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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST MEDFORD, OR ORDER NO. 06-10-22-18-65 EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE - KLONDIKE FIRE Pursuant to 36 CFR § 261.50 (b), the following acts are prohibited upon the Wild Rivers Ranger District within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest as described below and shown in Exhibit A. This Order will be effective beginning July 2I, 2018 and ending October 31, 2018, unless sooner rescinded. ROADS CLOSED Being on the following roads closed for public health and safety. [36 CFR § 261.53(e)] Forest Service Road (FSR 4103) from forest boundary to its terminus at Illinois River trailhead. Forest Service Road (FSR 4105) in its entirety. Forest Service Road (FSR 2512) from FSR 2402 junction to its terminus at York Butte trailhead. Forest Service Road (FSR 2402-676) from York Butte to junction with 4105. EXEMPTIONS: Pursuant to 36 CFR § 261.S0(e), the following per so ns are...

Here is the information you have been requesting about each fire in the Garner Complex. The Grave Creek Fire is at 6,546 acres. Much of the northern half of the fire has either dozer line, hand line or roads holding the fire in check. Today fire fighters will work on completing construction of hand line and dozer line in mostly the southern and southeast- ern portions of the fire. Securing, holding, and patrolling containment lines are on-going around much of the fire. Assigned resources are 37 crews, 27 engines, 21 heavy equipment and overhead. The Pleasant Fire is at 784 acres. Yesterday the fire crossed over the containment line and burned a 30-40 area near Battle Mountain. Crews are working today to put a fire line around it and bring that portion back inside the fire line perimeter. Aircraft are planned to be active in this area. Most of the fire perimeter is secure by roads or dozer lines. In areas where there is unburned fuels between the fire perimeter and control lines...

INCIDENT: Taylor Creek Fire Evacuation Updates INCIDENT DATE AND TIME: 7/24/18 @ 1:00 pm REPORTING DEPUTY: C. Krauss DETAILS: EVACUATION LEVEL DOWNGRADES: • West Pickett Creek Road: o Pickett Creek Road to 574 West Pickett Creek Road, has been downgraded from a LEVEL 3 “GO” to a LEVEL 2 “BE SET.” Addresses above 574 West Pickett Creek Road remain on a LEVEL 3 “GO” notice. As a reminder: A LEVEL 2 “BE SET” evacuation notification means that you must be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice. This level indicates there is significant danger to your area, and residents should either voluntarily relocate to a shelter or with family/friends outside of the affected area, or if choosing to remain, be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Residents MAY have time to gather necessary items, but doing so is at their own risk. Emergency services cannot guarantee that they will be able to notify you if conditions rapidly deteriorate. Area media...

July 24, 2018, 9:00 am NW Incident Management Team (IMT) 9, Brian Goff, Incident Commander Contact us at: TimberCrater6.2018@gmail.com Fire Information: 541-291-4158 or leave a message on GoogleVoice at 541-238-2084 Crater Lake National Park, OR – At 15% containment and with 588 people assigned, Timber Crater 6 fire managers are pleased with progress to date in keeping the fire to the smallest size possible with a reasonable probability of success. Acreage is steady at 2355 acres. Weather: Humidity is inching higher than previous levels and is now in the mid 20% to low 30% range. Again, there is a notable possibility of thunderstorms in the late afternoon and early evening. Overnight humidity recovery has been good across the fire and is expected to continue. Through Saturday, temperatures in the mid to high 80s will persist, and light northwest winds are expected. Yesterday: Hot shot crews made good progress on the north and west sides of the fire, working...

Please follow this link to a news release regarding changes to the evacuation levels near the Hendrix Fire. https://flashalert.net/id/JCSO/116302

7/24 Smoke Outlook for Klondike and Natchez

Overnight, firefighters continued making great progress on containing the Garner Complex Fire. Todays’ day shift will continue to secure and hold control lines by strengthening hand-built and dozer lines, placing water hoses and continuing mop-up operations. Firefighters will also be setting fire inside the control lines to consume fuel between the fireline and actively burning areas of the fire, weather permitting. Structural crews continue assessing and creating defensible spaces around homes and other structures on the Grave and Taylor Creek fires. The fire continues to slowly burn within the interior of those lines, leading to a growth in acres of 2,075. As smoke conditions allow, air support will be dropping water and retardant on the south and west sides of the Taylor, Pleasant and Graves fires. Spencer Creek fire is holding within control and mop-up continues. The weather forecast projects continued hot and dry conditions. Winds will have a west-northwesterly flow at 5...

7/24/18 Smoke Outlook for Natchez and Klondike

The Joint Information Center has released a July 24th 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

Links to the July 24 Hendrix Fire Factsheet, and the Smoke Outlook for the Oregon California Border have been posted. Please find the links below.

[Morrow County, Ore.] Firefighters made significant progress overnight building fireline around the Wilson Prairie Fire, located in the southwest corner of Morrow County. The fire originated on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and spread onto the Umatilla National Forest. The fire is estimated to be 120 acres, burning in grass, brush, and timber. Yesterday firefighters were challenged with the fire spotting in pockets of dead white fir. Overnight the fire held inside the existing retardant lines used to “box in” the fire and check the spread. There are currently no evacuations or closures in place around the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Today additional resources are arriving to relieve firefighting personnel who worked throughout the night to stop the spread of the fire. Since the fire was reported yesterday afternoon firefighters were able to use dozers to build fireline around most of the fire. Firefighters will work to complete...

Weather & Fire Behavior: The hot and dry weather will persist allowing for continued fire perimeter growth and challenges from spot fires. Smoke is expected in the morning over the fire areas but should clear in the afternoon. For smoke information, visit: https://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ Yesterday’s Activities: Klondike Fire: The fire spotted across the Illinois River to the north establishing itself in the York Creek drainage and grew to about 100 acres inside the wilderness. Helicopter bucket drops were used to limit spread and slow growth of the spot and to hold the fire west of the Illinois River. Structure protection activities in the Oak Flat area of Josephine County continued. Fallers continued to remove hazard trees and dozers removed vegetation on roads to be used as alternate containment lines to the north and west of the Illinois River. Firefighters began work along Road 087 to Pearsoll Peak and along Roads 4103 and 4105 for use as containment lines. ...

Weather & Fire Behavior: The hot and dry weather will persist allowing for continued fire perimeter growth and challenges from spot fires. Smoke is expected in the morning over the fire areas but should clear in the afternoon. For smoke information, visit: https://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ Yesterday’s Activities: Klondike Fire: The fire spotted across the Illinois River to the north establishing itself in the York Creek drainage and grew to about 100 acres inside the wilderness. Helicopter bucket drops were used to limit spread and slow growth of the spot and to hold the fire west of the Illinois River. Structure protection activities in the Oak Flat area of Josephine County continued. Fallers continued to remove hazard trees and dozers removed vegetation on roads to be used as alternate containment lines to the north and west of the Illinois River. Firefighters began work along Road 087 to Pearsoll Peak and along Roads 4103 and 4105 for use as containment lines. ...

Prospect, Oregon – There are nineteen fires on the High Cascades Ranger District west of Crater Lake National Park (CLNP) managed under the collective name Sugar Pine, which is also the name of one specific fire. Approximately 1,077 total acres have burned on all fires combined. The four largest fires are Sugar Pine, Goodview, Round Top and Union. Firefighters completed fireline around the Round Top Fire (154 acres) and are conducting firing operations to consume unburned fuel within the fireline. Burnout operations are expected to continue for one more day. Mop-up on the Union Fire (106 acres) will be completed today. Crews and heavy equipment including dozers, masticators and chippers are constructing indirect firelines to the east and south of the Sugar Pine (395 acres) and Goodview (398 acres) fires. A contingency fireline will also be created along a powerline corridor near the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (RRSNF) border south of the fires. The incident...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office issued a Level 2 Evacuation Notice on Monday for 49 residences located along the West Fork Trail Creek Road and other nearby addresses. The area is in the path of the Snowshoe Fire, which is moving to the southeast along the West Fork of Trail Creek. Firefighters were able to aggressively attack the Snowshoe Fire at the south end directly with dozers on Monday as the layer of atmospheric smoke shaded the fire and decreased the fire intensity. Spotting was still an issue, however, and the smoke lowered visibility to the point that aircraft were not able to fly in the area until very late in the day. Firefighters worked on the ground to locate and suppress the spots, but are hoping the expected clearer air today will allow more hours of flight time. Structure protection is in place today to ensure everything possible is done to keep the fire away from homes. Several crews were added to further strengthen the night-time suppression effort. Oregon...

Please find a detailed map of the area around the Hendrix Fire. Unless there are significant changes, this will be the last time we post the vicinity map.

Release Date: Jul 20, 2018 Contact(s): Tamara Schmidt CHEMULT, Ore. – An emergency closure order has been put in place on the Chemult Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest bordering Crater Lake National Park. This action is a result of the Timber Crater 6 Fire burning in the northeast corner of the National Park and approaching the Forest boundary.As of this afternoon, the fire was expected to cross into the Fremont-Winema National Forest within the next 12 to 24 hours.The closure area is on National Forest System lands from the Forest boundary approximately 3 miles west of Diamond Lake Junction on U.S. Highway 97 to the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and State Highway 138 at the widest point, and from Forest Road 9777 and Cottonwood creek on the north end of the closure area to Forest Road 7033 and Pothole Butte on the south end.U.S. Highway 138 is not closed as a result of this closure order. Any potential closures along Highway 138 will be coordinated and...

There will be a Community Meeting in the parking lot of the Library in Prospect, Oregon on July 25, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.This will be an opportunity to learn more about current fire activity, operations and future planning for multiple fires burning on the High Cascades Ranger District.The Library is at 150 Mill Creek Drive, Prospect, Oregon

The July 24 Hendrix Fire infrared map has been posted to inciweb. The infrared flight interpreter estimated the acreage at 1067 (an increase of 6 acres from yesterday's infrared map). Containment of the Hendrix fire has been increased to 35%. 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

INCIDENT: Taylor Creek Fire Evacuation Updates INCIDENT DATE AND TIME: 7/23/18 @ 4:30 pm REPORTING DEPUTY: C. Krauss EVACUATION LEVEL DOWNGRADES: • Shan Creek Road: o Riverbanks Road to 989 Shan Creek Road, has been downgraded from a LEVEL 3 “GO” to a LEVEL 2 “BE SET.” Addresses above 989 Shan Creek Road remain on a LEVEL 3 “GO” notice. • Limpy Creek Road: o Riverbanks Road to 333 Limpy Creek Road, has been downgraded from a LEVEL 3 “GO” to a LEVEL 2 “BE SET.” Addresses above 333 Limpy Creek Road on a LEVEL 3 “GO” notice. As a reminder: A LEVEL 2 “BE SET” evacuation notification means that you must be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice. This level indicates there is significant danger to your area, and residents should either voluntarily relocate to a shelter or with family/friends outside of the affected area, or if choosing to remain, be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Residents MAY have time to gather necessary...