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2023 Horse Creek Fire

Unit Information

Oregon 
Springfield, 
Oregon 
97477 
Oregon 
Springfield, 
Oregon 
97477 

Incident Contacts

  • Lookout, Horse Creek, Pothole Fires Informaion
    Phone:
    541-215-6735
    Hours:
    8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Lookout Fire Updated Closure 08/27/2023

Lookout Fire, 2023 Horse Creek Fire
Publication Type: Closures 09/05/2023

The closure order for the Lookout Fire has been expanded due to increasing fire behavior and two new fires – Horse Creek and Pothole. Some key recreation areas remain open:

• Highway 126 and Highway 20 remain open; for the latest status on these highways, visit TripCheck

• Road 19 (Aufderheide Drive) remains open, including Terwilliger Hot Springs

• House Rock and Lost Prairie Campgrounds remain open

• Clear Lake Resort remains open

Many new recreation sites and trails have been added to the closure area, including:

• Cold Water Cove, Slide Creek and Sunnyside Campgrounds

• Many Mt. Washington and Three Sisters Wilderness trailheads

• The King Castle/O’Leary/Olallie Trail complex

• Most of the Santiam Wagon Road

Popular hunting areas are also now closed. All hunters should check the closure map to see the full extent of the closure.

For the entire closure order and map, please go to the Willamette National Forest webpage at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/willamette