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Lick Creek Fire: A plan is being put together for the needs of the areas at greatest risk for runoff and flooding as proposed in the BAERTeam assessment. Smoke will continue to be visible as unburned pockets of vegetation inside the fire perimeter are consumed. Crews willcontinue to mop-up any interior pockets of heat and patrol until full containment is achieved. This fire remains at 90% contained.Green Ridge Fire: The fire remains within primary containment lines along the Tucannon River in the Ladybug Campground area. The nightshift focused on holding the fire south of the Tucannon River. Patrol and monitoring of the fire edge continues, one spot fire was locatedover the edge of this line, going direct crews were able to quickly pick up and contain it. Favorable winds overnight assisted firefighters byincreasing the depth of the containment along the 46 Road. Aircraft will be assisting ground resources with retardant and water droppingruns to help minimize potential for additional...

Lick Creek Fire: A plan is being put together for the needs of the areas at greatest risk for runoff and flooding as proposed in the BAERTeam assessment. Smoke will continue to be visible as unburned pockets of vegetation inside the fire perimeter are consumed. Crews willcontinue to mop-up any interior pockets of heat and patrol until full containment is achieved. This fire remains at 90% contained.Green Ridge Fire: The fire remains within primary containment lines along the Tucannon River in the Ladybug Campground area. The nightshift focused on holding the fire south of the Tucannon River. Patrol and monitoring of the fire edge continues, one spot fire was locatedover the edge of this line, going direct crews were able to quickly pick up and contain it. Favorable winds overnight assisted firefighters byincreasing the depth of the containment along the 46 Road. Aircraft will be assisting ground resources with retardant and water droppingruns to help minimize potential for additional...

Actualizacion del Incendio de Bootleg Augosto 05, 2021  Localización: 28 millas (45 Kilómetros) noreste de Klamath Falls, ORTotal Linea de Defensa: 326 millas (525 Kilómetros)Tamaño: 413,765 acres (167,445 Hectáreas), 647 millas cuadrada (1,676 Kilómetros cuadrados)42 millas (68 Kilómetros) de borde de fuego activo, 284 millas (457 Kilómetros) de línea contenidaContención:  84% Personal: 1,387                                                                                      (Klamath Falls, OR) – Por tercer día consecutivo, una Alerta Roja y Alerta Meteorológica de Incendios estará en efecto esta tarde y noche. Tormentas eléctricas asociadas con el borde de un frente frío se pronostican para hoy y es probable que traigan vientos racheados y erráticos. Ayer, el humo y las cenizas del incendio de Antelope en el norte de California llenaron el...

GILCHRIST, SUN PASS STATE FORESTS IN KLAMATH COUNTY CLOSED TO PUBLIC USEPREVIEW News Release from Oregon Dept. of ForestryPreview posted on FlashAlert: August 5th, 2021 10:58 AMKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Due to extreme fire danger, the Gilchrist and Sun Pass state forests in Klamath County are closed to public entry and use until further notice effective Friday, August 6.This covers approximately 98,000 acres of land managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry in Klamath County. Please note this action currently applies only to the Sun Pass and Gilchrist state forests. Forest roads are still open for residential traffic, adjacent landowners, and contracted activities.Closure is necessary due to the current extreme fire conditions that are endangering life, forest resources, and property as well as very limited fire and emergency response resources. More than half of Klamath County is experiencing exceptional drought, with another 40 percent experiencing extreme drought conditions....

Bootleg Fire Update, August 5, 2021    Location: 28 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, OR Fireline total:  326 miles Size: 413,765 acres, 647 square miles 42 miles active fire edge, 284 miles of contained line Personnel: 1,387 Containment: 84% (Klamath Falls, OR) – For the third consecutive day, a Red Flag Warning and Fire Weather Watch are in effect for this afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms associated with the edge of a cold front are forecast for today and are likely to bring gusty and erratic winds. Yesterday, smoke and ash from the Antelope Fire in northern California filled the sky, helping to somewhat moderate fire behavior.  Despite the conditions over the past two days, the Bootleg Fire line is holding with no spot fires.   Fire activity has increased inside the fire perimeter, however. There remain patches of unburned fuels where the fire can spread and single- and group-tree torching has...

Wednesday, August 4, 2021                                        Fire:  Black Butte Fire                                   Containment: 0% Acres:  approximately 4000                          Start Date:  August 3, 2021                                   Cause:  Lightning                                          Location:  8 miles NE of Antelope Lookout                     Total Personnel: N/A                                  Fuels/Topography: Mixed brush, grasses and timber Type of resources:  N/A            Today:  Fire size approximately 3000 acres:  The High Desert Incident Command Team Type 3 will take over management of the fire at 1800.  The team is transitioning with current fire crews to establish the best plan for fighting the fire that has been burning in very...

Smoke Dampens Fire Behavior, Crews Make Good Progress CANYONVILLE, ORE.—Smoke from fires burning in northern California dampened fire activity on the Skyline Ridge Complex today. The complex is comprised of 24 fires burning on public and private lands east of Canyonville. The smoky conditions allowed firefighters to make progress corralling the blazes. The fires showed occasional activity, making short runs but overall growth was limited. An infrared flight last night mapped the complex at 981 acres. Containment is estimated at 0%. On the Poole Creek Fire, crews with heavy equipment began opening roads in preparation for a sustained suppression effort. In the Upper Cow Creek area, firefighters completed a containment line around the Ike Butte Fire and laid hoses to support mop-up operations. Crews had a successful day on the Galesville Fire, securing the fire line and installing hose lays. Firefighters were also engaged on O’Shea Creek, Packard Creek, Hill Creek and Sweat Creek...

 Devil’s Knob Complex Update Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Kevin Stock August 4, 2021 - 8:00 PM The Devil's Knob Complex is a grouping of 43 lightning caused fires with the majority burning on the Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest. The fires were started from thunderstorms on July 29th and August 1st. Northwest Incident Management Team 8 has assumed management of these fires at 6 pm this evening. The incident command post is located at the Milo Academy near Tiller, Oregon. 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/ General Updates: Fire managers spent the majority of the day connecting with firefighters on the ground and gathering...

Fire Weather WarningBeginning: 2021-08-04T21:01:00Ending: 2021-08-06T05:00:00New AlertKLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 201 PM PDT WED AUG 4 2021...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH AND HAINES 6 WITH EXISTING FIRE FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH AND  ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PDT THURSDAY. · IMPACTS: STRONG, GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND CRITICALLY DRY VEGETATION WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE SPREAD POTENTIAL OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TODAY WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY-GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS AND SPOTTING COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. LIGHTNING AND HIGH FIRE...

Janus Complex Update                                          8:00 pm Tuesday, August 3, 2021Today two additional lightning fires were located in the same vicinity as the three that were identified yesterday on the south end of the Mt Hood National Forest. Three of the fires, Janus, Kola and Ridge Fires are in the southeast corner of the Bull of the Woods Wilderness in the Janus Butte area. The largest, Janus Fire, is estimated to be 300 acres and the remaining fires estimated to be less than an acre each.  The remaining two fires are outside of the wilderness boundary and in the vicinity of Round Lake. Fourteen firefighters are currently working to construct direct line on the Round Lake Fire. They are camping out near the fire tonight and will continue working both fires by Round Lake on Wednesday.  Two helicopters provided bucket work this afternoon to drop water on the two fires by Round Lake. Some bucket work was also done on the Kola Fire to keep it in...

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREFOREST SERVICEWILLAMETTE NATIONAL FORESTORDER # 06-18-10-21-18 FOREST ORDER OCCUPANCY AND USEPursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 CFR § 261.50(a) and (b), and to provide for public safety, the following acts are prohibited in the areas described in this order within the administrative boundaries of the Willamette National Forest. This Order is effective on August 4, 2021, and shall be in effect until rescinded or December 31, 2021, whichever comes first. PROHIBITIONS: 1. Entering into or being upon an area closed for the protection of public health or safety. 36 CFR § 261.53(e) 2. Being on the road. 36 CFR § 261.54(e) 3. Being on a trail. 36 CFR § 261.55(a) 4. Entering or using a developed recreation site or portion thereof. 36 CFR § 261.58(b)CLOSURE DESCRIPTION: All areas affected by this closure are located within Lane County, Oregon, and within the Administrative Boundaries of the Willamette National Forest. The closure includes all US...

 Middle Fork Complex Fire Update: Wednesday, August 4, 2021   Statistics Total Acres: 2,102 Acres Containment: 5% Personnel: 602 Date of Ignition: 7/29/2021 Cause of Fires: Under Investigation Structures Threatened: 4 Injuries: 2 Aircraft: 5 Dozers: 4 Engines: 48   Email: 2021.middlefork@firenet.gov   Phone: 541-625-0849  Hours: 8am-6pm  InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7745 Facebook: @middleforkcomplex     Fire information: Twelve individual fires make up the Middle Fork Complex, with seven fires at 100% containment.  The most active fire in the complex is the Gales Creek Fire at 1,822-acres with 0% containment located south of the Forest Road 18 near the 1835 road. Indirect suppression efforts will continue with heavy equipment building contingency lines to the west and south on the 1824 road. Crews will re-open containment lines from previous fires and install hose lays to keep fire away from private land and...

Join us for a Bootleg Fire Virtual Community Meeting at 6:30 pm on Thirsday, August 5, 2021. A remote broadcast of the virtual meeting will be available at City Hall in Paisley, 705 Chewaucan St., Paisley, OR 97636.  Incident Management Team Members will give an update and answer questions about the Bootleg

 GLIDE, Ore. – Newer fires on the North Umpqua Ranger District are requiring more of firefighters’ attention this week than the month-old Jack Fire, officials said Tuesday. The Chilcoot II Fire, which was identified Monday after storms moved through the area Sunday evening, has been staffed around the clock since to protect a vital communications tower. Heavy equipment has cut line on both flanks while crews build and reinforce handlines on.  “We want to fight fire aggressively, but we also want to be patient and deliberate,” said Incident Commander Brian Gales, of Northwest Team 13, which is overseeing the Jack Fire, Rough Patch Complex and initial attack for new starts in the area. “It’s important to think strategically, picking the priority fires and focusing on them.”  Today, fire managers are reassessing contingency lines along the southern boundary of the Jack Fire and looking for ways to box in new starts outside the existing fire boundaries.  “We’re...

 GLIDE, Ore. – Newer fires on the North Umpqua Ranger District are requiring more of firefighters’ attention this week than the month-old Jack Fire, officials said Tuesday.The Chilcoot II Fire, which was identified Monday after storms moved through the area Sunday evening, has been staffed around the clock since to protect a vital communications tower. Heavy equipment has cut line on both flanks while crews build and reinforce handlines on. “We want to fight fire aggressively, but we also want to be patient and deliberate,” said Incident Commander Brian Gales, of Northwest Team 13, which is overseeing the Jack Fire, Rough Patch Complex and initial attack for new starts in the area. “It’s important to think strategically, picking the priority fires and focusing on them.” Today, fire managers are reassessing contingency lines along the southern boundary of the Jack Fire and looking for ways to box in new starts outside the existing fire boundaries.  “We’re...

Crews hold small fires, actively engaging larger fires CANYONVILLE, Ore.— Crews on the Skyline Ridge Complex made steady progress on numerous small fires within the complex and are actively engaging the complex’s larger fires. The complex now contains 24 fires including four large fires—Poole Creek., O’Shea Creek., Ike Butte, and Sweat Creek. Overnight, firefighters on night shift held many of the small fires in the complex within their footprints. These fires will need additional work to strengthen control lines and mop up remaining hot spots. Fire managers are developing plans suppress the largest fire in the complex, Poole Creek, with heavy equipment, crews and additional overhead. The Poole Creek Fire—estimated at several hundred acres and burning in steep, heavy timber—has emerged as high priority for the fire team. Today’s weather forecast calls for hot, dry conditions with unstable air. The National Weather Service has declared a Red Flag Warning for this...

Lick Creek and Green Ridge Fire Update – August 4, 2021@ 8:00 a.m.  There will be community meeting tonight at the Dayton Best Western Conf. Room @ 7:30 p.m. Lick Creek Fire: The Burn Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team assessment will be utilized for forecasting the preparation needs of the areas at greatest risk for runoff and flooding. Smoke will continue to be visible as unburned pockets of vegetation inside the fire perimeter are consumed. Crews will continue to mop-up any interior pockets of heat and patrol until full containment is achieved. This fire remains at 90% contained. Green Ridge Fire: The fire continued backing slowly toward the Tucannon River in the Ladybug Campground area holding within primary containment lines. The night shift focused on patrol and monitoring of the fire edge going direct on spot fires to accomplish containment. Firefighters were successful in firing along the 46 Road connecting the Edmiston Springs and Spangler Creek sections. Outflow winds...

Lick Creek and Green Ridge Fire Update – August 4, 2021@ 8:00 a.m.   There will be community meeting tonight at the Dayton Best Western Conf. Room @ 7:30 p.m. Lick Creek Fire: The Burn Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team assessment will be utilized for forecasting the preparation needs of the areas at greatest risk for runoff and flooding. Smoke will continue to be visible as unburned pockets of vegetation inside the fire perimeter are consumed. Crews will continue to mop-up any interior pockets of heat and patrol until full containment is achieved. This fire remains at 90% contained. Green Ridge Fire: The fire continued backing slowly toward the Tucannon River in the Ladybug Campground area holding within primary containment lines. The night shift focused on patrol and monitoring of the fire edge going direct on spot fires to accomplish containment. Firefighters were successful in firing along the 46 Road connecting the Edmiston Springs and Spangler Creek sections. Outflow...

Actualizacion del Incendio de Bootleg Augosto 04, 2021  Localización: 28 millas (45 Kilómetros) noreste de Klamath Falls, ORTotal Linea de Defensa: 325 millas (523 Kilómetros)Tamaño: 413,765 acres (167,445 Hectáreas), 647 millas cuadrada (1,676 Kilómetros cuadrados)51 millas (82 Kilómetros) de borde de fuego activo, 274 millas (440 Kilómetros) de línea contenidaContención:  84%                                              Personal: 1,493                                                                                      (Klamath Falls, OR) – Una Alerta Roja y Alerta meteorológica de incendios estará en efecto esta tarde y noche por el segundo día consecutivo. Estas condiciones promueven la rápida propagación y el comportamiento extremo de los incendios forestales, pero hasta ahora la línea de...

   Bootleg Fire Update, August 4, 2021    Location: 28 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, OR    Fireline total:  325 miles  Size: 413,765 acres, 647 square miles 51 miles active fire edge, 274 miles of contained line  Personnel: 1,493 Containment: 84%    (Klamath Falls, OR) – A Red Flag Warning and a Fire Weather Watch are in effect this afternoon and evening for the second day in a row. These conditions promote the rapid spread of wildfire and extreme fire behavior, but so far the Bootleg fire line is holding. Helicopters kept dropping water on the active fire yesterday to cool it so crews could continue to work.  Southwesterly winds yesterday brought smoke to the Bootleg Fire area from fires burning in northern California. The smoke was helpful in that it created overcast skies that allowed less solar radiation to the active fire and kept temperatures cooler.  Overcast skies, from...