An aerial view of Koch Mountain Ridge on August 14, 2022. Smoke from the Cedar Creek Fire is seen rising in the terrain below.
Cedar Creek Information Officers
The Cedar Creek Fire, burning in the Willamette National Forest, had grown to over 4,400 acres and was still reported as 0% contained Monday morning
Crews said the fire is burning in steep and inaccessible terrain west of Waldo Lake west of La Pine and north of Highway 58.
A snapshot of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Inciweb site shows the Cedar Creek Fire, burning west of Waldo Lake in the Willamette National Forest, has grown to over 4,400 acres and was still reported as 0% contained Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Crews say the fire is burning in steep and inaccessible terrain west of the lake and north of Highway 58.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management / OPB
No evacuations were in place as of Monday morning. But all trailheads and campsites west and north of the Waldo Lake recreational area are closed. The lake itself is open, along with campgrounds and trails east of it.
Fire restrictions are in place for most of the Willamette National Forest.
To the south, in the Umpqua National Forest, the Potter, Windigo and Big Swamp fires are burning a total of about 1,600 acres.
All four wildfires were started by lightning strikes.
The Aug 15 updates and map for the #cedarcreekfire are here: https://t.co/gCTjciSZqc@willametteNF pic.twitter.com/kXWj1LqoIF
— WillametteNatlForest (@willametteNF) August 15, 2022
