Central Oregon MORNING Fire Update, 7/25

Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center

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Prineville, OR  97754

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FIRE NEWS--Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center

For Immediate Release:  July 25, 2014 11:00 a.m.

Central Oregon MORNING Fire Update

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Central Oregon – Firefighters have responded to several small fires in the past 24 hours. These fires have popped up after a thunderstorm with abundant lightning passed through Central Oregon earlier in the week. Smokejumpers, rappelers and engine crews have been able to respond quickly to all these fires keeping them small (<1 acre).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Fire Name	Location	Size (ESTIMATES)	Activity
Bridge 99 Complex Deschutes National Forest	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.	5,960 acres TOTAL 67% contained	Oregon Incident Management Team 2 is managing the fire.  For more information on the fire: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3963/#  or  Information phone: 541-549-3219. EVACUATIONS:  All private lands along the Metolius River from Allen Springs Campground to Lake Billy Chinook (including the Metolius Arm) have been lowered to a Level I Evacuation Order. All Level I evacuations have been lifted. The Cove Palisades State Park remains open. CLOSURES: The following Forest Service roads, trails, campgrounds and lands remain closed: Forest Road 12, from its intersection with Forest Roads 1270/1298 to Bridge 99, Forest Road 14, from Bridge 99 to its intersection with Forest Road 1400700 (Allen Springs Campground), Forest Road 1140, from its intersection with Forest Roads 1150/1180 to the intersection with Forest Road 1152, Forest Road 1154, from its intersection with Forest Road 1150 to the intersection with Forest Road 1140, and Forest Road 1420400. The Lower Bridge, Pioneer Ford, Allen Springs, Canyon Creek, and Candle Creek Campgrounds are closed. The Jefferson Lake Trail (#4001), Sugarpine Ridge Trail (#4002), Shirley Lake Trail (#4003.1), and the Cabot Lake Trail (#4003) are closed within the Mt Jefferson Wilderness. A 5-mile segment of the Pacific Crest Trail (#2000) is closed. The south closure is located north of the Shirley Lake Trail (#4003) junction and the north closure is located near Cathedral Rocks
Center Fire Prineville BLM Post-Paulina RFPA	3 miles NE of Post. Private and	2,515 acres 50% contained	No additional updated information.
Logging Unit Fires Warm Springs Reservation Mt. Hood National Forest Deschutes National Forest	North side of Bear Butte near the Bear Butte 2 fire Haily Butte Camas Prairie/ Logging Unit Bear Butte 2 – North Skyline	10,488 acres 60% containment 108 acres 6,379 acres 3,884 acres 116 acres	Pacific Northwest Team 2 (Schulte)  is managing the fire. For more information on the web:  http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3973/ NEW Public Information Line:  541-777-2862 Recent precipitation and higher humidities continue to allow firefighters to make a direct attack on the fire, resulting in excellent progress. EVACUATIONS:  All notices have been lifted. CLOSURES: The road and area closures that are in place on Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs lands will remain in place. Closures that apply to public with the exception of local residents:  B-180/Hwy 26 Jct., B-160/Hwy 26 Jct., B-140/Hwy26 Jct.  Closures that apply to all public:  b-160 near the B-165 Jct., County Line Rd at the end of the pavement, J-100 at the Tenino Rd/J-100 Jct. Pacific Crest Trail from Breitenbush Lake (Mile 2047.1) to Forest  Road 42 at the Joe Graham campground (Mile 2083)
Ochoco Complex- Ochoco National Forest Service Prineville BLM	Lava Fire Near the junction of FS Road 22 and FS Road 4210, near the NW corner of Big Summit Prairie Fox Fire/Oscar Canyon Fire 3 miles NW of the North Fork Wilderness Study Broadway Fire S of FS Road 2630, near Peterson Lava Antelope Fire 3 miles E of FS Road 22 near FS Road 900	10,195 acres TOTAL 59 % contained 191 acres 99% contained 9,978 acres 29% contained 53 acres 100% contained 21 acres 100% contained	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.  Although the cooler weather and additional resources have allowed for good containment progress on the Fox Fire, the potential for interior tree torching that can cause spot fires outside the line perimeter is a concern as the temperature increases and humidity levels go down. 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
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	Donnybrook Fire 11 miles SW of Antelope Black Rock Fire 3 miles NW of Clarno; NW of the Pine Creek Fire Pine Creek Fire  11 miles south of Fossil, in the Carrol Rim Area Jack Knife Fire 8 miles SE of Grass Valley.	102,209acres TOTAL 22,763 acres 97% contained 35,938 acres 95% contained 30,245 acres 95% contained 13,263 acres 100% contained	A Type II Western Montana Team (Fry) is managing these fires. All fires received varying amounts of rain yesterday from .01” to 0.4”. A warming and drying trend is predicted through this weekend with relative humidity dropping back down to 25-35 percent. Crews are beginning the rehab process on all fires, which includes cleaning up dozer lines and other effects of fire suppression efforts. NEW Public Information Line: 541-763-0917.  This line will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. NEW Information available on the web: Donny Brook Fire: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3980/ Black Rock Fire: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3977/ Pine Creek Fire: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3969/ Jack Knife Fire: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3975/
Shaniko Butte Warm Springs Reservation	12 miles north of the town of Warm Springs.	42,044 acre 85% containment	Oregon Incident Management Team 1 is managing the fire.  Sunshine and light winds rapidly dried roads on the Shaniko Butte Fire Thursday morning. This allowed firefighters to drive to the top of Mutton Mountains, allowing them to quickly attack the last unlined area of the fire. They completed firelines late Thursday evening. 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/ All EVACUATIONS and CLOSURES associated with the Shaniko Butte Fire have been lifted.
Sunflower Fire Umatilla National Forest	10 miles NNE of Monument	7,170 acres 80% containment	The Incident Management Team will be transitioning to a Type 3 organization Saturday, July 267. The smaller organization will secure the remaining containment lines and complete restoration work. 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: As of Saturday, a smaller new area closure will go into effect to keep traffic away from areas where firefighters continue to work. Forest Road 22 (Top Road) will open. Please be careful when traveling these newly open roads. The area closure will be updated and announced on the Inciweb page listed above.
Waterman Complex Oregon Department of Forestry Ochoco National Forest	Bailey Butte (private land west of Mitchell). Toney Butte (10 miles northeast of Spray, just east of Hwy 207). Junction Springs	12,520 acres TOTAL 90% contained	Oregon Incident Management Team 3 is managing this incident. Hwy 26 between Prineville and Mitchell has REOPENED to two way travel.  Oregon Department of Transportation is performing maintenance along the road to repair damage from the fire and thunderstorms. Please use caution when traveling through the area. For more information, visit: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3961/ Fire Information Phone #: 541-787-4321 Email: watermancomplex2014@gmail.com EVACUATIONS:  All evacuations have been lifted. 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.