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For Public Information call the Joint Information Center: 541-474-5305 (8 AM—8 PM) Media Information Line: (541) 660-7634 Information Center Blog: SWOJIC.blogspot.com https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5935/ email: garnercomplexinformation@gmail.com The purpose of this update is to give more information about the fire and smoke seen the few days and nights near the Taylor Creek and Pleasant Creek Fires. The public may see more fire and experience smokier conditions. Burnout operations continue to be conducted on the Grave Creek Fire, Taylor Creek Fire and Pleasant Creek Fire. Burnout means: setting fire inside a control line to con- sume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line. Individual tree torching will be visible, especially at night. Wildland and structural fire fighters, who work in twelve hours shifts, will continue efforts to keep the fire inside the control lines. While wildland fire fighters fight the fire, the role of the OSFM resources is to...

FIRE CLOSURE UMATILLA NATIONAL FOREST Pursuant to 36 CFR, Sec. 261.50(a) and (b), the following acts are prohibited in the area described in this order within the Heppner Ranger District on the Umatilla National Forest beginning on July 25, 2018 at ____ hrs. until further notice: It is prohibited to go into or be in the area described below and shown on the map in Appendix A (36 CFR 261.53 (e); The area within following the following boundary; Starting at State Highway 207 at its junction with the Forest Boundary in T7S, R25E, Section 3, South to Forest Service Road (FSR) 24, then follow FSR 24 east to its junction with FSR 23, then follow FSR 23 east to FSR 2128, then follow FSR 2128 north to the Forest Boundary at T7S, R26 Section 2, then following the Forest Boundary west to State Highway 207. It is prohibited to use any type of traffic on the following roads (36 CFR 261.54(c)); National Forest System Road (NFSR) 2039000 - From the Junction of Highway 207 easterly to...

[Morrow County, Ore.] Fire behavior increased late yesterday afternoon on the Wilson Prairie Fire, resulting in the fire moving outside the fireline on the southern portion of the fire. The fire, pushed by afternoon winds and warm temperatures spotted across the retardant lines into dry fuels. Three helicopters were used to drop water on hotspots while tankers were used to lay retardant lines in front of the fire to slow the spread so ground resources could engage and build fireline. The fire continued to grow to the south. Firelines on the north portion of the fire continue to hold. Firefighters are working to stop the fire progress in the south using firefighters, dozers, and fire engines supported by helicopters and tankers. Current resources on the fire includes three helicopters, six crews, twelve engines, four dozers, and two tenders. The fire is currently estimated at 700 acres. A large area, trail and road closure within the vicinity of Bull Prairie Lake and the Wilson...

Update 7/25/18 at 2:40 p.m.: Following the recommendation of fire officials, the evacuation level on Graves Creek Road, north of Ditch Creek, has been reduced from Level 3 (Go) to Level 2 (Be Set). If residents in this area have registered for Citizen Alert since the original evacuation, they will receive a notification at some time today. No other evacuation levels for the Grave or Pleasant fires have changed. For information about evacuation levels and other preparedness information, go to www.rvem.org . Information related to the Garner Complex fires can be found at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5935/ .

Fire managers will give an update about the Natchez and Klondike Fires.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office issued a Level 2 Evacuation Notice for areas near the Snowshoe Fire and SR 62 on 7/23/18. For more information, please use this link:July 23, 2018 Evacuation Map, Snowshoe

The Joint Information Center has released a July 25, 2018 combined update. Please use the link below. Information for Southwest Oregon Fires is available at the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 541-474-5305 8 AM – 8

On July 24, the Umpqua National Forest issued a revised emergency fire closure order for areas near fires included in the South Umpqua Complex. The new order can be found at this link: Revised emergency fire closure

Under Order No. 06-10-24-18-63, two small areas of the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest (RRSNF), near its northwestern boundary with the Umpqua National Forest (UNF) have been closed due to wildfires and to permit safe firefighting activity on both Forests. The roads described below and the area of the RR-S between them and the UNF are closed: NFS 68 at the RRSNF Boundary (T33S., R2E., section 33, SE ½ ) to the junction with NFS 6640 NFS 6640 from the junction with NFS 68, southwest to the junction of NFS 6640800. NFS 6640800 at the RRSNF Boundary (T31S., R2E, section 7, NE ¼ ) NFS 1610-900 to the junction with NFS 970 (T31S., R1W., section 36, NE ¼ ) NFS 1610 970

Fire behavior moderated on Tuesday, but is expected to escalate again today. Firefighters made significant gains on Tuesday, but night shift on the Snowshoe Fire reported a dry wind from the northeast last night which caused spotting on the west side. Tall trees burning to their very tops were casting sparks downwind. The night crew was able to surround the visible hot spots with dozer line, and day crews will be checking again today. The forecast calls for gusts up to 20 MPH down the West Fork Trail Creek drainage this afternoon, which increases spotting potential in the southeast corner of the fire – an area that held well against Tuesday’s milder winds. The Miles Fire has reached Savage Bluffs east of Flat Creek drainage. Much of the burning in this area has been low intensity. The HD and Columbus Fires have finally joined and formed the single Columbus Fire. As the fire grows to the south, fire crews will burn out the fuels between the fire and Road 2925, which has been...

Weather & Fire Behavior: Temperatures continue to climb and droppingrelative humidity values will lead to an increase in fire behavior today. Thoughwinds are predicted to be light the fire is expected to be very active withpotential for group torching and short crown runs and increased spottingdistances. Poor visibility from smoke may continue to effect aerial operations.For smoke information, visit: https://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ Yesterday’s Activities:The fire remains within the current and planned containment lines. Structureprotection activities continued in communities east of the fire area. Lineconstruction to contain the northern and eastern edge of the fire continued.Active overnight burning conditions allowed night shift resources to conductburnout operation along the dozer line between the 4808 and 4810 roads onthe northern edge of the fire, and to tie in and strengthen the primarycontainment line along the eastern edge from the dozer line on the 4810 roadsouth to...

Links to the July 25 Hendrix Fire fact sheet, and the Smoke Outlook for the Oregon California Border have been posted. Please find the links

Weather & Fire Behavior: Afternoon temperatures will be in excess of 100 degrees in the valleys while the relative humidity will continue to drop into the mid teens. Afternoon winds will be out of the west and should remain light. Fire managers expect extreme fire behavior which could result in single tree and group torching in addition to short up-slope crown runs. Yesterday’s Activities: Due to the steep, rugged and inaccessible terrain, crews continued to work on indirect fire lines implementing primary control lines as well as holding and patrolling the east side. Crews continued to maintain the structure protection measures in place in Oak Flat. There was some active burning yesterday afternoon and evening in the Hayden Creek area with the fire burning down towards Panther Creek. Today’s Activities: Crews will continue to maintain and improve the structure protection in Oak Flat. The fire is slowing and holding in the area of the Chetco Bar fire scar. An additional division...

For Public Information call the Joint Information Center: 541-474-5305 (8 a.m. —8 p.m.) Media Information Line: (541) 660-7634 Information Center Blog: SWOJIC.blogspot.com https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5935/ email: garnercomplexinformation@gmail.com Last night’s burnout operations were conducted on the Taylor Creek Fire. Burnout means: setting fire inside a control line to consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line. Individual tree torching was visible through the night. However, all fire remains within the control lines due to the efforts of both wildland and structural fire fighters, who worked through the night. All day today burnout operations will be conducted on the south and east sides of the Taylor Creek fire and the south side of the Grave Creek Fire. The public will see more active fire and smoke in these areas. These burnout operations are critical for widening the control firelines that are strategically placed to control the fire. ...

7/25/2018 Smoke outlook for Natchez

7/24 Smoke Outlook for Klondike

July 25, 2018, 9:00 am NW Incident Management Team (IMT) 9, Brian Goff, Incident Commander Contact us at: TimberCrater6.2018@gmail.com - Fire Information: 541-238-2084 (GoogleVoice) or 541-291-4158 Crater Lake National Park, OR – Fire crews continued making great progress Tuesday on the Timber Crater 6 Fire, which has been burning in the northeast corner of Crater Lake National Park and more recently on the Fremont-Winema National Forest since July 15 following a passing lightning storm. Containment has increased to 35% as firefighters successfully mopped up hot spots and secured holding lines from recent burnout operations. Fire growth has been minimal over the past two days with 2355 acres now burned. There are 639 personnel assigned to the fire. Primary fire management objectives remain fully suppressing the fire while minimizing impacts to natural resources and the public, with public and firefighter safety as the foremost consideration. A combination of factors including...

Prospect, Oregon – Nineteen fires on the High Cascades Ranger District west of Crater Lake National Park are being managed under the collective name Sugar Pine, which is also the name of one specific fire. Approximately 1,233 acres have burned on all fires combined. The three largest fires are Sugar Pine, Goodview and Round Top. There will be a community meeting Wednesday July 25 at 6pm at the Prospect Library parking lot to provide a status and strategy update on the Sugar Pine fires. Crews and heavy equipment including dozers, masticators and chippers partially constructed indirect firelines to the east and south of the Sugar Pine (447 acres) and Goodview (502 acres) fires. Rugged terrain has been an extreme challenge and much more work is needed to improve these lines and make them effective. A contingency fireline is being constructed along a powerline corridor near the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (RRSNF) border south of the fires. This fireline...

The July 24 Hendrix Fire infrared map has been posted to inciweb. The infrared flight interpreter estimated the acreage at 1081 (an increase of 14 acres from yesterday's infrared map). Containment of the Hendrix fire has been increased to 40%. Please keep in mind that the acreages are an approximation and can vary based on how they are determined, and are updated at different times of the

[Morrow County, Ore.] Today additional resources arrived to support fire suppression efforts on the Wilson Prairie Fire in Morrow County. Firelines around the fire were strengthened and efforts made to complete hand and dozer fireline around the fire adjacent to retardant drops. However, late today the fire moved outside the fireline and pushed into the Porter Creek drainage on the southern end of the fire. Evening downslope winds have continued to move the fire through the drainage to the southeast and across the ridge into the next drainage to the south. Very Large Air Tankers (VLATS), Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs), and helicopters continued to drop water and retardant on the fire to slow the fire growth and allow firefighters and equipment on the ground to engage in the suppression efforts. These ground resources are working to strengthen fireline along existing roads as well as building fireline in locations favorable to stopping the fire spread. The movement of the fire has...