The Heppsie Mountain Fire smolders Sunday south of state Highway 140, about 10 miles west of Fish Lake. The fire was among at least 53 wildland fires that erupted after lightning storms rolled through Jackson and Josephine counties over the weekend.

All was relatively calm Monday after lightning sparked numerous wildland fires over the weekend in Jackson and Josephine counties, and across the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.

A chance of more lightning in the region is predicted for Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Widespread smoke is expected, too, most of it from the Smith River Complex of fires burning northeast of Crescent City, California. Those fires, which erupted after other lightning storms rolled through the region early last week, had burned 30,392 acres, as of Monday morning.

An air quality advisory is in effect through 5 p.m. Tuesday in Jackson and Josephine counties, according to the weather service.

The size of fires erupting from the weekend storms ranged from a single tree to the 40-acre Kanaka Fire near Applegate Lake. That fire was 80% lined by hand crews as of Monday morning, according to Forest Service spokeswoman Virginia Gibbons.

“They are making good progress on that,” Gibbons said. “They’re doing well.”

Aircraft dropped several lines of retardant to keep the Kanaka Fire in check. Smokejumpers went in, too.

Aircraft called in to deal with the weekend fires on U.S. Forest Service land included two C-130s, two DC-10s and four large air tankers, all of which dropped retardant. Also, two Type 1 heavy capacity helicopters with twin rotors were called in, as were rappel crews and smokejumpers.

“We pulled in resources from all over the state,” Gibbons said.

Nearly 300 lightning strikes occurred over the weekend in the two counties, most of them in Jackson County, according to Natalie Weber, spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Forestry. That agency responded to 12 fires, while the Forest Service had 41 fires.

The Forestry Department’s largest fire, at 9 acres, was the Heppsie Mountain Fire, located south of state Highway 140 and about 10 miles west of Fish Lake. Retardant drops were made to help create fire lines on that fire, which was 100% lined as of Monday morning.

Forestry and other fire agencies also fought a wildland fire Sunday afternoon that burned about 15 acres near North Valley High School and the Interstate 5 Manzanita Rest Area in Josephine County. Retardant was dropped on that fire, the cause of which is under investigation.