Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center
4550 SW Airport Way
Prineville, OR 97754
FIRE NEWS--Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center
For Immediate Release: July 20, 2014, 8:30 p.m.
Central
Oregon EVENING Fire Update
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Highlight indicates changed information since the last Update
Central Oregon –Gusty wind in the afternoon on the Ochoco and Waterman
Complexes made it difficult for firefighters to secure lines. However,
cooler weather and cloud cover on the Bridge 99 Fire allowed crews to have a
very successful day and crews were beginning burnout operations around 6:30
p.m. to strengthen containment lines.
A new fire #412, which began from a lightning struck tree in the
general area of the Ochoco Complex, grew to 3 acres ; however, initial attack
crews and engines were able to respond quickly though the fire is still
active. A house fire around noon near Turner Creek in the McKay Creek
area spread to public lands on the Ochoco National Forest. Engine crews
responded to the fire and it was contained to 1/3 of an acre.
Today, the Central Oregon District of the
Oregon Department of Forestry, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the
Central Oregon Fire Management Service opened a Multi-Agency Coordination
Center in Prineville in response to the numerous wildfires currently burning in
Central Oregon.
The Coordination Center will focus its attention on the following combination
of wildfires:
1. The Bridge 99 Complex
(Bridge 99 and Bear Butte 2 Fires) located on the Deschutes National Forest
north of Sisters;
2. The Shaniko Fire, Logging
Unit Fire, and the portion of the Bear Butte 2 Fire located on the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation;
3. The Waterman Complex
(Bailey Butte, Toney Butte, and Junction Spring Fires) located on private land
and the Ochoco National Forest west and north of Mitchell;
4. The Pine Creek Complex
(Pine Creek, Jack Knife, Black Rock Fires and Donnybrook Fires) located on
Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management and private land
south of Fossil and southeast of Grass Valley;
5. The Ochoco Complex (Oscar,
Lava, Antelope, Broadway, and Fox Fires) located on the Ochoco National Forest
and the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management near Big
Summit Prairie southeast of Prineville;
6. The Sunflower Fire located
on Umatilla National Forest and private land northwest on Monument; and
The principal functions and responsibilities of
the Multi-Agency Coordination Center (will include the following:
SEE ATTACHED UPDATE FOR FIRE INFORMATION
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Fire Name
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Location
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Size (ESTIMATES)
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Activity
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Bridge 99 Complex
Deschutes National Forest
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Bridge 99 - ½ mile east of Lower Bridge Campground, 9 miles
north of Camp Sherman off of FS Rd.
1490
Bear Butte 2 adjacent to Jefferson Creek and west of Park Creek
drainage within the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness.
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5,310 acres TOTAL
20% contained
Bridge 99 Fire is 4, acres
Bear Butte 2 Fire is 611 acres
CHANGE IN ACREAGES IS DUE TO THE TRANSFER OF
A PORTION OF THE BEAR BUTTE 2 FIRE TO THE LOGGING UNITS FIRE
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Oregon Incident Management Team 2 is managing the fire.
For more information on the fire: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3963/# or phone:
541-549-3219.
EVACUATIONS in place: All private lands along the Metolius River from Allen
springs Campground to Lake Billy Chinook (including the Metolius Arm) are in
a Level III Evacuation Order. The Three Rivers Subdivision is in a
Level II Evacuation Order. The subdivisions of Rim Park, Forest Park,
and Air Park along with the Cove Palisades State Park are in a Level I
Evacuation Order.
CLOSURES: Forest Road 12, from its intersection with Forest
Roads 1270/1298 to Bridge 99, Forest Road 14, from Bridge 99 to its
intersectin with Forest Road 1400/700(Allen Springs Campground), Forest Road
1140, from its intersection with Forest Roads 1150/118 to the intersection
with Forest Road 1152, Forest Road 1154, from its intersection with Forest
Road 1150 to the intersection with Forest Road 1140 an Forest Road
1420400. The Jefferson Lake Trail (#40001.1), Sugarpine Ridge trail
(#4002), Shirley Lake Trail (#4003), Cabot Lake Trail (#4003) and the Pacific
Crest Trail north of the Shirley Lake Trail and south of the Willamette
National Forest boundary in the Cathedral Rocks Area are closed.
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Center Fire
Prineville BLM
Post-Paulina Rangeland Protection Association
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3 miles NE of Post.
Private and
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2,800 acres
25% contained
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The fire made a run to the east yesterday causing significant growth
in the fire acreage.
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Logging Unit Fires
Warm Springs Reservation
Mt. Hood National Forest
Deschutes National Forest
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North side of Bear Butte near the Bear Butte 2 fire
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7,328 acres
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Pacific Northwest
Team 2 (Incident Commander Chris Schulte) took command of the Logging Unit
Fires. The Logging Unit Fires currently include Camas Prairie, Logging Unit,
Skyline, Haily and the north side of Bear Butte 2. The south side of Bear
Butte 2 is being managed by the Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team 2
(Incident Commander Brett FIllis).
EVACUATIONS: A Level 2 Notification has been issued to the residents of
the Sid Walter Flat Area. Approximately 54 residences are affected by
the notification. The fire is approximately 3.5 miles from the closest
structure and 8 miles from the Incident Command Post on County Line Road.
CLOSURES: On the Mt. Hood National
Forest, Forest Road 4220 between Forest Road 46 and Warm Springs.
Closure area near Ollalie Lakes.
Pacific
Crest Trail from Breitenbush Lake (Mile 2047.1) to Forest Road 42 at
the Joe Graham campground (Mile 2083)
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Ochoco Complex-
Ochoco National Forest Service
Prineville BLM
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Oscar Canyon Fire
17 miles E of Post
Lava Fire
Near the junction of FS Road 22 and FS Road 4210, near the NW
corner of Big Summit Prairie
Fox Fire
3 miles NW of the North Fork Wilderness Study area, near FS
Road 4230.
Broadway Fire
S of FS Road 2630, near Peterson Lava
Antelope Fire
3 miles E of FS Road 22 near FS Road 900
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2,596 acres TOTAL
234 acres
80% contained
168 acres
7,000 Acres
50 acres
21 acres
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Great Basin Incident Management Team 6 is
managing the fires. The complex includes 4 fires (Lava, Fox, Broadway, and
Antelope) on the Ochoco National Forest and the Oscar Canyon Fire burning on
the Prineville BLM within the North Fork Wilderness Study area. The
Oscar and Fox fires burned together today.
There was significant growth in the Fox Fire
today with gusty winds throughout the afternoon pushing the fire to the south
and east. The Lava Fire experienced some moderate growth today, but was
not as active as the Fox Fire.
Mopping up on the Broadway and Antelope
fires is ongoing and the team hopes to move resources from those fires to the
Fox and Lava fires in the next day or two.
CLOSURES: The Ochoco National Forest has issued an area closure that encompasses all National Forest system lands from Forest Road 42, along both the north and south forest boundary to Highway 26 on the west, with additional acreage north of the Mill Creek Wilderness. The closure covers all campgrounds, trailheads, forest roads, and developed facilities on National Forest System lands within the closure area.
The closure order and a map of the closure is located on the
web at: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3972
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Pine Creek Complex
Now includes:
Pine Creek Fire
Jack Knife Fire
Black Rock Fire
Donny Brook Fire
Sherman County
Oregon Department of Forestry
Prineville BLM
Ash Butte Rangeland Fire Protection Association
Private lands
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Pine Creek Fire
11 miles south of Fossil, in the Carrol Rim Area
Jack Knife Fire
Lower John Day Recreation Area, Sherman County, 8 miles SE of
Grass Valley.
Black Rock Fire
3 miles NW of Clarno; NW of the Pine Creek Fire
Donny Brook Fire
11 miles SW of Antelope
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129,178 acres TOTAL
29,490 acres
15% contained
13,263 acres
80% contained
34,177 acres
22,756 acres
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A Type II Western Montana Team (Fry) is managing these
fires and the team took over the management of the Donny Brook fire this
morning. The team felt that they had a
very good day today on the firelines and made progress on suppression
activities.
EVACUATIONS: Wheeler County Sheriff Dept. issued Level II Evacuation Orders
for scattered homes in the Brush Creek area near Twickenham.
CLOSURES: The John Day River
remains open; however, people recreating on the river should be aware that
helicopters may be working in the area and dipping into the river and use
appropriate caution.
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Shaniko Butte
Warm Springs Reservation
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12 miles north of the town of Warm Springs.
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42,000 acre
50% containment
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Oregon Incident Management Team 1 is managing the fire. Firefighters
were not able to complete their planned burnout operation today because the
relative humidity was too high and horses had grazed the grass too short. The
grass was cropped low and would not carry fire because it was just a little
too damp, so the firefighters finally had to stop trying to ignite it. Crews
used the extra time to further improve the line in preparation for later
ignition, and also to more thoroughly patrol the river area and extinguish
any hot spots that were discovered.
For information on this fire, contact the Shaniko Butte
incident at 541-553-8190, or look for information on at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3960/
EVACUATIONS: Level 2 for all residences in the vicinity of Dant, OR
and Level 1 for all residences in the vicinity of Road S-300 and in the
Kaskela area.
CLOSURES: S-300/Highway 3 Junction and Redlake Cemetery Road/Highway 3
Junction.
The BLM OPENED the Lower Deschutes River today at 6 a.m.
Rafters should be aware that river rangers may need to hold rafters at times
to allow for water dips in the river by helicopters.
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Sunflower Fire
Umatilla National Forest
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10 miles NNE of Monument
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5,900 acres
20% containment
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The fire is burning on the south side of the Wall creek
drainage between Happy and Wilson Creeks has moved into the Little Wilson and
Big Wilson Creek drainages. Localized winds caused torching and
spotting throughout the day yesterday.
For more information contact the fire information line
(1-800-923-6891) or find information on the web at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3964/
CLOSURES: National Forest System
Road (NFSR) 22 from the junction with NFSR 22 and NFSR 21 in Section 23, T6S,
R26E to the south and east to the Section 20 & Section 21 border; thence
southerly along the Section 20 & Section 21 border from the NFSR 22,
Section 20 & 21 border junction to the NFSR 22 where it crosses the
Section 29 & Section 28; thence south westerly on NFSR 22 to the junction
with NFSR 23 in Section 29, T7S, R27; thence west on NFSR 23 to the junction
with NFSR 2128 in Section 25 of T7S, R26E; thence northerly on NFSR 2128 to
where it intersects with the Morrow County OHV park boundary on the northwest
corner of Section 2, T7S, R26E; thence easterly and northerly along the
boundary of OHV park to where the OHV park boundary meets the NFSR 22 road on
the boundary of Section 23 & Section 26, T6S, R26E; thence northerly to
the NFSR 22 and NFSR 21 junction in Section 23, T6S, R26E.
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Ward Canyon
Private lands
South Sherman County
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8 miles west of Antelope
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Estimated at 15,000 acres
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The fire continues to be managed by South Sherman County.
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Waterman Complex
Oregon Department of Forestry
Ochoco National Forest
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Bailey Butte (private land west of Mitchell).
Toney Butte (10 miles northeast of Spray, just east of Hwy
207).
Junction Springs
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11,905 acres TOTAL
35% contained
Bailey Butte
9,685 acres
20% contained
Toney Butte
2,200 acres
100% contained
Junction Springs
20 acres
100% contained
#376
.25 acres
100% contained
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Three fires and a small fire (.25 acres) are being managed as a
complex. A Type II Incident Management Team has taken over management of the
fire. For more information, visit: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3961/
Fire Information Phone #: 541-787-4321
Burnout operations on the fire had to be
stopped due to windy conditions, but hope that those burnout operations can
begin this evening as the winds reduce. The Toney Butte Fire is
considered a 100% contained and only aerial monitoring of the fire will
continue
EVACUATIONS: The Crook County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with
fire managers, has lowered the Evacuation Notice to a Level 2 in the Marks
Creek areas of 9 a.m. this morning. The
Evacuation Level for the West Branch area was lowered to a Level 2 today.
Hwy 26 remains closed 16 miles E of
Prineville. Hwy opening planned for tomorrow is delayed for 24
hours because adverse wind conditions did not allow burnout operations
to secure the road today.
ALTERNATE ROUTE BETWEEN PRINEVILLE AND MITCHELL: An alternate driving
route through the Ochoco National Forest between Prineville and Mitchell is open,
but the Forest Roads can be steep, rock and washed out in places.
People should have a map and an appropriate vehicle before choosing this
route.
From Prineville, turn south on Combs Flat Road and continue
east on Highway 380 past Post and Paulina. About 5 miles east of
Pualina, turn north on Wolf Creek Road and continue north to a Y where Forest
Road 42 and Forest Road 58 depart. Take Forest Road 42. The road
passes Salters Cabin campground and Wolf Creek campground as it enters the
national forest.
Follow Forest Road 42 to Six Corners junction, then turn onto
Forest Road 122, which leaves the junction heading east before turning
north. Stay on Forest Road 12 to its junction with Highway 26, about 10
miles east of Mitchell.
For additional information, please contact Patrick Lair,
Ochoco NF Public Affairs Officer, at 541-416-6647.
CLOSURES: Forest Roads 450, 2630, 150, 2200, 2210, 300, 2610, Buck Creek
Road to its intersection with the east edge of the Mill Creek Wilderness and
Forest Roads 650, 27, 2745, 010 and 2750. Walton Lake, Round Mountain,
Crystal Springs, Wildwood, Ochoco Divide and Whistler campgrounds are all
closed.
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