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The 18,000+ acre Cedar Creek Fire near Waldo Lake is prompting evacuations in a number of areas along the Cascade Lakes Highway in Central Oregon Wednesday.

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office released this evacuation notice as of 4pm Wednesday.

Evacuations now in place:

Level 3 – GO NOW

People in these areas should leave immediately:

Areas east of the Lane County/Deschutes County Line, North of the Klamath County/Deschutes County line, northwest side of Wickiup Reservoir, the area surrounding Crane Prairie Reservoir and south of 6 Lakes Trail and Lava and Little Lava Lakes to include:

Cultus Lake Lodge and Campground

Little & Big Cove Boat-In Campground

West Cultus Boat-In Campground

Little Cultus

Cultus Mountain

Crane Prairie Reservoir

Brown’s Mountain

Lemish Butte

Ketchketch Butte
Johnny Lake

Level 2 – BE SET

Gather your belongings and be ready for another alert:

North of the line delineating Township 20S from Township 19S, east of the Lane County/Deschutes County line, south of 6 Lakes Trail, and west of Cascade Lakes Highway to include:

Lucky Butte

Williamson Mountain

Winopee, Snowshoe, Senoj, Big Finger, Upper Snowshoe, Long, Puppy, Leech, Goldeneye, and Lucky Lakes

The northwest side of Davis Lake

Level 1 – BE READY

The area surrounding Lava and Little Lava Lakes.

Deschutes County 911 will be using wireless emergency alerts to reach visitors in the evacuation areas that may not be signed up for Deschutes Alerts.

Sign up for Deschutes Alerts on the Deschutes Alerts page. 

For the most up-to-date info, visit: deschutes.org/emergency

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Evacuations Happening for Cedar Creek Fire

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 7, 2022

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