Weekly Situation Report: July 13, 2026

July 13, 2026

ODF Complex Incident Management Teams

  • Team 1 is in unified command with OSFM Blue Team on the East Evans Creek Fire. For fire updates, visit the Southwest Oregon District’s Facebook page.
  • Team 2 is on rotation.
  • Team 3 is on standby.

ODF Priority Fires

FIRE NAME TOTAL ACRES ODF ACRES CONTAINMENT LOCATION COMMAND
East Evans Creek 3,628 2,059 5% 14 miles NE of
Rogue River		 ODF CIMT 1 | OSFM Blue Team
Salmon 1,304 20 0% 34 miles SW of
Baker City		 NW Team 12 | OSFM Green Team
Olive Butte 1,720 14 0% 34 miles SW of
Baker City		 NW Team 12 | OSFM Green Team
North Cayuse 4,887 462 91% 15 miles E of Pendleton NW Team 3

*These numbers may change as we receive more data.

There are approximately 2,309 personnel assigned to the 6 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: By taking a few extra steps, you can help prevent the next wildfire in Oregon.

Wildfire prevention means:

  • Debris burning remains the number one cause of human-caused fires in Oregon. Cover your pile and wait until fire season is declared over before burning. A dry, covered pile is cleaner and safer to burn in the late fall and winter.
  • Check local restrictions before lighting a camp or warming fire to see if it is allowed.
  • Never leave your campfire or warming fire unattended.
  • Make sure your campfire or warming fire is OUT COLD. That means drowning it with water, stirring the ashes, and repeating that process until it is cold to touch. If there is any heat coming off the embers, then it can reignite later.
  • Don’t park your car over dried grass, and make sure your vehicle or ATV is regularly serviced.
  • Make sure your tow chains are not dragging. The metal hitting asphalt while driving can throw sparks into dry grass on the side of the road.

Visit Oregon.gov/odf to find local fire restrictions and keeporegongreen.org for more wildfire prevention tips.

Weather: High pressure will build over the region today and tomorrow. This will deliver very warm and dry conditions to the east side public service announcements with locally breezy conditions over south central Oregon. Additionally, monsoonal moisture and increased instability will begin to creep into the southeast quarter of Oregon by afternoon resulting in a small chance of thunderstorms as well as pyrocumulus development over existing fires. This threat will increase over all eastern Oregon on Tuesday. Any storms which form on Monday will initially be dry, however they will transition to wet storms on Tuesday. The forecast for late Wednesday to the end of the workweek is uncertain, however it appears the ridge will briefly break down as an offshore low heads inland. If this comes to fruition, expect a significant cooldown west of the Cascades as well as a good chance of thunderstorms from the Cascade Crest eastward.

ODF Highlight: The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District’s aggressive initial attack played a critical role in protecting nearby communities during the East Evans Creek Fire’s first operational period.

Reported Friday afternoon, the fire quickly grew under hot, dry and windy conditions in steep, challenging terrain. The first ODF engine arrived on scene in just 30 seconds after witnessing the incident, allowing firefighters to immediately begin suppression efforts.

Additional resources quickly followed, including five helicopters and three air tankers. Working in coordination with partner agencies, firefighters established an anchor point and made a stand along East Evans Creek Road, holding the fire along that corridor despite difficult topography and hazardous snags.

Those early suppression efforts helped keep the fire from making a significant push toward the Shady Cove and Eagle Point communities and prevented it from becoming much larger during its initial hours.

As firefighters continue working to suppress the East Evans Creek Fire, the line established during initial attack continues to help protect neighboring communities.

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