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Homestead/Diamond Complexes Fire Update

Oct. 3, 2024

Fire Information: 541-208-7100, 8 AM - 8 PM

InciWeb-Homestead: https://t.ly/syeHa and InciWeb-Diamond: https://bit.ly/4gCfLsp

Six fires within the Homestead and Diamond Complexes remain under active management by Northwest Team 12. Firefighting resources from the Homestead/Diamond Complexes remain available for initial attack response to new fire starts in the area as needed. 

The Oregon Department of Transportation temporarily lowered the speed limit on Hwy 138 in front of the Fire Incident Command Post just east of Glide to 45 MPH for the safety of firefighters and community residents.

Homestead Complex: 10,284 acres, 35% contained │ Diamond Complex: 11,141 acres, 90% contained │ Total personnel: 371

Although westerly winds brought slightly cooler and more humid conditions yesterday, fires continued to creep and back into very dry fuels. Today will return to unseasonably warm and very dry conditions, with a corresponding potential increase in fire activity.

A heavy helicopter dropped 27,900 gallons of water on the northwest corner of the Horse Heaven Fire yesterday to slow the fire from backing into the Horse Heaven Creek drainage. Mastication work is making progress on the north side of the fire area along Forest Service Road (FSR) 092 and an extensive grading operation continues along Forest Service FSR 3831. A few days of work chipping along interior roads remains for crews and heavy equipment to complete.  

Fire activity on the Fuller Lake Fire remains at a low intensity, consuming surface fuels and an abundance of dead and downed trees in the Boulder Creek Wilderness. Fire managers continue to monitor the fire activity in the Wilderness to determine the need for additional action. Teams of sawyers continue to identify and mitigate hazard trees along FSR 5851 that have been weakened by the fire. Road work within the Bullpup Fire area is making good progress. Road repairs on FSR 3816 are ongoing, and repair work is nearing completion on FSRs 200 and 300.

The No Man Fire continues to be in a patrol and monitor state, with engine crews on the lookout for any smokes that may materialize. 

Two fires remain uncontained on the Diamond Complex. On the Potter Fire, dump trucks finished hauling slash to the Diamond Lake area and chipping will resume today. Grading along FSR 3703 is underway and making steady progress. The Pine Bench Fire continues to show no visible smoke.  

Closures: The Umpqua National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have revised closure orders. Two closure orders impact the Umpqua National Forest https://t.ly/Mvn6G. A BLM Roseburg District closure order remain also remains in place https://t.ly/uWX6l. A Temporary Flight Restriction remains in effect https://bit.ly/3XJL0cD. 

Weather: High pressure today will result in warmer and drier conditions, with temperatures forecasted to be 75-82 degrees in the valleys. There will be a weather disturbance on Friday that will cool temperatures and bring some light precipitation to the region late in the day Friday.