Alerts & Notices

Alerts

• Fire Restrictions in Effect

  Date(s): Sep 16, 2022

  Prohibitions

  • Building, maintaining, or using a fire, campfire or stove fire, including a charcoal, wood, or coal fire. However, pressurized liquid or gas stoves & lanterns that can be switched on and off are allowed
  • Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, building, or developed recreation site
  • Operating an internal combustion engine, such as generators & chainsaws
  • Welding or operating a torch with open flame
  • Possessing/using a motor vehicle off National Forest roads

  Exemptions

  • Fires are allowed at campfire rings established by the Forest Service at developed & designated campgrounds
  • Santiam OHV area remains OPEN to motor vehicle use

  Details: Fire Restrictions. (Updated Sept. 16, 2022)

• FIRE CLOSURES: Cedar Creek, Beachie Creek & Lionshead, Holiday Farm, Potter, etc

  Date(s): Aug 19, 2022

  For information about all fire-related closures on the Willamette National Forest, visit our Fire Closures page. 

  • View high resolution map of ALL fire-related closures. Zoom in for details.

  Fire Closures:

  • Big Swamp Fire Closure Order & Map (updated 9/19/22)
  • Cedar Creek Fire Closure Order & Map (updated 9/9/22)
  • Potter Fire Closure Order & Map (updated 9/29/22)
  • Middle Fork Complex Closure Order & Map (updated 8/3/22)
    • Kwis Fire Closure Order & Map (updated 4/18/22)
  • Beachie Creek and Lionshead Fires Closure Order & Map (updated 8/1/22)
  • Holiday Farm Fire Closure Order & Map (updated 7/28/22)

  Alert updated as of Oct. 3

• Carmen Diversion Reservoir closed through 2023

  Date(s): Apr 9, 2021 - Apr 11, 2023

  Contact(s): Eugene Water & Electric Board, 541-685-7471

  Carmen Diversion Reservoir and Forest Service Road 750 will continue be closed through April 11, 2023. During the closure, the reservoir will be drained to allow the Eugene Water & Electric Board to address sinkhole concerns. The closure is in place for public safety and to allow the work to be completed efficiently. The McKenzie River Trail and the Ice Cap Creek Day Use Area will remain open.

  View the closure order.