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 Smoke DiscussionA north to northwest flow combined with warming and drying will bring increasing periods of smoke to the forecast area for the next couple of days. West of the Cascades Good air quality is on tap for today with periods of higher density smoke from mid-morning into the afternoon. Eugene will have Good air quality today but some haze may be observed. Communities around Oakridge and Cascara/Lowell can expect overall Moderate air quality conditions becoming Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) and Unhealthy between 10 am and 3 pm but improving into the evening hours. East of the Cascades, from Bend to La Pine, USG and Moderate concentrations will be observed this morning. Smokier conditions are likely by midday, with some periods of Unhealthy around lunch time possible and returning to Moderate in the evening

Jack Fire  20 miles east of Glide, Ore.  Size: 23,728 acres, 51% containment  Personnel: 338  Rough Patch  10 miles north of the Jack Fire  Size: 17,559 acres, 3% containment  Personnel: 305    Fire Update for Thursday, August 19, 2021 Fire Information:  541-201-2335    Overall Objective:  The Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire are being managed under a full suppression strategy using containment and confinement tactics to minimize fire spread to prevent loss of valuable resource.  Leaders’ intent is to not allow the fire to progress to the west by using the PACE model – Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency control Lines and to keep the fires as small as possible while working toward full containment.    Closures:  The Umpqua and Willamette National Forests have updated existing closure orders to encompass the Rough Patch, Jack, Archie Creek and Devil's Knob Fire Areas. This includes Canton Creek...

Jack Fire  20 miles east of Glide, Ore.  Size: 23,728 acres, 51% containment  Personnel: 338  Rough Patch  10 miles north of the Jack Fire  Size: 17,559 acres, 3% containment  Personnel: 305    Fire Update for Thursday, August 19, 2021 Fire Information:  541-201-2335    Overall Objective:  The Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire are being managed under a full suppression strategy using containment and confinement tactics to minimize fire spread to prevent loss of valuable resource.  Leaders’ intent is to not allow the fire to progress to the west by using the PACE model – Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency control Lines and to keep the fires as small as possible while working toward full containment.    Closures:  The Umpqua and Willamette National Forests have updated existing closure orders to encompass the Rough Patch, Jack, Archie Creek and Devil's Knob Fire Areas. This includes Canton Creek...

Lakeview, OR – Crews continue to make progress on the Fox Complex fires. This evening crews started a small burnout operation along the northern line of the Patton Meadow Fire beginning the process of “black lining” in the steep, rocky terrain. They will continue burnout operations along the northern perimeter as weather conditions allow.While a small spot fire was discovered and extinguished on the south end of the fire south of Highway 140, the southern edge continues to improve with mop-up operations hitting 50 feet into the fire’s interior. The spot fire had been smoldering beneath the surface for a few days and flared up due to increased wind in the area. Crews were able to catch the fire without difficulty.Crews on the west edge, along Patton Meadow Lane, have also reached a depth of 50 feet with mop-up activities. Crews on the eastern edge are working to extinguish hot spots and begin transitioning to mop-up.OSFM currently has 8 task forces assigned to the Patton Meadow...

 All Evacuation Orders affecting the Skyline Ridge Complex have been lifted on 8/18/21 by the Douglas County Sheriff's

We tend to think of wildfire burn severity in terms of the visual impacts to above-ground vegetation, but the post-fire landscape response (erosion, flooding, and mass movement) is generally more strongly correlated to soil burn severity. When characterizing soil burn severity, looking at the vegetation is a good starting place to understand the conditions on the ground. Armed with that information, the BAER team’s watershed specialists (soil scientists, hydrologists, and geologists) ground-truth different vegetation burn intensities to tease out patterns of how fire affected and changed the properties of the soil.  Pre-fire ground cover, forest type, fire behavior, slope, aspect, and other factors all influence soil burn severity.  After field observations are collected, specialists adjust the vegetation severity map to create the soil burn severity (SBS) map.  The SBS is broken into four different classes: unburned (green), low severity (blue), moderate severity (yellow), and...

Rocky Mountain Team Black will be hosting a community informational update on the Green Ridge and Lick Creek fires on Thursday August 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Anatone Community Hall in Anatone, WA. Operations staff will give a brief update on the fire followed by an opportunity for the community to meet with incident managers and agency officials as well as ask questions about the fires. This event will not be livestreamed due to constraints on bandwidth at the meeting

Rocky Mountain Team Black will be hosting a community informational update on the Green Ridge and Lick Creek fires on Thursday August 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Anatone Community Hall in Anatone, WA. Operations staff will give a brief update on the fire followed by an opportunity for the community to meet with incident managers and agency officials as well as ask questions about the fires. This event will not be livestreamed due to constraints on bandwidth at the meeting

   Middle Fork Complex Fire Update – Wednesday, August 18, 2021 – 9:00 am Kwis Fire: Kwis fire held within its existing footprint again yesterday. Mop up and patrol are ongoing.  Unburned islands of trees and other vegetation in the interior areas will continue to burn for many days. Helicopters dropped bucket loads of water to check any spread from the interior burning, and firefighters are going in today to look for further opportunities to secure the fire perimeter.  Last night, a flare up was visible for about an hour as one of those interior islands burned.  Hazardous trees along roadways are being identified and felled.  The fire area is still very dangerous with many hazards and people not associated with the firefighting efforts are asked to heed the closed road signs and the Forest Closure Order.  Gales and Ninemile Fires: The Gales and Ninemile Fires are about seven miles south of Highway 126 and 11 miles north of Westfir, Oregon.  The fires are burning in...

Tuesday's Showers Help Firefighters Extinguish FiresCANYONVILLE, Ore. – Tuesday's light precipitation and cooler temperatures helped calm the Skyline Ridge Complex. The finer fuels that usually ignite easily were too wet to burn. Some of the moisture was able to reach pockets of heat, cooling them. Sometimes this created smoke or steam, helping firefighters find the hot spots.While the flammability of smaller fuels changes quickly with any rain or increase in humidity, larger fuels need much more moisture to make them harder to burn. Much of what's burning on these fires is large rotting logs lying on the ground. These will continue to take a lot of work to cool, including cutting open burning sections, scraping away layers of coals, and mixing coals with water and dirt to extinguish them.Firefighters continue making good progress mopping up hot areas on the fires. They are taking advantage of the natural moisture and the cooler temperatures, On the Poole Creek Fire, crews cooled...

Bull Complex Fire Update August 18, 2021 Fire Information Line: 503-668-1437 For Immediate Release   Announcement: Virtual community meeting scheduled for Friday August 20, 2021 via Zoom.   Overview: On Tuesday a reconnaissance flight with a Type 3 Helicopter was conducted to monitor for potential spot fires to the northeast of the fire as a result of increased fire activity on Monday. Reconnaissance flights help identify potential spot fires in rugged steep terrain with limited access decreasing risk to firefighter safety.   Yesterday’s Activities: Lower temperatures and increased cloud coverage and humidity resulted in moderated fire behavior. These conditions provided firefighters a great opportunity to construct indirect containment lines. The south side of the fire continues to hold along Forest Road 4696 and Forest Road 4688. Crews actively monitored the spot fire located approximately 1-mile to the east along Forest Road 4671. Additional spot fires were not discovered...

Green Ridge and Lick Creek Fire UpdateWednesday, August 18, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team BlackTroy Hagan, Incident Commander Green Ridge Fire Statistics:Size:  38,410 acres Containment:  26% Total Personnel: 541Location: 30 miles east of Walla Walla Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: LightningLick Creek Fire Statistics:Size:  80,421 acres Containment:  97% Total Personnel: 27Location: 20 miles southwest of Asotin, WA Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning  Cooler, Wetter Weather Expected to Calm Fire BehaviorCurrent Situation: Green Ridge Fire: Yesterday, containment on the Green Ride increased to 26%. The additional containment line was added along the Rattle Snake Fire burn scar in Division K on the north end of the fire and to the west on the 22 (4022) Road in Division M. The fire is currently 38,410 acres. The fire’s growth yesterday was primarily on the south side of the fire in Division S. The fire continued to burn to the south along...

Lakeview, OR – Overnight temperatures dropped down to 36 degrees as fire crews worked hard to plumb and strengthen lines around the Patton Meadow Fire. With dry and windy conditions gusting up to 32mph, some fire crossed the fire line on the northwest corner of the fire at Patton Meadow, but quick response by crews kept the fire from spreading any further.Operations Section Chief John Pellissier was upbeat at this morning’s briefing, saying “everyone’s happy with where we’re at right now and that lines are very secure.” Crews are preparing for burnout operations to further secure the fire line on the north side.On the south side of the fire, crews continue mop-up operations from the current 50 feet up to 100 or 150 feet into the perimeter to keep the fire from crossing containment lines. “Lines are in and water is flowing,” added Pellissier, in regard to perimeter lines along Highway 140 on the fire’s south side.Most of the remaining heat on the fire is along the...

Green Ridge and Lick Creek Fire UpdateWednesday, August 18, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team BlackTroy Hagan, Incident Commander Green Ridge Fire Statistics:Size:  38,410 acres Containment:  26% Total Personnel: 541Location: 30 miles east of Walla Walla Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning Lick Creek Fire Statistics:Size:  80,421 acres Containment:  97% Total Personnel: 27Location: 20 miles southwest of Asotin, WA Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning  Cooler, Wetter Weather Expected to Calm Fire BehaviorCurrent Situation: Green Ridge Fire: Yesterday, containment on the Green Ride increased to 26%. The additional containment line was added along the Rattle Snake Fire burn scar in Division K on the north end of the fire and to the west on the 22 (4022) Road in Division M. The fire is currently 38,410 acres. The fire’s growth yesterday was primarily on the south side of the fire in Division S. The fire continued to burn to the south along...

 Smoke Outlook As expected, reduced air temperatures and higher humidity minimized fire activity and smoke production yesterday. As high pressure builds over the area, a shift in winds is anticipated. A north to northwest flow combined with warming and drying will bring increasing periods of smoke to the forecast area for the next couple of days. West of the Cascades overall Good air quality is on tap for today. Oakridge and McKenzie Bridge will experience Moderate and USG conditions midday as the inversion breaks and mixing to the surface occurs. In the overnight hours, smoke aloft will settle into the valleys and higher concentrations can be expected for locations near and downwind of active wildfires fires. East of the Cascades, communities from Bend to La Pine will see Good air quality for most of the day. Smokier conditions in the late afternoon with periods of Moderate to USG possible as a result of regional smoke impacts from fires to the

 This is the last update for the Bruler Fire, August 18, 2021. Command has been transferred back to the local unit and crews are continuing to focus on suppression activities. We are asking the public to respect the remaining closure area and to stay updated on all closures by visiting https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/willamette/alerts-notices. Even though the closure has been reduced, the public may still be asked to leave the area if fire activity increases. For any future updates, please visit https://www.facebook.com/willamettenf. You may also call Sweet Home Ranger Station at (541) 367-5168 for information on the fire and recreation questions. Thank

 Email:  2021.blackbutte@firenet.gov Phone: 425-324-1267 (8am - 6pm) InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7770 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2021-Black-Butte-Fire-112941407659373 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MalheurNF   Acres: 21,237                                                                                                  Number of Personnel: 570 Percent Containment: 30%                                                Cause: Lightning Date/Time Detected: August 3, 2021, 10:00 a.m.        Origin/Location: South of Unity, Oregon   John Day, OR – Fire operations on the Black Butte Fire went well yesterday.  East of the North Fork Malheur River and south towards Black Butte, crews patrolled and mopped up, strengthening the containment line.  Air resources assisted with water drops on hotspots within the...

Devil’s Knob Complex         Fire Update for Wednesday, August 18, 2021 The Devil's Knob Complex is a group of lightning-caused fires with the majority burning on the Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest and on private lands protected by Douglas Forest Protective Association. The Devil’s Knob Complex is situated between the Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire to the north, which is being managed by Great Basin Team 2. Fire Information: (541) 900-6133 (8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.) E-mail:  2021.DevilsKnob@firenet.gov Information Websites: Facebook page “2021 Devil’s Knob Complex” Inciweb - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7771/ Oregon Smoke Information - http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ Douglas County Sheriff’s Office - https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCoSO/ Complex Total Acreage: 15,694 Complex Total Containment: 15% General Updates:    Fire activity on Tuesday was moderate, due to light morning precipitation, decreased temperatures, and lingering...

Fire Update for Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Overall Objective:  The Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire are being managed under a full suppression strategy using containment and confinement tactics to minimize fire spread to prevent loss of valuable resource.  Leaders’ intent is to not allow the fire to progress to the west by using the PACE model – Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency control Lines and to keep the fires as small as possible while working toward full containment. Closures:  The Umpqua and Willamette National Forests have updated existing closure orders to encompass the Rough Patch, Jack, Archie Creek and Devil's Knob Fire Areas. This includes Canton Creek Campground, Musick Guard Station and Cover Campground.  Roseburg District Bureau of Land Management has expanded its closure area to include the Scaredman Recreation Site. Francis Creek Road from the junction with Canton Creek Road north to the district boundary has been and remains closed since...