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Willamette Complex North Update

Boulder Creek, Ore, Linton Creek, Pyramid, 374, and Roundtop Fires
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024

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Email: 2024.WillametteComplex.North@firenet.gov Information line: 541-208-1262 Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Overview: Additional fire details are available today after skies cleared enough for crews to use aircraft and heat detection technology to get a sharper picture of the status of fires in the complex. Any increase in acres is due to interior burning. Crews are again taking advantage of opportunities to go direct on the fires. OR 126 was closed for safety but is now back to one lane only. A road closure continues for a section of OR 242. The fires remain under a full suppression strategy. Showers are expected this evening and overnight into Sunday. Light to moderate west wind up to 10 mph is expected with temperatures between 60-70 degrees in the complex.

Boulder Creek Fire Evacuation Notices

LEVEL 3 (GO NOW) EVACUATION NOTICE: Scott Creek Road

LEVEL 1 (BE READY) EVACUATION NOTICE:

South of Highway 126 from milepost 53.5 east to Scott Creek Road and Horse Creek Road east of Foley Springs, Foley Springs, Forest Service Road #302, Belknap Springs Road South, Camp Yale Road, Yale Lane, North of Highway 126 East from the east end of Drury Lane to the end of North Belknap Springs Road
Evacuation Notice Source: Visit www.LaneCountyOR.gov or use this link.

Boulder Creek: 511 acres, 0% contained
Located 5 miles east of McKenzie Bridge. Structure protection work is near completion. Crews are going direct on the fire where safe with a focus on areas near OR 126. Dozer work on the north portion of the fire continues.

Ore: 3,474 acres, 44% contained
Located 7 miles northeast of Blue River. Minimal fire activity. Chipping and removal of fuels continues. Successful firing operations below the 1509 Road were completed and successful in helping to contain the fire.

Linton Creek: 1,301 acres, 0% contained

Located in the Three Sisters Wilderness northeast of Eileen Lake. Heavy fuels continue to burn. Ground and aerial firefighting efforts are being used effectively to secure containment.

Pyramid: 1,311 Acres, 98% contained

East of Middle Santiam Wilderness. The Pyramid is holding within control lines. Securing containment line continues with chipping of burnable fuels. Infrared showed additional scattered heat across the interior of the fire, however only a few smokes were observed. 

374: 58 acres, 0% contained

This fire is also in the Three Sisters Wilderness, northwest of Packsaddle Mountain. 14 smokejumpers remain assigned to the fire. Crews are going direct on the fire where possible and working on containment lines.

Roundtop: Less than one acre, 100% contained. 

Near the 374 Fire and Little Roundtop Mountain. No heat detected.

Road Closures: OR 126 is now open to one-lane traffic between mileposts 13 and 19.5 (intersection with OR 242). OR 242 remains closed to all traffic indefinitely between the intersection with OR 126 and the Dee Wright Observatory (mileposts 55 to 75), in the area of the Linton Creek Fire. Use an alternate route; do not divert onto forest roads to avoid closures. Check for updates at: https://tripcheck.com/ 

Willamette National Forest Area Closures: Due to increased fire activity in the McKenzie River Ranger District, the Linton Creek Fire closure area was expanded to include Boulder Creek, 374, Roundtop, as well as other fires on the Middle Fork Ranger District including Young Grasshopper and Lowell Creek fires. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/willamette/alerts-notices/?cid=fseprd552029.