Southwest Oregon Joint Information Center: 8-31-17 Miller Complex Daily Update

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Current Situation: Red Flag warning for poor humidity recoveries and gusty east to northeast winds will be in effect from Thursday night into Friday morning. Heat will begin to build again Thursday afternoon and through the weekend. It will be extremely hot, dry and smoky.

Evacuations: The following areas are now under a Level 2 (Be Set) Evacuation Notice:

Palmer Creek Road and Kinney Creek Road (Forest Service Road 1090)
Both sides of Upper Applegate Road from Palmer Creek Road to the Applegate Dam Spillway (This includes Bolder City)
Beaver Creek Road

The following areas are now in a Level 1 (Be Ready) Evacuation Notice:

Carberry Creek Road from Applegate Road up to and including Steamboat Ranch
Palmer Creek Road/Applegate Road intersection north to 7449 Applegate Road and Eastside Road from Upper Applegate Road north to 2874 Eastside Road.
South from Applegate Dam Spillway around all of Applegate Lake (1/8 mile buffer around water to include all private property).

The following Recreation Sites:

Hart-tish, Harr Pt, Watkins, Tipsu Tyee, Latgawa Cove and Stringtown campgrounds
Carberry Picnic Ground

The Joe Bar area, which is in California, remains under an evacuation order.

Branch I: Creedence Fire and Bigelow Fire (Grayback Fire)

The Creedence Fire was active on the north flank but did not grow significantly. Crews continue to make good progress on the west flank. The fires in this Branch are approximately 7 miles south of Williams.

Branch II: Burnt Peak Fire

The fire is backing down Billy Mountain and there are control lines in place along the 1095 and 1090 roads. Structural protection has begun north of Applegate Lake. This Branch is approximately 9 miles southwest of Ruch and 3 miles north of Applegate Lake.

Branch III: Abney Fire (Abney, Seattle and Cook Fires)

Firefighters will work to keep the fire north of the Pacific Crest Trail and south and east of private property in section 8. Structure protection is continuing in the Joe Bar area.

Closures: The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has closed three areas on the Siskiyou Mountains Ranger District in each of the branches, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/rogue-siskiyou/alerts-notices. The Bureau of Land Management has closed the Grayback Mountain Trailhead.