ODF Wildland Fire Situation Report – Aug. 1, 2024

August 1, 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 5,505 7% East of Cottage Grove NC CIMT
Crazy Creek 31,440 2,476 5% 16 miles E of Paulina SW IMT 5
Courtrock 19,834 16,051 41% 7 miles South of Monument ODF IMT 1
Winding Waters Complex 752 737 17% West of Wallowa ODF IMT 2
Battle Mountain Complex 178,171 143,286 19% West of Ukiah ODF IMT 1/ ODF IMT 3
Falls 142,307 7,330 73% 20 miles NW of Burns CIMT AK Team 1
Microwave Tower 1,311 927 79% 5 miles SW of Mosier Central Cascades Type 3
Lone Rock 137,221 57,202 89% 10 miles SE of Condon CIMT SW Team 2
Durkee 293,882 34,483 63% 5 miles SW of Durkee SA Gold Team 3
Cougar Creek 17,602 0 29% 35 miles SE of Dayton, WA CIMT NW Team 13
Pyramid 1,193 19 13% 15 miles S of Detroit CA IMT 5
Slate 91 0 77% S of the Detroit Resevoir CA IMT 5

There are approximately 12,899 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 hundreds of firefighters need showers, meals, equipment or anything else for an incident, the ODF Fire Cache is there. The fire cache stores everything from paperclips to kitchen trailers to sleeping bags and is ready to send out resources at any time. The team works year-round to rehab, restock, organize, and build supplies, and is dedicated to making sure ODF is prepared for anything.

Weather
Hot and dry conditions remain in place heading into the weekend. Low level instability and potential for pyrocumulus increase for the next few days on existing incidents. The thermal trough over western Oregon will shift toward the Cascade crest each day and bring additional convective smoke column concerns. There is below average confidence for thunderstorms over southern Oregon Friday afternoon and/or Friday night, but any storms will be dry. Saturday through Sunday will bring much better confidence for thunderstorms, including Saturday night. The focus is on southern and eastern Oregon Saturday with the threat moving northward to Washington on Sunday. Storms are most likely to start dry but quickly moisten as the activity moves north all while frequent lightning potential increases. Storms potentially continue into next week.

Prevention
With the weather warming back up, stay aware and be fire smart as we move into the weekend. So far this year, more than 80% of the fires ODF has responded to were caused by people. While many of those were likely unintentional, it doesn’t make them any less destructive. 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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