By Dan Thesman on Thursday, July 18th, 2024 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
UMATILLA COUNTY – New evacuation notices (BE SET and BE READY) evacuation notices have been issued by the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office for the Cold Springs Loop Area and Weston Mountain.
Because of fires near these areas, UCSO Search and Rescue are actively notifying residences to be aware of the following evacuation level notices. These are LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2 only at this time as described below.
COLD SPRINGS LOOP AREA (LEVEL 2 – BE SET) Yellow
South of Highway 204, East of Giger Lane to McDougal Road to include all residences on McDougal, south to Rock Creek including Pine Creek Road system east of Read and Hawley Mountain
WESTON MOUNTAIN AREA (LEVEL 1 – BE READY) Green
Residences immediately north of Highway 204 and north to Couse Creek, including portions of Lincton Mountain Rd, from Little Dry Creek, south to the Umatilla River along the reservation boundary down to the South Fork of the Umatilla River and then east to Buck Mountain over to Langdon Lake and north of Langdon Lake up to McIntyre.
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