Middle Fork Ranger District Fire Information Update

Release Date: Aug 13, 2014

Contact(s): Brandy Richardson - Fire Information 541-782-5359


Deception Creek Complex - Staley Complex - Middle Fork District Initial Attack

August 13, 2014 12:00 pm

Crews have been busy responding to 60 fires on the Middle Fork Ranger District started by the lightning event that began Sunday. Air resources and crews are being shared among response teams, with ground crews responding to accessible locations and rappellers to remote locations.  Crews are taking advantage of moist conditions from recent precipitation to locate, scout and suppress new starts.  Although moisture has aided initial attack efforts, only trace amounts are making it through the dense old-growth canopy and fires are continuing to smolder and burn.

Deception Creek Complex

  • Efforts are being focused on a fire south of Oakridge near Larison Rock and crews have lined 30% of the fire and have been able to go direct based on weather conditions.
  • Two fires in the Deception Rock area are likely to burn together, and will require indirect attack due to steep terrain.
  • Crews had to disengage yesterday afternoon due to lightning.
  • Total of 9 fires; ranging in size from 1/10 to 18 acres.
Crews Engines Tenders Dozers Total Personnel
1 0 0 0 35

Staley Complex

  • Measurable precipitation fell on both fires and very little fire growth occurred as a result.
  • Crews are taking advantage of weather to construct direct fire line on the Staley Fire and looking to go direct line on the Davey Fire as well
  • Busy with Initial attack yesterday.  Crews are busy working to locate, size up, and suppress any new starts.
  • Staley Fire- 200 acres; Davey Fire-25 acres; Total acres- 225; 15% containmen
  • Total of 16 Initial Attack fires; ranging in size from 2 to 20 acres.
Crews Engines Tenders Dozers Total Personnel
6 8 5 3 342

Middle Fork District Initial Attack

  • Crews are working on a fire 7-10 acres in size, located, two miles west of the Waldo Lake Wilderness near Spirit Lake.
  • Crews are also working in the Falls Creek area locating, sizing up, and suppressing more than a dozen fires.
  • Personnel are focusing efforts on private lands and communities.
  • Total of 26 fires, 20 are staffed.
Crews Engines Tenders Dozers Total Personnel
3 6 1 1 92

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