Acres: 20,019 acres | Start Date: July 21, 2024 | Cause: Lightning | Fuels: Timber, Grass, Brush | Containment: 100% | Resources: 100
Highlights: Courtrock is now 100% contained. The High Desert Type 3 Team will close out tomorrow and transfer command back to the local Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) unit as a Type 4 complexity incident. This will be the final update for the Courtrock fire. The remaining evacuation levels have been lifted.
Objectives: The High Desert Type 3 team will close out tomorrow morning and transfer command of the Courtrock fire back to the local ODF agency with Brandon Vos as the Incident Commander. With the transition to a Type 4 incident and complexity level minimizing, the amount of fire personnel will also decrease. Visiting resources will start to demobilize, and local resources will take over, continuing with mop-up and suppression repairs with the help of some contracted heavy equipment and overhead personnel. The evacuation preparedness levels that were in place near the fire have been lifted. This is the final Courtrock fire update. The incident Facebook page and email will no longer be active. See below for list of agencies to contact for any further information.
Weather: A Red Flag warning is in effect from 1 pm this afternoon to 8 pm this evening for wind and low relative humidity for Oregon Fire Zone 642. Saturday temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80 degrees. Winds will begin to increase and shift east 5 to 8 miles per hour (MPH) in the morning before shifting to the southeast around noon. Daytime relative humidity will be poor, ranging 6-11% with moderate overnight recoveries. Winds will continue to be a bit breezy Saturday night with winds from the south 5 to 10 MPH then shifting multiple times.
Closures: The U.S. Forest Service has closures for the Malheur National Forest. Driving in or visiting the areas affected by Courtrock Fire is a violation against the order. Please wait to visit until the closure order is lifted, which means the area has been stabilized.
Evacuations/Shelters/Closures: Evacuation levels have been lifted.
For future fire information:
Oregon Department of Forestry, Prineville Unit (Central Oregon District Office): https://www.oregon.gov/odf/aboutodf/pages/mapoffices.aspx | 541-447-5658
Malheur National Forest Supervisor’s Office/Blue Mountain Ranger District: https://www.fs.usda.gov/malheur | 541-575-3000
Grant County Sheriff’s Office: https://grantcountyoregon.net/262/Sheriffs-Office | 541-573-1131
