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Last updated: 2024-09-10
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The type of incident is Wildfire and involves the following unit(s) Fremont-Winema National Forest.
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State: Oregon
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42 ° 58 36 Longitude: 121 ° 17 35
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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.
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Incident Overview: The Buck Creek Fire is burning in heavy timber on the Fremont-Winema National Forest about 12 miles southwest of Silver Lake in a semi-primitive area of the forest with limited road access. The Bowman Well Fire is burning in sage brush, grass and juniper on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management about 3 miles northwest of Christmas Valley, Oregon. Local resources have aggressively worked day and night to suppress the fires while a national incident management team mobilized. More accurate estimates of the fires’ acreage are the result of better data from overnight infrared flights. Public and firefighter safety remain the top priority on the incidents.