Black Butte Fire at 40 acres; Swamp Fire at 1+ acre
By Logan Bagett on Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News Eastern/Southeast Oregon Top Stories
MALHEUR NATIONAL FOREST – (Release provided by the USDA Forest Service)
The Black Butte and Swamp Fires were discovered as lightning starts on Tuesday, August 3. High Desert Type 3 Incident Management Team has been ordered to help manage the Black Butte Fire on Prairie City Ranger District. Fire crews are working on the Swamp Fire located on the Emigrant Creek Ranger District.
The Black Butte Fire, estimated at 40 acres, is burning east of Black Butte near the North Fork of the Malheur River. The fire is burning in the vicinity of the North Fork Malheur River Inventoried Roadless Area (IRA).
The Swamp Fire, estimated at one acre is burning southeast of Calamity Lookout on Emigrant Creek Ranger District. Multiple resources are on scene.
The fire management team would like the public to be aware of the potential for smoke impacts to the fire areas. For more information in regards to smoke please visit: Oregon Smoke Blog or Fire Air Now.
To ensure public and firefighter safety, roads, trails, and other areas may need to close temporarily as firefighter operations are taking place. Smokey conditions may also reduce visibility to a level that would require additional temporary closures.
Fire management staff would like the public to be aware that the Malheur National Forest is at Phase C of Public Use Restrictions (PUR) and Extreme Fire Danger. For more details you can on Public Use restrictions, please visit our public website linked above or call 541-575-3113.
More information will be shared as it becomes available.
To report wildfires please call 911, 541-573-1000 or 541-575-1321.
