All evacuations lifted in Umatilla County around Battle Mountain Complex

Ukiah, ORE. – Updated at 9:45 a.m.: All evacuations have been lifted in Umatilla County around Battle Mountain Complex

The Battle Mountain Complex started as a series of lightning fires on Wednesday, July 17th, 2024, near Ukiah, Oregon. The complex total is 183,026 acres with 94% containment. Below is a list of up to date information on all complex fires, as of Friday, August 16th at 9:45 a.m.

Acres - Monkey Creek Fire: 178,542

Containment - Monkey Creek Fire: 94%

Level 2 (BE SET!) Evacuations:

-www.arcgis.com/apps/PublicInformation/index.html?appid=f8a0d8814a67445a9e6bf3485f4fd24f

Level 1 (GET READY) Evacuations:

- www.arcgis.com/apps/PublicInformation/index.html?appid=f8a0d8814a67445a9e6bf3485f4fd24f

Closures:

-Both the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service have either rescinded or reduced closure orders for public lands. Visit https://linktr.ee/battlemntcomplex2024 for more information.

-Road closures and fire restrictions: https://linktr.ee/battlemntcomplex2024

Firefighting Cost: The estimated cost of this firefight is already up to $71 million.

Firefighting Efforts: The northern half of the fire received a quarter to a half inch of rain yesterday in many of the drainages that have been smoldering. Firefighters continued to work on repairing any impacts from the suppression effort across the entire fire. The group working on back-up firelines around Penland Lake also continued removing trees, brush and other vegetation.

On the northern side of the fire, crews are focused on repairing handlines. Southwest of Dale, crews worked with chippers to remove brush that was cut along roadsides. There is still some dozer line repair happening on the southern side of the fire. On the western edge, excavators continue to make progress repairing the lines by scattering brush to prevent potential erosion.

As the fire is nearly fully contained equipment and firefighters are leaving the incident. Firefighters will rehab their gear, rest and get ready to respond to other fires. As equipment is no longer needed or is being moved to other areas of the fire to complete repair work, the public may see trailers and trucks parked along roadsides.

Firefighting Resources: There are 865 total personnel on this fire, including 13 crews, 20 engines, 23 water tenders, 15 dozers, and 1 helicopter.

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