July 14, 2015
[ Fire size revised to 3/4 acre at 3:00 pm ]
Shortly after 1:00 p.m. today, Soda Mountain Lookout spotted a smoke rising from the Soda Mountain Wilderness. The fire is estimated at 1/4-acre in size and a helicopter from the Oregon Dept. of Forestry’s Medford Unit is making water drops on it. A crew is being shuttled into the fire area by a second helicopter.
The fire is located at T41S, R4E, Sec. 5.
The cause of the fire has not been determined as yet, but lightning from last week’s storms struck in the area.
July 10, 2015
Widespread thunderstorms swept across Jackson and Josephine counties’ forestlands Thursday afternoon and evening. ODF’s Southwest Oregon District engine crews found 10 fires on Bureau of Land Management and private lands. Two of the fires are 1/4 acre in size and the rest are smaller.
- 1/4-acre Board Tree Fire, 5 miles east of Wolf Creek
- 1/4-acre Curr Creek Fire, 7 miles northeast of Butte Falls
- 1/10-acre Sardine Creek Fire, 4 miles northwest of Gold Hill
- 1/10-acre Willy Rock Fire, 3 miles north of Trail
- 1/100-acre East Jones Creek Fire, 1 mile north of Grants Pass
- 1/100-acre Woodcock Fire, 3 miles south of Cave Junction
- 1/100-acre Bear Branch Fire, 5 miles north of Rogue River
- 1/100-acre Sykes Creek Fire, 3 miles north of Wimer
- 1/100-acre Taggerts Creek Fire, 3 miles east of Stewart State Park
- 1/100-acre May Creek Fire, 4 miles northeast of Wimer
A reconnaissance flight is looking over southwest Oregon’s forestlands this morning, watching for smoke.
