Little Lava Fire Info

Note: the Level 1 Evacuation Advisory (Be Ready) below applies to communities on the west side of the Deschutes River (Sunriver, Spring River, DRRH, River Meadows, etc.): not to communities on the east side of the river (OWW1, OWW2)  However, residents are advised to continue to monitor the situation (on Watch Duty, Central Oregon Fire Information, for example) for any changes to our status.

Central Oregon — Firefighters continue to respond to numerous lightning-caused wildfires across Central Oregon. The majority are concentrated south of Bend on the Deschutes National Forest and range in size from one tenth of an acre to 14,400 acres. The largest fires include:

Firestone Fire – estimated 6,700 acres, located southeast of Newberry Caldera on the Deschutes National Forest. A Central Oregon Type 3 Incident Management Team is managing this fire as well as the Flat Top Fire.

Flat Top Fire – estimated 14,400 acres, located southeast of Newberry Caldera on the Deschutes National Forest, and burning in brush and timber. Firefighters have conducted structure protection work around the Cabin Lake Guard Station.

Backside Fire –  estimated 80 acres, located west of Mt. Bachelor on the Deschutes National Forest. Resources are on scene.

Little Lava Fire –  estimated 5758 acres, located approximately 2 miles southeast of Little Lava Lake. Ground resources are on scene.

The Deschutes National Forest has in-briefed NW 3, a complex incident management team, to help manage fires on the forest.

Evacuations

Backside & Little Lava Fires

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office issued the following “Due to continued growth of the Bachelor Complex Fires, specifically the Little Lava fire, the following area is now at Level 3 (GO NOW):

South of the current Level 3 evacuation areas to FS Road 40, west of FS Road 45 (River Summit Drive) and east of FS Road 4270, Cascade Lakes Highway, and Lava Lake Area. This area also includes Sheridan Mountain, Wake Butte and surrounding areas.”