Northwest Team 12 Begins Management of Salmon Fire

(Pendleton, OR, July 10, 2026) –Northwest Team 12 was briefed yesterday and took command of the Salmon Fire along with Caribou Fire, Cow Meadow Fire, Olive Butte Fire, Vinegar Hill Fire, Clear Creek Fire and Buck Gulch Fires early this morning. 

The team is setting up an InciWeb page for the Salmon Fire and a Facebook can be found at https://www.facebook.com/SalmonFireOR2026/ and will have information posted this afternoon.  

Forest officials have a temporary area closure for public safety and to facilitate firefighting operations in the area surrounding. The orders can be found on any of the three forests websites. 

Traffic on State Highway 7, County Road 20, County Road 503, National Forest Service (NFS) Roads 10, 13, and 1305 around closure area remain open to through traffic and are not impacted by this closure. NFS Road 45 is closed for public access.

The Salmon Fire is still estimated at 1,000 acres and crews are continuing to improve the line to protect the community of Greenhorn.

Weather: Weather is expected to be similar to what has happened since this incident started with winds blowing out of the northwest at 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. The combination of predicted winds, low relative humidities and fuel loading in the area is a concern for firefighters.

A Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) of 7 nautical miles centered around Vinegar Peak surrounds the Salmon Fire. The area is required for aircraft to safely maneuver. 

If You Fly, We Can’t! Please remember unauthorized drone flights can shut down aerial firefighting operations, making fires grow larger, threatening more lives, property, and critical habitats.

A level 3 evacuation notice for the Greenhorn area is still in effect by Baker County Sheriff’s Office. 

The public is asked to avoid the area for everyone’s safety and to facilitate the firefighting efforts. 

Officials want to remind everyone that the current fire danger rating is at MODERATE and as of this morning Public Use Restricts Phase A are in effect for Umatilla National Forest.

For the latest information regarding smoke and air quality see https://fire.airnow.gov/ 

For more information regarding Restrictions, please contact:

Umatilla National Forest:
Information Hotline: Toll-Free (877) 958-9663
www.facebook.com/UmatillaNF  
X: @UmatillaNF

Additional information about the Umatilla National Forest is available at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/umatilla

About the Forest Service: The Forest Service has, for more than 100 years, brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology — and rooted in communities — the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.

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