UPDATED: EAST WALDO AND BOX CANYON AREAS MOVED TO LEVEL 3 (GO NOW) EVACUATION LEVEL DUE TO INCREASED CEDAR CREEK FIRE ACTIVITY

Lane Co. Government

Increased fire activity has prompted an increase in evacuation levels for areas around the Cedar Creek Fire. 

 

 

LEVEL 3 (GO NOW) EVACUATION NOTICE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

 

• Islet Campground, North Waldo Campground and Harralson Horse Camp

 

• All dispersed camping and recreation in the area east of the Waldo Lake shoreline between the United State Forest Service forest closure to the north, and south to just north of Shadow Bay Campground, and east to the Charlton Lake and Taylor Lake areas.
  • At this time, Shadow Bay Campground is not included in the evacuation notice.

 

• Forest Service Road 19 (Aufderheide Drive) from milepost 20 (just east of Kiahanie Campground) to milepost 35 (south of Roaring River Campground). This includes the Box Canyon Campground, Box Canyon Staging Area/Horse Camp and Skookum Creek Campground and all surrounding dispersed camping areas.

 

• Irish and Taylor Lake campgrounds and dispersed camping in the Charlton and Taylor lakes areas and north along the Pacific Crest Trail to Lindick Lake.

 

 

Level 3 means leave immediately! Do NOT take time to gather things. GO NOW! There is immediate and imminent danger and you should evacuate immediately. 

 

 

LEVEL 2 (BE SET) EVACUATION NOTICE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

 

• Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office also activated a Level 2 (Be Set) evacuation notice for the area between Taylor Lake and Lemish Lake along the Taylor Burn Road, including the Many Lakes and Metolius-Windigo Trailheads.

 

Level 2 means: You must prepare to leave at a moment’s notice, and this may be the only notice that you receive.

 

Public safety personnel cannot guarantee they will be able to notify you if conditions rapidly deteriorate. Continue to closely monitor your phone, local media and www.LaneCountyOR.gov/CedarCreek for information.