Wildfire activity on
the 16 million acres of private and public lands protected by the Oregon Dept.
of Forestry (ODF) was relatively light this past week. Fire managers are
currently focused on fire weather conditions predicted to set up today and
continue into the weekend.
The Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland advises that
“Lightning and atmospheric instability are expected to begin over sections
of southern Oregon today and spread northward over the weekend. Fire danger
indices have climbed high enough to warrant elevated risk of large fires due to
the number of lightning strikes expected over the weekend. A number of sections
of Oregon and Washington will be affected, so pay attention to local weather
forecasts. Thunderstorms will become wet but the atmospheric instability plus
the sheer number of new starts from lightning will challenge initial attack
over the weekend. A number of new large fires are likely to result.”
FIRES ON ODF-PROTECTED LANDS
No new fires 10 acres or larger were reported on ODF-protected lands this week.
FIRES ON OTHER LANDS
The Buckskin Fire reported June 11 burning 10 miles SW of Cave Junction on the
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is 5,345 acres and 60 percent contained.
More info available at: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4286/
The Little Basin Fire reported June 15 burning 10 Miles North of Imnaha in the
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is 630 acres and 97 percent contained.
More info available at: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4290/