Dear Residents,
Please see below for the latest wildfire and evacuation updates for Wasco County and surrounding areas.
Grasshopper Fire
– Acres: 93,974
– Containment: 97%
– Personnel: 278
– Cause: Lightning/Natural
Evacuation Zone Updates
Wasco County
All Evacuation zones in Wasco County within the Mount Hood National Forest have been lowered to Level 2 Get Set.
🟡 Level 2 (BE SET) : Zones RB (Rocky Butte), GH (Grasshopper), BC (Badger Creek), FR 27 (Forest Rd 27), NF 27 (National Forest Rd 27), JB (Jordan Butte) and FC (Fifteenmile Creek)
Hood River County
🔴 Level 3 (GO NOW) : Badger Creek
🟡 Level 2 (BE SET): Elk Mountain Mill Creek Buttes,
🟢 Level 1 (BE READY) : Cooper Spur South, Cooper Spur North, Gibson Prairie Zones and White River
Shelters
– No shelters are open at this time
Closures
– A closure area remains in effect on the Mt. Hood National Forest. For details, please visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mthood/alerts/closure-place-grasshopper-fire
Fire Restrictions
There are fire restrictions in effect on the Mt. Hood National Forest and across the area. Check restrictions here:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mthood/alerts/fire-restrictions-effect-july-1
https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/restrictions.aspx
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