Just posting this here be it shows 4 of the fires going in #OR right now.
𝙇𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙂𝙐𝙇𝘾𝙃 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙎𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀𝙓𝙀𝙎 𝙋𝙈 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀: Despite numerous fires across Jackson and Josephine counties, firefighters were able to hold the majority of containment lines on Thursday. There are currently 56 total fires across the district following Wednesday night thunderstorms across the region, breaking down to eight in Jackson County, named as the Westside Complex, and 48 in Josephine County, called the Lightning Gulch Complex. These incidents vary in stages, from active operations to 100% lined and mopped up, affecting both private and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land.
Resources were able to hold the largest fire at an estimated 40 acres on Thursday. That incident, mistaken by nightshift crews as the Tallowbox Fire, is actually the Keeler Fire. The Tallowbox Fire, originally reported as an estimated 30 acres this morning, is actually an estimated five. These neighboring incidents are two of four fires located near Tallowbox Mountain in the Applegate Valley to the east of Thompson Creek Road. In the same area, the Ladybug Gulch Fire (pictured) proved to be the most challenging of the day, requiring multiple retardant drops from ODF Large Air Taker (LAT) 104; it’s currently holding at an estimated 21 acres. The fourth fire in this location is the Tallowbox Cutoff Fire, estimated to be 1/10th of an acre, is 100% lined and 80% mopped up.
In Josephine County, the Hog Creek Fire, located north of Merlin, and the Rum Creek Fire, located near Rum Creek north of Galice, are both estimated to be 30 acres in size. The Granite Hill Fire is estimated to be 14 acres in size, located north of Grants Pass and east of Colonial Valley.
Weather conditions aided firefighters on the line, as temperatures remained cooler than expected and predicated thunderstorms did not materialize, prompting the US National Weather Service Medford Oregon to cancel a red flag warning. These milder conditions contributed to slightly decreased fire behavior, allowing resources to hold containment lines and complete mop-up operations on some incidents.
Due to the extremely busy nature of dispatching, fires, locations, estimated sizes and containment information is still being organized. This information will be released when it is accurately complied, however priorities have remained providing updates and relaying information to our firefighters in the field and in the air on active incidents.
No homes are threatened, and no evacuation orders have been placed. Please be aware of any potential changes and follow Jackson County Emergency Management, Jackson County Sheriff Oregon, Josephine Co. Emergency Management and the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office for any evacuation information.
Fire information is always available on our website, www.swofire.com. #swofire2022 #fireseason2022
𝙇𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙂𝙐𝙇𝘾𝙃 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙎𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀𝙓𝙀𝙎 𝘼𝙈 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀: Of the 50 plus lightning-caused fires from the August 17th thunderstorm that peppered Jackson and Josephine counties, just one fire, Rum Creek, remains without a complete containment line. The Rum Creek fire is currently estimated at about 100 acres. Collectively, the fires from the Westside and Lightning Gulch complexes have burned a little over 300 acres with Rum Creek (100), Ladybug (87), Keeler (60, pictured) and Tallowbox (26) being the largest.
Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 13, led by Incident Commander Brian Gales, officially took command of the Rum Creek and Hog Creek fires within the Lightning Gulch Complex this morning. An official Facebook page has been created for these two incidents and all future updates will be posted here: Rum Creek Fire.
Local resources will continue to mop-up and patrol the other smaller fires in the area. Crews are also working on two lightning-caused holdover fires discovered early last night in the Jack Creek area. Each of the two fires is less than two acres in size. While a third fire was initially reported, crews have not been able to locate it; resources assigned to the other two incidents will be able to provide a swift response should the third fire not be a duplicate report.
Increased winds forecasted for this afternoon are expected to test established fire lines as crews continue the mop-up process. No homes are threatened, and no evacuation orders have been placed. Please be aware of any potential changes and follow Jackson County Emergency Management, Jackson County Sheriff Oregon, Josephine Co. Emergency Management and the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office for any evacuation information.
Firefighter success over the past week can be attributed to many things, including quick and efficient response by initial attack resources, the availability of resources at the height of fire season, and cooperating weather. The vigilance of our local communities has been just as critical in the prevention of human-caused fires that has allowed firefighters to focus on non-preventable lightning-caused fires. To date, Oregon Department of Forestry’s Southwest Oregon District has responded to 131 human-caused fires that have burned just 71 acres this year, compared to our 10-year average of 164 human-caused fires for 520 acres. These efforts have not gone unnoticed, and we appreciate the partnerships we have with our communities in keeping human-caused fires off our landscape; it has been truly appreciated over the last couple days, especially.
As a reminder, the Bureau of Land Management has closed the Rainie Falls Trail until further notice. Please help us protect firefighters and first responders by avoiding Galice Road and the Grave Creek area. The BLM is encouraging recreational boaters to avoid the river between Hellgate Canyon and Grave Creek.
Fire information is always available on our website, www.swofire.com.
Photo credit: Rural Metro Fire - Josephine County
Last night’s IR for Rum Creek and Hog. White line is 24 hrs of growth, didn’t have earlier data for Hog…
General rundown
Your Friday 
fire update!
New Fires: Boulder Mountain and MM365
Existing Fires
Red flag 
warnings and heat advisories were issued across most of the central and eastern parts of the PNW.
Rum Creek Fire is 16,583 ac. and 12% contained. It saw 1,643 acres of growth.
Red flag warning across Southern Oregon today- 9/6/22
A broad area of hot, dry, windy, and unstable conditions are
expected today. Then a trough comes through on Wednesday bringing
additional gusty winds and dry humidities. However, we are seeing
conditions conducive for dry thunderstorm development over a line
stretching from Siskiyou County, including the Mill Fire
northeastward into Oregon. These thunderstorms will very little,
if any rain. However, they could produce gusty, quickly shifting
winds to 45 mph.
Temperatures into the 100’s
Another round of Red flags in effect for much of southern Oregon.
Haines 6 with high winds 10-15 with gusts to 30 and critical humidity 6-13%.
This will be followed Saturday and Sunday by high temperatures in the Rogue valley 100°+.
