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Public use fire danger level is EXTREME; IFPL is III
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Fire Season Information
Fire season is in effect on the Southwest Oregon District. The fire danger level is “extreme” (red), and the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) is III (three). These declarations affect state, private, county and Bureau of Land Management forestlands in Jackson and Josephine counties.
Here is a summary of public use restrictions now in effect:
- All open burning of debris is prohibited. This includes burn barrels.
- Fireworks are prohibited on forestlands.
- Campfires are allowed only in designated campgrounds. This restriction includes charcoal-fired barbecues; however, stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels are allowed.
- Vehicles, including motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, are not allowed on unimproved roads.
- Smoking is allowed only in a vehicle and only while on an improved road.
- Chain saw use is prohibited.
- Mowing of dry grass, except for agricultural purposes, is prohibited.
- Cutting, grinding or welding metal is prohibited.
- Electric fence controllers must be a device that is listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory, such as Underwriters Laboratories, or certified by the Department of Consumer and Business Services, and be used in compliance with the device manufacturer's instructions for fire-safe operation.
In the Wild and Scenic Section of the Rogue River, these restrictions are in effect:
- Smoking is prohibited except in boats on the water, and on naturally vegetation-free gravel bars and sand bars below the river’s high-water mark.
- Open fires are prohibited, including camp fires and charcoal briquette fires. However, portable cooking stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels are allowed on naturally vegetation-free gravel bars and sand bars below the high-water mark.
- Travelers must carry a shovel and bucket (one-gallon size).
- Fireworks are prohibited.
Fire restrictions on the Rogue River may change so please check with the Smullin Visitor Center located at the Rand National Historic Site at (541) 479-3735 or your local Forest Service office.
For regulations on national forest lands in Jackson and Josephine counties, contact the Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest.
For regulations on ODF-protected lands in Klamath and Lake counties, see the Klamath Falls Interagency Fire Center's website or call ODF's Klamath-Lake District office.
For regulations on lands in Douglas County, contact the Douglas Forest Protective Association (private, state, county and BLM lands) or the Umpqua National Forest (national forest lands).
For more information about fire season regulations on private, state, county or BLM lands in Jackson and Josephine counties, contact the ODF Southwest Oregon District unit office in your area:
- Medford Unit, 5286 Table Rock Rd., Central Point. Phone: (541) 664-3328
- Grants Pass Unit, 5375 Monument Drive, Grants Pass. Phone: (541) 474-3152
Additional information
Rogue Valley Fire Prevention Cooperative
ODF statewide fire precaution level summary (regulated use proclamations)
About regulated use restrictions
Industrial closures (proclamations)
IFPL guidelines
Closure zone map (pdf) (Note: ODF Southwest Oregon District regulated use areas are SW-1, SW-2, SW-3, SW-4, SK-2, SK-3, RR-1, RR-2, and RR-3)
Fire weather forecast (Southwest Oregon, NWS)
ODF fire statistics
Smoke management information (ODF, statewide)
Prescribed Burning
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