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Devil’s Knob and Milepost 98 Fire Update for Tuesday, September 17, 2024

KEY MESSAGES:

All primary objectives on the Milepost 98 Fire have been met, including protection of the town of Canyonville, the local watershed, powerlines, and a communications tower. Yesterday, command of the incident on the Milepost 98 Fire was transferred back to the Douglas Forest Protective Association. 

CURRENT STATUS:

Incident personnel on the Devil’s Knob Fire are beginning to demobilize as work is completed. As of this morning, the entire western flank of the Devil’s Knob fire is contained. Suppression repair work is focused on the northern edge of the fire, with mop-up continuing on the east side. Grading work is ongoing on the lower portion of the 1610 Road, and culverts were replaced on the 300 Road to return the area to Forest standard following firefighting activities. Tethering operations continue bolstering lines on the south side in the Flat Creek drainage.

WEATHER / FIRE BEHAVIOR:

There was no precipitation on the fire yesterday though fog accumulated in the upper elevations on the east flank of the perimeter. A new storm system is expected to rotate into the area today, transitioning from a dry morning to rain in the afternoon which could linger into Wednesday. Temperatures will be cool, in the high 50s to low 60s, while relative humidity will remain high for most of the week.

SAFETY AND CLOSURES: 

Closures on the Umpqua National Forest can be found at https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/umpqua/alerts-notices. 

Umpqua National Forest restrictions can be found at https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/umpqua/fire. 

Fire Restrictions for Bureau of Land Management can be found on the Oregon-Washington blm.gov page.

Douglas Forest Protective Association restrictions can be found at https://www.dfpa.net/public-fire-restrictions. 

Oregon Dept. of Forestry restrictions can be found at https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/restrictions.aspx.