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Silver Falls State Park is open and all operations are normal during regular business hours. All trails are open except the Northern Section of Buck Mountain Loop (see Maps Section). The Howard Creek Horse Camp and the Howard Creek Day-use Area, and the Ranches have been reopened. The Youth Camp (Camp Silver Creek) will be back open and resume normal operations beginning July 29th.

The July 23 Hendrix Fire infrared map has been posted to inciweb. The infrared flight interpreter estimated the acreage at 1061. 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 day.

A community meeting will be held at the Tiller Fire Department this evening at 6:30 PM. Fire officials will explain the fire situation and suppression effort and respond to questions. The northwest transport wind that had kept the South Umpqua valley clear despite all the fire activity during the past week shifted to the southwest on Sunday. The wind caused the valley to fill with smoke, and an inversion ensured that the smoke didn’t leave. The weather report calls for a change back to the northwest flow that should scour the smoke out of the valley later today. The same inversion that kept the smoke in the valley also affected fire behavior. “The inversion acts as a lid,” explains Fire Behavior Analyst Katie Hetts, “and the fire builds in intensity under the lid. Then, when the lid is removed, the fire “boils over”, so to speak, and firefighters often experience a sudden increase in fire behavior.” As the inversion lifted over the fires yesterday, the increased...

Update July 22 at 5:45 p.m.: Due to increased fire activity from the Grave #3 fire, the evacuation zone in the Pleasant Creek Road area has been expanded. Map section 15, previously at Level 2 (Be Set), is now Level 3 (Go). This includes addresses between 6392 and 7235 Pleasant Creek Road. Residents of that area can expect to receive Citizen Alert notifications shortly. A downloadable map attached to this release includes a general area map with current evacuation zones and map sections noted. As before, be aware that some addresses within the address range given may or may not be included in an evacuation zone. The zones are based on geographical areas, not specific address or block numbers. Please refer to the online interactive map to check a specific address: http://joco.maps. arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/ index.html?id= 37b8a655d90f4f82ba35ba107a8278 40. National Guard personnel will be assisting Jackson County Sheriff's Office deputies with road closures to help ensure...

A Joint Information Center has been opened through a partnership of federal, state, and county agencies. This update of Southwestern Oregon fires has been published today, July 22, 2018.

These evacuation notices are based on fire activity from the Taylor Creek and Klondike Fires in Josephine County.REPORTING DEPUTY: C. Krauss INCIDENT: Current Fire Evac Levels and Road Blocks in Josephine County INCIDENT DATE AND TIME: 7/22/18 @ 10:00 pmCurrent evacuation levels:Level 3 - West Pickett Creek RoadLevel 3 - Upper end of Shan Creek RoadLevel 3 - Upper end of Limpy creek RoadLevel 3 - Oak Flat community at the end of Illinois River RoadLevel 2 - Lower end of Shan Creek RoadLevel 2 - Lower end of Limpy Creek RoadLevel 2 - Pickett Creek Road, including secondary roadsLevel 2 - Dutcher Creek Road, including secondary roadsLevel 1 - Riverbanks Road between Limpy Creek Road and Pickett Creek Road including all secondary roads and streetsDue to the Taylor Creek wildfire, road blocks have been established to prevent non­-essential vehicle traffic from interfering withresidents attempting to evacuate and emergency services vehicles engaged in firefighting activities. Current road...

Timber Crater 6 Fire Update July 22, 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: The Timber Crater 6 Fire is managed by Northwest Incident Management Team 9. At this morning’s operational briefing, Incident Commander Brian Goff emphasized that the objectives are to provide for public and firefighter safety, to protect high values at risk (life, property and critical infrastructure), and execute an aggressive, full–suppression strategy to control the Timber Crater 6 Fire as quickly and efficiently as possible. The Timber Crater 6 Fire now stands at 1190 acres and is zero percent contained. The incident is staffed with 340 firefighters and support personnel. Two helicopters are assigned to the fire. Yesterday, firefighters conducted low-intensity burn operations on US Forest Service land to the east of...

Per the Josephine County Sheriff, as of noon today, Sunday July 22:Due to the fast moving Talyor Creek Wildfire, all residents on Limpy Creek and Shan Creek Roads are being placed on a Level 3, "GO", Evacuation! Additionally, Dutcher Creek Road has been upgraded to Leval 2, "Be

Sunday, July 22. 2018 Natchez Fire UpdateCurrent Situation: On the Natchez Fire (15 miles SE of Cave Junction, OR), crews continue to make good progress establishing indirect lines on the fire using heavy equipment and hand crews. The terrain is rugged and crews continue to work on widening existing roads to use as containment lines. Aerial resources including large helicopters will be used to slow fire growth to as conditions permit. Aviation resources will continue to be used as long as weather conditions are favorable. Klondike and Granite Fires (9 miles NW of Selma, OR) have now grown together and will be referred to as the Klondike Fire going forward. This area is very rugged and has been unsafe to put fire crews into the fire area. To limit future growth of the Klondike Fire, fire crews and heavy equipment are being used to improve existing roads and old fire lines on the eastern and southern sides of the fire. A strategy is being developed to limit the growth of the fires...

More accurate mapping shows that the Substation Fire covered 79,121 acres. Containment reached 82% by Saturday evening. Fire behavior was minimal, with some smoldering in hotspots in Deschutes River corridor and Eight-Mile Canyon. The Oregon State Fire Marshall Red Team is demobilizing today. The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office and the Sherman County Sheriff's Office have reduced the evacuation levels for all areas to Level 1. More information about the Ready, Set, Go preparation program can be found at http://www.wildlandfirersg.org Crews will continue their work to reinforce and overhaul containment lines as they ensure areas are cool to the touch for a distance of 150 feet from the fire edge or any structures. Within the perimeter of the fire, and especially in the burned area in the Deschutes River Canyon, smoke in the interior of the burn may be present and visible for multiple days. Access to the Deschutes River is open. However, boaters should use caution and may have...

Prospect, Oregon – Good progress has been made to access, assess and safely engage all the known fires on the High Cascades Ranger District west of Crater Lake National Park (CLNP). Nineteen fires east and west of Highway 62 are being managed under the collective name Sugar Pine, which is also the name of one specific fire. Approximately 645 total acres have burned on all fires combined. Highway 62 is not threatened.Yesterday, aircraft applied water to the Sugar Pine and Union fires to prevent spread. Some burn-out operations were conducted on the Round Top Fire. Mop-up and patrol continue on several of the smaller fires that have been lined or contained. A new heat source was identified by an infrared overflight last night. It will be investigated today. Today’s priorities include improving containment lines and mopping up on the Union, Junction and Sunshine fires, assessing direct and indirect options for containing the Sugar Pine and Goodview fires to keep them as small as...

A new vicinity map of the Hendrix Fire has been posted to inciweb. Some new insets have been added which we hope will be responsive to feedback we have received.

Firefighters are making progress on the Miles Fire in areas that have been threatening private residences, though the Level 2 Evacuation order remains in effect. The fire continues to spread to the north and east beyond the private lands. The Snowshoe Fire continues to be pushed to the southeast. It remains west of the West Fork of Trail Creek as it moves south on private land, and has remained north of Chicago Creek. Oregon Department of Forestry crews, working from the south, and federal interagency crews, working from the north, are striving to tie their respective fire lines together to prevent further spread of the fire. Spotting of up to half a mile has complicated the suppression effort. The Snowshoe Fire will be managed jointly with Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) under a unified command, with Melvin Thornton as the ODF Incident Commander. Near the Columbus Fire, firefighters are falling hazard trees, opening previous fire lines, and working to protect the...

Hendrix Fire – July 22, 2018 Morning Update Red Flag Warning Today for Lightning on Dry Fuels Acres: 1,057 acres (based on infrared flight) Cause: Lightning Percent Containment: 15% Start Date: 07/15/18, 8:30 am Location: 9 mi SW of Ashland, OR Expected Containment Date: 07/31/2018 Jurisdiction: Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest & Private Land Resources: ~520 personnel including 4 Hot Shot Crews, 10 Hand Crews, 5 Helicopters, 21 Engines, 4 Assigned Dozers + additional Dozers on loan from cooperators, and 8 watertenders, 1 masticator, and 1 skidgen There is a Red Flag Warning today due to a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, with the possibility of abundant lightning. Firefighters are prepared to initial attack any new fire starts if they occur. The fire is expected to become more active today, as atmospheric conditions become more unstable with a shift in the weather. Yesterday helicopters dropped 33,000 gallons of water on the fire, including 55 bucket...

The Hendrix Fire acreage has been updated from the infrared flight taken overnight. The updated acreage is 1057 acres, and containment is at 15%.

Hendrix FireCommunity MeetingSunday, July 22, 2018 at 6pmRuch Branch Library7919 Highway 238,Ruch, OR 97530 The meeting will be live streamedand a recording posted

Special Update: Governor Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act, which authorizes the Oregon State Fire Marshal to send more firefighters from around the state to help the local firefighters protect life, safety and property. The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Blue Team has been deployed to the Garner Complex and will join ODF Team 2 in unified command at 2:00 P.M. today. Six Task Forces and miscellaneous overhead have arrived today to support the local jurisdictions in structural protection. At 2 A.M. this morning there was an IR (inferred camera) flight that flew over the complex. This flight enabled us to get more accurate acreage on the fires. Last night before the flight, the total acreage reported for the fires was 3,365. After the flight, heat detection camera’s were able to more accurately detect the updated acreage of the fires and reported a total acreage of 6,382. Current Evacuation Orders: Pleasant Creek Rd: Levels 2 and 3 Grave Cr. Rd is Level 3...

An updated vicinity map of the Hendrix Fire has been posted.

A fire update has been posted for the Hendrix Fire. It is attached as a PDF document, and as two JPEGs.

7/21/18 Natchez Fire UpdateSummary: The Northwest Incident Management Team 10 is in charge of the management of the Natchez, Poker, Klondike, and Granite Fires. This management area will be referred to as the Natchez Fire. Current Situation: On the Natchez Fire (15 miles SE of Cave Junction, OR), crews continue to make good progress establishing indirect lines on the fire using heavy equipment and hand crews. The terrain is rugged and crews continue to work on widening existing roads to use as containment lines. Aviation resources will continue to be used as long as weather conditions are favorable. Klondike and Granite Fires (9 miles NW of Selma, OR) are continuing to grow. This area is very rugged and has been unsafe to put members into the fire area. A strategy is being developed to limit the growth of the fires using air resources and old fire lines and existing roads in the area. A team of fire experts is being assembled to develop a long term strategy for controlling...