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JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 14, 2026) – Due to continued hot weather with temperatures above 90 degrees, critically dry vegetation, and increasingly active fire behavior across southwest Oregon, the fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in Jackson and Josephine counties will increase to Extreme (Red) at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2026. These regulations impact approximately 1.8 million acres of state, private, county, city

Fire Danger Level Increases to High, IFPL 2 on ODF-Protected Lands in Jackson and Josephine Counties JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (June 15, 2026) – The fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District will increase to “high” (yellow) and the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) will increase to Level 2 (two) on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. This increase is due to persistent hot temperatures and vegeta

Fire danger increases to moderate on the ODF Southwest Oregon District this Thursday JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (June 11, 2026) – Fire danger on Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District-protected land will increase to moderate (blue) on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. Lands affected by this declaration include 1.8 million acres of state, private, county, city and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forestlands in Jackson and Josephine counties