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 Archie Creek Fire Update September 22, 2020Unified Incident Commanders Mike Dueitt and Tim KeithEmail: 2020.archiecreek@firenet.govPhone: 971-334-7674 Hours: 8am-8pmInciWeb:  https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7176/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArchieCreekFireInfo/ There are NO Community Meetings scheduled at this time. A meeting for this evening for the Glide community was considered but not scheduled due to COVID-19 safety protocol.Special Note: The Oregon Department of Transportation announced that Highway 138E (North Umpqua Highway) will open at noon today. Motorists should expect delays of up to 45 minutes as single lane traffic will be escorted by pilot cars in some areas. Due to potential road hazards, motorists should stay in their cars and avoid pulling over and stopping. Despite the highway reopening, the Umpqua National Forest and lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, including all recreational areas between Glide and Diamond Lake, remain closed to the...

South Obenchain Fire Update   Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Doug Johnson September 22, 2020 Fire updates will be provided once daily The life and safety of the public and all wildland fire responders is always the number one priority for all fire agencies. To keep firefighters and communities healthy and safe, all firefighters are asked to follow recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce the spread of illness. This also includes limited entry into the incident command post and base camp. EXTREME fire danger still exists in the Rogue Valley. All fuels remain at critically dry levels. An innocent spark could escalate out of control.  Please do your part to prevent wildfires. One less spark, one less wildfire. Fire Information: Wildfire Information Center: (458) 206-3043 Jackson County Emergency Management: (541) 776-7338 E-mail:  SouthObenchainFire@gmail.com Wildfire...

Fire Lingering overnight showers, westerly winds this afternoon, and higher humidity throughout the day will moderate fire behavior. Internal pockets of unburnt fuels and dense understory will continue to smolder and produce visible smoke. This afternoon, additional smoldering stumps will become active as the inversion lifts and temperatures increase. Smoke Smoke levels will remain elevated within the interior of the fires and around active fire parameters. Visible smoke will develop in the afternoon as stumps, roots, and unburnt fuels increase activity late today. This evening, smoke will pool back into the drainages with cooler temperatures. Communities of Mill City, Gates, Detroit, and Estacada will remain the most impacted due to proximity to the fires. From Eugene to Portland, the region will see Good air quality. Intermittent Moderate and USG levels are possible near non-wildland fire pollutant sources, specifically on the outskirts of Albany and Salem. Health As property...

Southern Area Incident Management Team Gray Team will be holding a virtual community meeting on the Gifford Pinchot Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GiffordPinchot/videos/ on Tuesday, September 22 at 5:00 PM.The team will be giving an update to the current situation of the fire, as well as the current fire behavior. Questions can be left on this post as well as during the virtual meeting, and staff will try to answer them to the best of our ability at the end of the presentations.The video will be saved and able to be viewed and shared for those that can’t attend during the live broadcast. Please share this message with all of those that would be interested in attending this

Пожары в штате Вашингтон ОБНОВЛЕНИЕ  ПОЖАР BIG HOLLOW   22 сентября 2020 года Информационная линия о пожаре: 971-333-8602 Для немедленного релиза   Обзор:    Southern Area Incident Management Gray Team перешла к работе на пожаре Big Hollow в 18:00 в понедельник, 21 сентября. Команда будет управлять ситуацией в восточной части пожара, расположенной в районе Mount Adams Ranger, в национальном лесу Гиффорд Пинчот (Gifford Pinchot National Forest).   Текущая ситуация:    За последние 24 часа огонь практически не распространялся. Наблюдалось его медленное движение по склону и хребту над шоссе Windy River / Forest Road 30....

Resumen: el Equipo Gray de Gestión de Incidentes del Área Sur se incorporó al incendio de Big Hollow a las 6:00 p.m. el lunes 21 de septiembre. El equipo gestionará la parte este del incendio ubicado en el Distrito Mount Adams Ranger en el Bosque Nacional Gifford Pinchot. Situación actual: el incendio mostró poco movimiento durante las últimas 24 horas. Se observó progresión lenta a lo largo de la cresta y cordillera sobre la carretera 30 de Wind River/Forest. Todas las partes del incendio están siendo patrulladas y monitoreadas, y se están realizando labores de limpieza.  Operaciones de hoy: para esta tarde se espera precipitación leve sobre la zona del incendio. Los equipos seguirán patrullando las líneas de contención en caso de que surja algún foco, y trabajarán para ampliar las líneas en Government Mineral Springs, incluyendo el puesto de guardia. Asimismo, buscarán posibles árboles de riesgo o residuos cerca de las líneas de contención.  Información...

Overview: The Southern Area Incident Management Gray Team transitioned on the Big Hollow Fire at 6:00 PM, Monday, September 21st. The team will manage the eastern portion of the fire located on the Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Current Situation: Over the last 24-hours the fire has shown little movement. Slow creeping along the slope and ridgeline above the Windy River Highway/Forest Road 30 has been observed. All other portions of the fire are in the patrol and monitor stage, with clean-up still being conducted.  Today’s Plan: Light precipitation in expected over the fire area this afternoon. Crews will continue to patrol containment lines for any hot spots and work to widen containment lines along Government Mineral Springs including the guard station.  Crews will be scouting for potentially hazardous trees or debris along containment lines.  Visitor Information: Sunset Falls Campground and Panther Creek Campground remains open on the Gifford...

 Smokejumpers and a falling crew cleaned out areas north of Highway 12 in the steep draws, dropping snags and burning trees to stabilize the area above the highway. Other crews worked to close of the northeast corner building fire line from the Sand Ridge Trail down towards the highway as well as keeping fire north of Clear Creek. A lot of good work was accomplished throughout the day as crews began to mop up inward one to two hundred feet along many parts of the fire line in efforts to further secure those portions of containment lines. Hot spots and torching may continue within the perimeter of the footprint of the fire as pockets of unburned fuel ignite over the next few days during warmer and drier periods. Crews and other resources are being released from the incident as appropriate as the fire activity is becoming more reduced. The reduction in the overall acreage of the fire is due to better

September 21, 2020 @ 9 AM Yesterday: Many more positive developments were made yesterday, especially with mop-up activity. We experienced only moderate fire behavior, with the same creeping and smoldering we have seen for several days, with smoke mostly coming from the interior in the northwest corner of the fire. The northwest corner has heavy down and dead fuel loading which continues to slowly burn. Crews have a good handle on the location of those hotter areas. We continued mop-up and patrolling lines in all divisions. Firing operations hastened burning of unburned fuels in the interior islands to reinforce fire control lines. Crews encountered mild, southwest terrain-driven winds and no red flag warnings. We are moving into more active repair/rehab operations, and a special suppression repair group was onsite beginning last evening scouting and looking at road and contingency lines. Incident operations are moving toward a more local incident management team by the end...

 US 12 Open Both Directions - US-12 milepost 165 to milepost 166, east of White Pass: Monday Sept. 21 to Wednesday Sept. 23 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. expect flagged traffic control. Work depends of fire

Below is the link to the Riverside Fire virtual Community Meeting recording, with guest Sherriff Craig Roberts, with closed captioning available.Video Link: https://bit.ly/35UceE0  You can always visit the Riverside Fire incident page on YouTube as well for all our videos at:

Deschutes National Forest Reduces Lionshead Fire Closure Area Favorable weather and firefighting efforts lead to increased access to Metolius Basin   Sisters, Ore.- Favorable weather conditions and significant firefighting efforts on the Lionshead Fire prompted the Sisters Ranger District to decrease the Lionshead Fire Closure Area. See attached map and News Release

We will be having a live-streamed Community Meeting about the Lionshead Fire Wednesday September 21, 2020.More information and links to

  GLIDE – Oregon 138E (North Umpqua Highway) is set to reopen at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The highway has been closed two weeks due to the Archie Creek and Thielsen fires. For the next few weeks, the highway will be reduced to a single lane in some areas between Swiftwater Park and the Oregon 230 junction (milepost 23-83). This will allow workers to remove hazards, address fire damage and assist in firefighting operations.Pilot cars and flaggers will provide 24-hour traffic control at each location. Motorists traveling the length of the corridor can expect delays up to 45 minutes. Visibility conditions may change quickly and many roadside hazards persist. Motorists are advised to drive with caution at a speed that is appropriate for road conditions. Because of these potential hazards, motorists are requested to stay in their vehicles and avoid pulling over and stopping.Despite the highway reopening, the Umpqua National Forest and BLM managed lands, including all recreational...

UPDATE (Sept. 21, 2020, 1 p.m.) NEW #ClackamasWildfires EVACUATION-LEVEL REDUCTIONS; ESTACADA TO LEVEL 1Effective immediately (Monday, Sept. 21), the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office in collaboration with the Riverside Fire Incident Management Team SWA Team 1, Clackamas Fire District #1, Molalla Rural Fire Protection District #73, Colton Rural Fire Protection District #70, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Oregon Department of Transportation is announcing additional reductions to evacuation levels.Please refer to the Wildfire Evacuation Zones map to see if your area has been changed:https://ccgis-mapservice.maps.arcgis.com/.../index.html...DETAILS on Sept. 21, 1 p.m. changes:• Additional areas have been removed from evacuation level status and returned to “Normal” coinciding with the scaling back of Level 1 “Ready” (green) and Level 2 “Set” (yellow) areas across the county.• The area of the Wilhoit...

 Fire Summary:Today is the last day that the National Guard will be working a full shift on the Two Four Two Fire. We thank them for their contributions and personal sacrifice in helping with our firefighting efforts and wish them a safe return home. Crews will continue mop up and gridding for smoke in the fire area. Firefighters have almost completed mopping up 100 feet into the interior of the fire, around the perimeter. There is some remaining heat on the west side of Highway 62 that crews will focus on. The team is planning to transition to a Type 4 team made up of ODF and USFS resources on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd at 8a.m. Safety always comes first. Snags are an extreme hazard to firefighters and the public following any wildfire. Heather Berg, USFS Agency Administrator, stated in last night’s virtual community meeting that the U.S Forest Service land will remain closed to the public in the fire area. U.S Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry will continue working...

Virtual Community Meeting Beachie Creek Fire, Tuesday, September 22, 6 pm, Beachie Creek Facebook Live:   https://www.facebook.com/BeachieCreekFire2020  

Lionshead Fire Update – Monday, September 21, 2020   Firefighters Continue to Take Advantage of Cooler WeatherCurrent Situation: The weather continues to stabilize with moderate temperatures and slightly lower humidities. Patchy clouds and fog are expected over parts of the fire this morning. As light fuels dry out over the next couple of days, activity in fine fuels may increase. More smoke may be expected, particularly as green islands within the perimeter burn out. Some Canadian crews and overhead arrived on the fire on Sunday. This international assistance comes at a time of unprecedented resource demands.A Virtual Fire Information Public Meeting is being planned for Wednesday, September 23, 2020. More information will follow. Firefighting Efforts by Division: (Refer to the map for division breakdown.)Good progress was made Sunday on Division A, the northeastern portion of the fire. Crews worked directly on the fire’s edge towards Badger Butte, reassessing containment...

Story map is now available for the Riverside Fire. Story maps use Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to combine geospatial data with photos, video, audio, and text to visualize a theme or sequential events. Story maps are designed for audiences with access to the Internet; users do not need experience with GIS software to read or use story maps.Click on this link to