ODF Wildland Fire Situation Report – July 31, 2024

July 31, 2024

ODF Incident Management Teams

  • Team 2 is in command of the Winding Water Complex west of Wallowa (Northeast Oregon District). Updates available on the District’s Facebook page.
  • Team 1 is in command of the Battle Mountain Complex – Zone 1 and Courtrock fire near Monument (ODF Central Oregon District). Updates available on the incident’s Facebook page.
  • Team 3 is in command of the Battle Mountain Complex – Zone 2 near Ukiah (ODF Northeast Oregon District). Governor Kotek has invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for this fire. Updates available on the incident’s Facebook page.
  • North Carolina Forest Service Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) is in command of the Cottage Grove Complex (ODF South Cascade District). Updates available on the incident’s Facebook page. This team was ordered in by ODF through a state-to-state mutual aid agreement.

ODF Priority Fires

FIRE NAME TOTAL ACRES ODF ACRES CONTAINMENT LOCATION COMMAND
Cottage Grove Complex 12,109 6,761 7% East of Cottage Grove NC CIMT
Courtrock 19,834 16,058 37% 7 miles South of Monument ODF IMT 1
Winding Waters Complex 752 737 5% West of Wallowa ODF IMT 2
Battle Mountain Complex 178,171 143,286 14% West of Ukiah ODF IMT 1/ ODF IMT 3
Falls 142,307 7,330 69% 20 miles NW of Burns CIMT AK Team 1
Crazy Creek 28,064 1,845 0% 16 miles E of Paulina SW IMT 5
Microwave Tower 1,311 927 53% 5 miles SW of Mosier Central Cascades Type 3
Lone Rock 137,221 57,200 80% 10 miles SE of Condon CIMT SW Team 2
Durkee 293,882 34,483 52% 5 miles SW of Durkee CIMT SA Team 3 /OSFM Green Team
Cougar Creek 17,602 0 29% 35 miles SE of Dayton, WA CIMT NW Team 13
Pyramid 1,156 19 11% 15 miles S of Detroit CA IMT 5
Slate 91 0 27% S of the Detroit Resevoir CA IMT 5

There are approximately 9,805 personnel assigned to the 39 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.

ODF Highlight:
When Oregon was in need, our partners came to help. After the second lightning event in mid-July, resources in the area were tapped out, but incident management teams were still needed. To help alleviate the strain and add capacity, North Carolina and Florida sent enough firefighters to Oregon to create a combined incident management team. That complex incident management team is currently assigned to and managing the Cottage Grove Complex.

With the help of this team, ODF had the opportunity to give a much-needed rest period to our Incident Management Team 2 before they were sent back out to the Winding Water Complex.

The Cottage Grove Complex is comprised of two fires, Lane 1 and Adam Mountain. It is currently 12,109 acres and seven percent contained.

Thank you, North Carolina and Florida!

Weather
High pressure, hot temperatures, low humidity, and poor humidity recovery (mainly eastside) return beginning today through the weekend. Low level instability and mixing heights increase as temperatures warm. A thermal trough over western Oregon will shift from the coast in the morning toward the Cascade crest each day. This triggers an afternoon wind shift from easterly to westerly plus brief increased mixing heights. There is low confidence of elevated thunderstorms returning late Friday night. Saturday and Sunday bring much better confidence for a return of thunderstorms. Southern Oregon looks to hold the best promise for Saturday with the threat moving northward Sunday.  Storms are most likely to start dry but quickly moisten while frequent lightning potential increases. Storms potentially continue early next week while conditions remain hot, dry, and unstable.

Prevention
Know the fire danger level of the areas where you live, work and play, and follow all local restrictions on burning, equipment use, campfires and other activities that can start wildfires. Find danger levels and restrictions across the state here.

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