The following two wildfires are burning on Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands respectively:
Owyhee
Canyon Fire – The 20,500-acre fire
is burning 38 miles SW of Jordan Valley, Ore., on the Vale BLM District.
It is 50 percent contained. It was reported the afternoon of June 5. Cause:
lightning. Resources include: 25 fire engines, 4 water tenders, 2 dozers, 4
Snake River Valley hand crews, 1 hot shot crew and miscellaneous air resources.
According to Marvin Vetter, the Jordan Valley Rangeland Protection Association has been assisting on the
fire since Saturday. More wind and lightning are forecast for today.
Canyon Fire – The 20,500-acre fire
is burning 38 miles SW of Jordan Valley, Ore., on the Vale BLM District.
It is 50 percent contained. It was reported the afternoon of June 5. Cause:
lightning. Resources include: 25 fire engines, 4 water tenders, 2 dozers, 4
Snake River Valley hand crews, 1 hot shot crew and miscellaneous air resources.
According to Marvin Vetter, the Jordan Valley Rangeland Protection Association has been assisting on the
fire since Saturday. More wind and lightning are forecast for today.
Draw Fire – The 400-acre fire is burning 20 miles NE
of Chiloquin on the Fremont-Winema NF. It is uncontained. It was reported the
morning of June 5. Winds carried the blaze over a control line and spot fires
started beyond the fire line. Cause: under investigation. Resources include: 75
firefighters, various air tankers and helicopters. The South Central Oregon
Fire Management Partnership Type 3 IMT is scheduled to take over the fire the morning of June 7.