Umpqua North Complex Fact Sheet Update October 2nd, 2017 – 9:00 a.m. Fire Information: 541-378-6944 (8:00 am to 8:00 pm) Inciweb address: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incidnet/5505/# Start Date: August 11, 2017 Cause: Lightning Fuels: Timber, forest litter, grass & shrubs Acres: 43,158 Percent Completed: 79% Current Situation: The Umpqua North Complex continues to hold at 43,158 acres. Due to the size of the complex the public will continue to see smokes within the containment lines. These smokes are well interior and are surrounded by already burnt vegetation and do not pose a threat to the containment lines. Fire suppression repair continues with hazard tree mitigation which has begun within the Fall Creek Fire area. The mitigation of snags and hazard trees along HWY 138 in between MP 48-50 (Illahee Flats) is scheduled to be completed next week. This project will start on Tuesday, 10/3/17 and continue thru Thursday 10/5/17. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will provide traffic control. On Forest Road 38 to 3811, the horizontal grinder has been working steadily in conjunction with a front end loader which has doubled production. They still have at least three more days of work until the suppression repair is completed in this area. An upper level trough over the region and northwest winds aloft will result in generally cool flow off the Pacific Ocean through Monday. A disturbance moving through north portions of the area today and bring areas of light showers to southwest Oregon, Umpqua and into the Southern Oregon Cascades with less than a tenth of an inch of rain expected. Models are showing higher confidence on the track and timing of a second upper level shortwave moving down into the area Monday night.
Resources: Resources assigned to the Complex are 1 Crew, 1 Helicopter, 5 Engines, 1 Grinder, 1 Water Tender, 3 skidders, 1 backhoe, 8 dump trucks, 1 grader, 1 log loader, 1 masticator, 6 excavators, 1 forwarder, 1 log grinder, 2 chippers, and 1 front end loader, Total personnel 134
Closures: Closure areas have been reduced on the Umpqua National District. Effective September 22, 2017, the following trails are now open: segments of the North Umpqua Trail #1414, Mt. Bailey Trail, #1415, Dread and Terror Trail, #1461, Rodley Butte Trail, #1452, and West Lake Trail, #1452. On the North Umpqua Ranger District, Forest Road 38 near Steamboat will reopen from the junction with Hwy. 138 to Forest Road 4760. Forest Road 38 will remain closed between Forest Road 4760 and Forest Road 3821. Steamboat ballfield Group Site is open again. Steamboat Falls and Canton Creek campgrounds will remain closed for the season and reopen in the Spring. Forest Road 3401 (Loafer1creek), leading to the Umpqua Hot Springs, and adjacent spurs are now open. Forest Road 34 will remain closed between the junction of Forest Road 3401 and the Willamette National Boundary. Devil’s Canyon area closure south of Hwy. 138 on the Diamond Lake Ranger District has been greatly reduced, roads along Rough Creek and around Skookum lake in the fire area northwest of Garwood Butte will remain closed The public is being asked to respect closures. For additional information you can go to Inciweb website and the Umpqua National Forest website, which can be viewed at www.fs.usda.gov/umpqua.
Hunting season has arrived, hunters are reminded that there are still firefighters working in the area. Please beware of your surroundings and watch out for yellow shirts.
