouds just cleared so that we can see the Caribou Range (we're at the foot of that range) and they received snow last night!
Agriculture: One of our neighbor's crops is winter wheat, we think, as it came up in spring before planting occurred.  We've never seen winter wheat out here, so I suspect it's an experiment to see how it fares.  It, of course, capitalizes on the snowpack, but also requires a separate harvesting cycle (which is an expense).  The recently planted crop is coming up, and it's mostly wheat (and a little mustard).
Energy:  Yesterday we created 91.18 kWHR with solar, and used only 25.221 kWHR (including baking!).  That almost changed as we thought about air conditioning.  So far, so good.
Fire: We've had several regional fires (Pocatello, S. of Inkom, Bancroft).  The one in Pocatello was particularly nasty because if the wind had shifted it would have burned out the West Bench.  Luck with with us.  
Plants/wildlife:  More birds this week, even a single hummingbird on our feeder. Still very few yellow jackets, which is very worrisome.  Moths are definitely down.  Some more butterflies, but again, not typical numbers.
Water: Again, we're down for June, and 3/4 through the month.  We've had .28" as of this morning, and expect .404".
Categories: General Awareness
Agriculture
Energy
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality