OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: WILDLAND FIRE REPORT 7/24/24

There are approximately 10,333 personnel assigned to the 30 large fires across the state, not including many of the local and agency government employees, landowners, forestland operators, and members of the community who are contributing every day.

Initial attack remains ODF’s top priority.

Prevention: Over the last 72 hours, the state of Oregon has received thousands of lightning strikes. As new fires continue to pop up, firefighters will be working around the clock to catch them early and keep them small. A preventable, human-caused fire will take resources away from a new lightning start. We can’t control lightning, but we can control our actions.

Help your wildland firefighters by preventing the next human-caused wildfire. The easiest way to do this is by checking your local fire restrictions and brushing up on your wildfire prevention knowledge.

ODF Complex Incident Management Teams

Team 1 is in command of the East Evans Creek Fire. For fire updates, visit the Southwest Oregon District’s Facebook page.
Team 2 is in unified command with OSFM Red Team of the Akawa Butte Fire. For fire updates, visit the incident’s Facebook page.
Team 3 is in unified command with OSFM Red Team on the Brewer and Crosswhite West Fires. For fire updates, visit the incident’s Facebook page.

ODF Priority Fires

FIRE NAME	TOTAL ACRES	ODF ACRES	CONTAINMENT	LOCATION	COMMAND
Akawa Butte	27,287	13,283	5%	13 miles NE of Sisters	ODF CIMT 2 \|OSFM Red Team
Horse Ridge	293	50	10%	25 miles E of Pendleton	CIMT NW Team 7
Paradise	707	0	0%	15 miles S of Pendleton	CIMT NW Team 7
Hagen	15,799	565	0%	26 miles E of Pendleton	CIMT NW Team 7
Brewer	32,707	29,895	5%	15 miles E of Madras	ODF CIMT 3 \| OSFM Red Team
Box Springs (Crosswhite West after today)	15,203	13,550	0%	18 miles W of Mitchell	ODF CIMT 3 \| OSFM Red Team
Rowe Creek Complex	192,681	4,155	31%	10 miles S of Fossil	CIMT NW Team 2 \|OSFM Green Team
Anthony	2,445	0	57%	34 miles N of Baker City	CIMT NW Team 13
Burnt Creek	2,678	312	0%	23 miles N of Enterprise	CIMT NW Team 13
Coyote	17,406	4,263	47%	5 miles S of Post	CIMT CA Team 1
East Evans Creek	15,705	15,705	38%	14 miles NE of Rogue River	ODF CIMT 1
Egypt	4, 594	40	68%	15 miles N of Riley	CIMT SA Team 2
Bologna	2,269	198	8%	7 miles NE of Kimberly	IMT 3
Olive Butte	3,011	18	60%	34 miles SW of Baker City	CIMT NW Team 12
Salmon	1,434	32	60%	34 miles SW of Baker City	CIMT NW Team 12
Powder River	21,030	0	41%	4 miles SW of Richland	CIMT SW Team 4

*These numbers may change as we receive more data.

Weather: Monsoonal moisture will get pushed out of the Pacific Northwest today as an offshore low moves up the Oregon Coast. This will limit thunderstorm potential to a slight afternoon threat over extreme northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. This approaching low will also intensify onshore flow, bringing cooling and increased moisture to western Washington and Oregon, while generating gusty west winds and low humidity that create critical fire weather across southeast Oregon and central Washington. A cold front will sweep through the region on Saturday bringing light rain to northwest Washington and deepening the marine layer west of the Cascades. It will also deliver some cooling east of the Cascades alongside 30 to 40 mph wind gusts and single digit to teen humidity levels leading to critical fire weather conditions. The winds are expected to moderate through mid-week, although dry humidity levels will remain east of the Cascades.

ODF Highlight: This week, Oregon Department of Forestry’s West Oregon District firefighters, alongside local landowners and operators, responded to 20 new fire starts across the district following the lightning event. To give perspective, the 10-year average of fires for an entire season in this district is 35 fires.

The majority of the fires were fully extinguished by the early morning while some were in mop-up through the rest of the day. Through the dedication of these firefighters and our state, local, and contract wildfire response partners, none became a large wildfire.

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