FIRES ON OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY-PROTECTED LANDS
No new fires 10 acres or larger were reported this week on ODF-protected lands.
ODF sent Gordon Foster Sr. to the Crowley Incident where he is serving as a Liaison Officer.
ODF also sent Rory Collins, DFPA, to the Iron Springs Fire in AZ to serve as Air Tactical Group Supervisor June 11th.
ODF sent a strike team of fire engines to New Mexico June 4 to assist on wildfires burning there; they are still assisting this week.
ODF and other western states routinely share firefighting resources as needed. This is an opportune time for the department to send the strike teams, as fire activity in Oregon is currently moderate. And the arrangement is reciprocal: If ODF needs outside help on fires in Oregon, its partner agencies will provide personnel and equipment when possible.
FIRES ON OTHER LANDS
BLM – The lightning-caused Crowley Creek Fire located 20 miles SE of Riverside, OR., is 12,935 acres and 60 percent contained. It is adjacent to the 6,613-acre lightning-caused Stockade Fire, also 60 percent contained. Both fires are being managed by a single IMT Type 3.
BLM – The lightning-caused South Fork fire located 23 miles SE of Vale, OR, is 250 acres and 100 percent contained.
FIRE STATISTICS
Fire statistics are for the current year and the average over the past 10 years for the 16 million acres of private and public forestland protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry.
January 1, 2013, through today:*
Lightning-caused fires: 45 fires burned 18 acres
Human-caused fires: 189 fires burned 847 acres
Total: 234 fires burned 865 acres
10-year average (Jan. 1 through the present date in the year):
Lightning-caused fires: 17 fires burned 17 acres
Human-caused fires: 101 fires burned 282 acres
Total: 118 fires burned 299 acres
Fire statistics can be accessed any time from the ODF website.
*When personnel are heavily engaged in firefighting activities, the latest information may not always appear in the statistics.