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The Milli Fire is 100% contained. Continued closure of Highway 242 will be in place while forest, fire and ODOT officials work together to remove danger trees from the

Description of Area Closure: Starting at the junction of State Route 410 and a location approximately one mile northeast of Lodgepole Campground head directly south along the west section line of Section 25, Tl 7N. R.11 E.; continue onto the west section line of Section 36 to its Southwest comer; head directly east along the south section line of Section 36, T. l 7N. R.11 E. to the Northwest comer of Section 5, T. l 6N. Rl 2E.; follow the west section line of Section 5, T. l 6N. Rl 2£. directly south to its southwest corner; follow the south section line of Section 5, T. l 6N. R l 2E. due east to its junction with the northwest corner of Section 9, T.16N. R. l 2E.; head directly south along the west section line of Section 9, T.16N. R.12E. to its Southwest comer; follow the south section line of Section 9, T.16N. R.12E. east 2.5 miles to the its junction with the William 0. Douglas Wilderness boundary; continue approximately 2 miles in a northeast direction along the William 0....

Location: 11 miles NNW of Mazama, WA Start Date: July 23, 2017Cause: Under Investigation Acres: 127,498 total acres Total Personnel: 188 Containment: 79% Note: The containment reflects the percent of operational objectives completed. Fire behavior slows in Pat Creek area Update: Chipping was completed around Sweet Grass, Ortell Creek, Deer Creek and Goat Creek yesterday. Excavator suppression repair was completed near Eightmile Ridge. Suppression repair work on the 300 Road continued throughout the operational period. The fire was monitored by ground and air resources. Fire activity in the Pat Creek area was slower yesterday than previous days. As was expected, heavy timber fuels continued to smolder and creep yesterday in the Monument Creek area. The fire activity seen around Monument Creek was due to yesterday’s rise in temperature. Approximately 97,043 acres in the U.S. and 30,454 acres in Canada have burned. No significant growth is expected in the U.S; however,...

Description of Area Closure: Starting at the junction of State Route 410 and the Forest Road 426 (Vicinity of Indian Flats or Section 7, T. l 7N., R.14E.); continue along FS Road 426 to its junction with FS Trail 955; continue on FS trail 955 to its junction with FS trail 952; follow FS trail 952 west to its junction with the Norse Peak Wildness boundary (Section 6, T.l 7N. R. 13£.); continue on the Norse Peak Wilderness boundary to the vicinity of the Raven's Roost; follow the Norse Peak Wilderness boundary to where it intersects with Section line 25 (Section 25, T.18N. R.12E.); head directly north along Section line 25 to its junction with the Norse Peak Wilderness boundary; continue along the Norse Peak Wilderness boundary to its junction with the Naches Ranger District boundary in the vicinity of Government Meadows (Section 2, T.l 8N. R. I IE.); follow the Naches Ranger District Boundary (also Pierce and Yakima County boundary) south to southwest to its intersection with the...

Smoke: Isolated interior areas of heat continue to pop up especially on the southwest side of the Chetco Bar wildfire. These areas are not posing a threat, however smoke produced from the burning material can travel towards communities. Smoke impacts continue to be mild to most of the area and may not be noticed until the evening hours when colder air tends to sink and pull smoke down with it. As we move into a hotter and drier weather pattern more isolated small smoke pockets may once again be seen.Fire: The main focus of fire personnel is securing and patrolling firelines. Repair work continues to happen alongside these operations, but only in safe areas that no longer pose a threat. Limited areas of heat are slowly burning themselves out as warm temperatures move into the area.Other: Agness should continue to experience a few hours of moderate air quality in the overnight and early morning hours, but the air-shed should clean out by early morning. The Brooking monitor is working...

With significant progress made on both the Chetco Bar and Indigo fires, personnel and equipment are being gradually released as the incident continues to be “right-sized” for current and expected fire activity and weather conditions. Today Firefighters continue to secure and mop up areas where pockets of heat remain while also backhauling equipment and repairing areas impacted by months of firefighting efforts. Isolated smokes persist within the fire interior and in difficult to access areas in the Meadow Creek, East Fork Pistol River, Emily Creek, and Illinois River drainages. Firefighters continue to work areas where – under certain conditions – the fire could potentially flare up and threaten containment, however, some areas may continue to smolder until the fire receives significant, season-ending rain. Safety Hazard trees present a high risk to firefighters working within the fire perimeter and are a consideration when forest managers determine the necessity of forest...

Updated 9/25/17 Eagle Creek Fire Area Closure of a portion of the Hood River Ranger District to include areas:North of Forest Road 13 and North of Washout CreekEast of the western Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness boundarySouth of Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area boundary West of the eastern Hood River Ranger District boundaryPacific Crest Trail #2000 north of Lolo Pass is closed.Forest Road 13 will remain open for travel.With this order it is prohibited to be in or upon National Forest System Lands in the area depicted on the map (Exhibit A).

Summary: Fire officials report the High Cascades Complex East Zone at 40% contained. Improving weather conditions and lack of fire growth is allowing firefighters to focus their efforts on suppression repair. Excavators and other heavy equipment will be shifted between fires to reflect operational needs over the next several days. Please be cognizant of heavy equipment traveling the roads in fire areas. As of Monday morning, approximately 32% of the total suppression repair work is complete. Excavators assisted crews on the North Pelican Fire (repair work 17% complete) repair bulldozer line. Handcrews completed culvert repairs on NF Road 350 and grading occurred on NF Road 3519. On the Blanket Creek Fire (repair work is 21% complete), chipping continued on the east flank of the burned area. Crews scouted and began repairing handline in backcountry areas of Crater Lake National Park. Crews on the Spruce Lake Fire (repair work is 52% complete) completed rehab from the...

Location: 11 miles NNW of Mazama, WA Start Date: July 23, 2017Cause: Under Investigation Acres: 127,498 total acres Total Personnel: 188 Containment: 79% Note: The containment reflects the percent of operational objectives completed. Fire behavior slows in Pat Creek area Update: Chipping was completed around Sweet Grass, Ortell Creek, Deer Creek and Goat Creek yesterday. Excavator suppression repair was completed near Eightmile Ridge. Suppression repair work on the 300 Road continued throughout the operational period. The fire was monitored by ground and air resources. Fire activity in the Pat Creek area was slower yesterday than previous days. As was expected, heavy timber fuels continued to smolder and creep yesterday in the Monument Creek area. The fire activity seen around Monument Creek was due to yesterday’s rise in temperature. Approximately 97,043 acres in the U.S. and 30,454 acres in Canada have burned. No significant growth is expected in the U.S; however,...

Focus continues to be on repair and cleanup of suppression efforts. Resource Advisors (READs) are working alongside fire crews to ensure cultural and natural resource values along with historic and recreational features are protected and preserved. One hand crew will proceed with their work near Wahtum Lake, low stumping and chipping along contingency lines on the south side of the fire. A hotshot crew will continue their work on the southeast side of the fire and will begin building water bars on a piece of hand line in this area. Crews have been scouting along Shellrock Mountain trying to identify a safe way for firefighters to engage with the active fire in this area. To date this has not been possible due to multiple safety concerns. Yesterday an engine was able to set up a sprinkler system on an area of live fire near I-84 where fire has been visible from the highway. Working and traveling on I-84 poses risks to fire crews and incident managers ask the public to continue to...

Nash Fire and Horse Creek Complex Update for Monday, September 25, 2017, 9 a.m. Fire Information: (541) 719-8371 Online: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ https://facebook.com/WillametteWildfires2017 Willamettewildfires2017@gmail.com Nash Fire: 6,738 acres Horse Creek Complex: Olallie Lookout Fire, 1,572 acres; Roney Fire, 3,548 acres; Avenue Fire, 3,398 acres; Separation Fire, 17,914 acres; Nash Fire, 6,738 acres. Total all fires: 33,170 acres, no change from yesterday. Resources: Personnel, 247; Crews, 5; Helicopters, 1; Engines, 1; Water Tenders, 2. Weather: A cool night at Wanoga Camp (25°F) and Hoodoo Incident Command Post (29°F) should slowly warm up as an inversion breaks near noon. Temperatures will range from the 50s on ridges to 60s in valleys. Relative humidity will decline as the day warms but climb back overnight. A few more clouds will move through Monday, but a gradual warming and drying trend will continue, with temperatures in the low 70s...

Horse Creek Complex and Rebel Fire Update for Monday, September 25, 2017, 9 a.m. Fire Information: (541) 719-8371 Online: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ https://facebook.com/WillametteWildfires2017 Willamettewildfires2017@gmail.com Rebel Fire: 8,703 acres Horse Creek Complex: Olallie Lookout Fire, 1,572 acres; Roney Fire, 3,548 acres; Avenue Fire, 3,398 acres; Separation Fire, 17,914 acres; Nash Fire, 6,738 acres. Total all fires: 41,873 acres, no change from yesterday. Resources: Personnel, 312; Crews, 6; Helicopters, 1; Engines, 4; Water Tenders, 32; Skidgen, 1. Weather: A cool night at Wanoga Camp (25°F) and Hoodoo Incident Command Post (29°F) should slowly warm up as an inversion breaks near noon. Temperatures will range from the 50s on ridges to 60s in valleys. Relative humidity will decline as the day warms but climb back overnight. A few more clouds will move through Monday, but a gradual warming and drying trend will continue, with temperatures...

Miller Complex Fire Update September 25, 2017 – 9:00 a.m. Acres: 36,496 Percent Contained: 70% Start Date: August 14, 2017 Cause: Lightning Total Personnel: 167 Location: Private land and federal land on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest 20 miles southwest of Medford, OR. Fire Information: 541-838-0770, Email address: millercomplex2017@gmail.com Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Officials have reduced the Miller Complex Area Closure The reduced area closure takes effect today, September 25, 2017. Due to the repair progress completed on both the Burnt Peak and Creedence fires, officials feel comfortable allowing recreationists and hunters back into the area. The Abney Fire area will remain closed for the time being as a safety precaution. For a more precise, technical definition of these closures, please see Forest Order Number 06-10-22-17-37, or visit the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest closure page at...

September 25, 2017 - 9:00 a.m. Fire Information: 541-378-6944 (8:00 am to 8:00 pm) Start Date: August 11, 2017 Cause: Lightning Fuels: Timber, forest litter, grass & shrubsAcres: 43,140 Percent Completed: 60% Current Situation: With the improving weather, warming temperatures and drying of muddy roads and dozer lines, fire suppression repair efforts on the 10 separate wildfires that comprise the Umpqua North Complex made great progress yesterday. Again, the Great Basin Incident Management Team #3 is not saying the fires are completely out. There are still plenty of isolated pockets of unburnt fuel, smoldering stumps and individual downed large logs that will continue to smolder and possibly burn more vigorously as temperatures continue to rise over the next few days within the various fire perimeters. Most are well within containment lines and pose little danger of escaping or spreading outside of containment lines. However, such as in the case of a section of line on the...

Horse Creek Complex and Rebel Fire Update for Monday, September 25, 2017, 9 a.m. Fire Information: (541) 719-8371 Online: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ https://facebook.com/WillametteWildfires2017 Willamettewildfires2017@gmail.com Rebel Fire: 8,703 acres Horse Creek Complex: Olallie Lookout Fire, 1,572 acres; Roney Fire, 3,548 acres; Avenue Fire, 3,398 acres; Separation Fire, 17,914 acres; Nash Fire, 6,738 acres. Total all fires: 41,873 acres, no change from yesterday. Resources: Personnel, 312; Crews, 6; Helicopters, 1; Engines, 4; Water Tenders, 32; Skidgen, 1. Weather: A cool night at Wanoga Camp (25°F) and Hoodoo Incident Command Post (29°F) should slowly warm up as an inversion breaks near noon. Temperatures will range from the 50s on ridges to 60s in valleys. Relative humidity will decline as the day warms but climb back overnight. A few more clouds will move through Monday, but a gradual warming and drying trend will continue, with temperatures in...

High Cascades Complex - West Zone UpdateNorthwest Interagency Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander: Tim Keith September 25, 2017 Special Announcements: Northwest Interagency Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Tim Keith, assumed management of the High Cascades Complex - West Zone this morning at 7:00 am. The incident command post (ICP) is located at the Joseph Stewart State Park near Lost Creek Reservoir southwest of Prospect, Oregon. Air Quality: For the most, up to date air quality reported for your area see Air Now http://www.airnow.gov/ or the Oregon Smoke Blog http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com Fire Information Center: (541) 316-8352 Available 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. Information Websites: Inciweb – https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5503 and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/R6RRSNF and https://facebook.com/UmpquaNationalForest/ Current Fire Information: The High Cascades Complex - West Zone is a compilation of fires started by lightning storms earlier this...

Jones Fire / Kelsey Fire9/25/2017 - 8 a.m.Fire Information: (541) 937-5219 jonesfire2017@gmail.com Jones Fire - Size: 10,220 acres Containment: 80% Cause: LightningKelsey Fire - Size: 441 acres Containment: 15% Cause: Lightning Yesterday’s Activity - On the Jones Fire crews continued to collect and backhaul equipment and hose from the fireline. Timber slash removal and chipping operations have been completed on containment lines on the west side of the Jones Fire. Fire suppression repair is set to begin. Left disturbed, containment lines can affect natural drainages causing soil erosion, damaging fish habitat, and reducing water quality. Firefighters work to limit these effects through a variety of techniques, including the installation of water bars. Water bars divert the flow of rain or run off and prevent the water from carving channels through the recently disturbed soil. On the Kelsey Fire, crews made good progress establishing fireline on Bunchgrass Ridge and down the...

Jones Fire / Kelsey Fire9/25/2017 - 8 a.m.Fire Information: (541) 937-5219 jonesfire2017@gmail.com Jones Fire - Size: 10,220 acres Containment: 80% Cause: LightningKelsey Fire - Size: 441 acres Containment: 15% Cause: Lightning Yesterday’s Activity - On the Jones Fire crews continued to collect and backhaul equipment and hose from the fireline. Timber slash removal and chipping operations have been completed on containment lines on the west side of the Jones Fire. Fire suppression repair is set to begin. Left disturbed, containment lines can affect natural drainages causing soil erosion, damaging fish habitat, and reducing water quality. Firefighters work to limit these effects through a variety of techniques, including the installation of water bars. Water bars divert the flow of rain or run off and prevent the water from carving channels through the recently disturbed soil. On the Kelsey Fire, crews made good progress establishing fireline on Bunchgrass Ridge and down the...

Date Started: Aug. 11, 2017; Cause: Lightning; Acreage: 52,056 (Norse Peak) and 3,853 (American) Percent Completed: 80% (Norse Peak) and 99% (American). Total Personnel: 135 which includes 4 Crews and 5 Engines. Fire Summary: Minimal fire growth is expected. Isolated pockets of slow surface spread where the fire is sheltered by the tree canopy and continued burning in the larger dead or down trees is still possible. The southeast side of the fire is under the command of the Naches Ranger District’s Type 4 organization. The northwest side of the fire is under the command of a Type 3 organization with the Incident Command Post located at the Expo Center in Enumclaw. Norse Peak Fire: On the northwest side of the fire, cleanup and fire suppression restoration work continues along Forest Road 70. Fire personnel are monitoring the active portion of the fire adjacent to State Route 410. American Fire: Any fire activity is expected to be minimal. 99% of the indirect lines are complete....

Date Started: Aug. 11, 2017; Cause: Lightning; Acreage: 52,056 (Norse Peak) and 3,853 (American) Percent Completed: 80% (Norse Peak) and 99% (American). Total Personnel: 135 which includes 4 Crews and 5 Engines. Fire Summary: Minimal fire growth is expected. Isolated pockets of slow surface spread where the fire is sheltered by the tree canopy and continued burning in the larger dead or down trees is still possible. The southeast side of the fire is under the command of the Naches Ranger District’s Type 4 organization. The northwest side of the fire is under the command of a Type 3 organization with the Incident Command Post located at the Expo Center in Enumclaw. Norse Peak Fire: On the northwest side of the fire, cleanup and fire suppression restoration work continues along Forest Road 70. Fire personnel are monitoring the active portion of the fire adjacent to State Route 410. American Fire: Any fire activity is expected to be minimal. 99% of the indirect lines are complete....