Willamette National Forest Planned Fall Prescribed Fire

SPRINGFIELD, Ore — The Willamette National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations, pending all required approvals. We estimate this work to continue through the fall as weather conditions allow. We use prescribed fires to help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.

Prescribed fires planned include:

Detroit and Sweet Home Ranger Districts (Santiam River Zone

• Pile Burning
  • Marion County
    • Administrative sites including the Detroit Ranger District and Detroit
    • Lake State Park
    • Various units created from logging activities, Forest Service Road 2231
  • Linn County
    • Administrative Sites including the Cascadia Day Use Area and North Santiam Sportsman Club
    • Various units created from logging activities, Forest Service Roads 2234, 2031417, 2027, and 11
    • Various units created from wildfire suppression activities, Forest Service Roads 2212, 2041, 2047, 2041526, 2041528, 1133,1155, 1152640
    • Meadow restoration, Forest Service Road 2255822
• Underburning
  • Linn County
    • Various units from logging activities, Forest Service Roads 2027 and 2032417
    • Camas Prairie Meadow Restoration, Forest Service Road 2027

McKenzie River Ranger District 

• Pile Burning
  • Linn County
    • Administrative sites including Fish Lake, Santiam Lodge, and EWEB
    • Various units created from logging activities, Forest Service Road 1509
  • Lane County
    • McKenzie River Ranger District Administrative Site
    • Various units created from logging activities, Forest Service Roads 2654, 2653, 2618, 2643, 1986, 1985, Hwy 242, and North Bank Rd
    • Various units created from hazardous fuels reduction projects, Forest Service Roads 356, 19, 1964, 1958, North Bank Road, Taylor Road, King Roads, Highway 126, Highway 242                                      

Middle Fork Ranger District 

• Pile Burning
  • Lane County
    • Administrative sites including the Middle Fork Ranger Station, Flat Creek Work Center, Seed Orchard, and Huckleberry Lookout
    • Various units created from wildfire suppression activities on the        Bedrock, Gales, Chalk, Coffee Pot, Moss Mountain, Cedar Creek, Potter, and Young Grasshopper Fires
    • Various units created from logging activities in the Fall creek, Patterson Mountain, North Shore, and Dead Mountain areas

Those areas may be closed to the public for several days for public safety. Watch for warning signs along roads near all prescribed fire areas before and during burns.

Residents may experience smoke during the prescribed burns. Go to https://fire.airnow.gov/ to find more detailed information about air quality. When driving, slow down and turn on your headlights when you encounter smoke on the road.

We will evaluate weather conditions in the hours before a burn begins. If conditions warrant, scheduled prescribed fire activities may be canceled.

Stay informed about the scheduled prescribed fires through the Forest’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/willamettenf.
We will notify county emergency management officials when burning begins. 
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About the Forest Service: The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology– and rooted in communities–the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.

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