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2024 Oregon wildfires
Smoke column from the Little Yamsay Fire as seen on Silver Lake Road - May 11, 2024
Statistics
Total area7,120.12 acres (2,881.41 ha) [1] [2]
Impacts
Deaths0
Season
←  2023

The 2024 Oregon wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.

Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecast above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon. [3]

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref
Little Yamsay Klamath 6,340 April 20 May 13 Lightning-caused [4] [5]
Darlene 3 Deschutes 3,903 June 25 July 1 undetermined [6] [7]
Little Valley Malheur 17,900 June 26 July 1 undetermined [8] [9] [10]
Larch Creek Wasco 18,387 July 9
8% contained
Human-caused [11] [12] [13]
Falls Harney 110,674 July 10
5% contained
Human-caused, destroyed 23 buildings [14] [15] [16] [17]
Salt Creek Jackson 4,102 July 7
90% contained
Human-caused [16] [18] [19] [20]
Upper Pine Harney 1,086 July 8 July 19 undetermined [21] [22] [23] [24]
River Malheur 2,799 July 10 July 13 undetermined, near Owyhee Dam [25] [26] [27] [28]
Cow Valley Malheur 133,408 July 11
77% contained
Human-caused [29] [30]
Huntington Mutual Aid Baker 4,511 July 10 July 16 undetermined [31]
Bonita Road Malheur 2,727 July 11
90% contained
Human-caused [29] [30]
Lone Rock Gilliam, Morrow, Wheeler 77,020 July 13
32% contained
undetermined [29] [32]
Durkee Baker, Malheur 24,269 July 17
0% contained
Lightning-caused [33] [34] [35] [36]
Pilot Rock Umatilla 20,000 July 17
50% contained
Lightning-caused. [37] [38]
Battle Mountain Complex Umatilla 3,750 July 17
0% contained
Lightning-caused. It consists of two fires, North Fork Owens and Snake. [29] [39]
Trail Douglas 2,000 July 17
0% contained
undetermined [29]
Monkey Creek Morrow, Grant, Umatilla 1,400 July 18
15% contained
Lightning-caused. [29] [40]
Boneyard Grant 7,000 July 17
0% contained
undetermined [29]
Coombes Canyon Umatilla 3,224 July 17
0% contained
Lightning-caused. [38] [41]
Diamond Complex Douglas 2,816 July 16
0% contained
12 Lightning-caused fires. [42]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Watch Duty Wildfire Map". Watch Duty. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "InciWeb". InciWeb. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, period June through September 2024" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. June 1, 2024. pp. 1, 5–6.
  4. ^ "Little Yamsay Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Little Yamsay Fire being used as prescribed burn near Chemult". KDRV. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "NWCC :: Home". gacc.nifc.gov. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Today, U. S. A. "LITTLE VALLEY - Wildfire and Smoke Map". USA Today. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  10. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "Larch Creek Fire". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  12. ^ "Larch Creek Fire rapidly burning in Wasco County was 'human caused,' state fire marshal says". kgw.com. July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  13. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  14. ^ "| InciWeb". inciweb.wildfire.gov. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  15. ^ "Oregon Wildfire Response & Recovery | Homepage". wildfire.oregon.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  16. ^ a b Ferrara, John Ross (July 16, 2024). "Multiple Oregon wildfires grow by tens of thousands of acres". KOIN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  17. ^ "Falls fire destroys buildings in Eastern Oregon; 10 other large wildfires burn throughout state". The Seattle Times. July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  18. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  19. ^ Collom, Liv (July 10, 2024). "Salt Creek Fire containment now 7%". NewsWatch 12 KDRV. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  20. ^ "| InciWeb". inciweb.wildfire.gov. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  21. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  22. ^ Gould, Mindy (July 9, 2024). "Warmer, drier weather reactivates Upper Pine Prescribed Burn". Elkhorn Media Group. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  23. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  24. ^ "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  25. ^ "Fire crews working to contain rapidly growing wildfire near the Owyhee Dam – Malheur Enterprise". July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  26. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  27. ^ "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 14, 2024. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  28. ^ "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  29. ^ a b c d e f g "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  30. ^ a b "Crews making big progress on Cow Valley Fire, 77% contained, but Durkee Fire spreading quickly, nearly 25,000 acres". KTVZ. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  31. ^ Lerten, Barney (July 12, 2024). "Cow Valley Fire now over 114,000 acres; Malheur County SO issues Level 2 'Be Set' evacuation notice; Vale at Level 1". KTVZ. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  32. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  33. ^ "Orvad Durkee Fire Information". InciWeb. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  34. ^ Herald, Baker City (July 20, 2024). "Durkee Fire crosses Burnt River to north, prompts new evacuation notices along Burnt River Canyon Road". Baker City Herald. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  35. ^ "Cow Valley Fire Friday update includes battle against new lightning-caused Durkee Fire". Central Oregon Daily. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  36. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  37. ^ Hoyt, Jedediah (July 18, 2024). "Lightning storms trigger multiple wildfires, prompt urgent evacuations in Umatilla County". KEPR. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  38. ^ a b Huff, Josh Culbreth, Morgan (July 18, 2024). "Pilot Rock Fire now 50% contained--evacuations still in place". AppleValleyNewsNow.com. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  39. ^ Thesman, Dan (July 20, 2024). "Battle Mountain Complex community meeting scheduled for Sat. night". Elkhorn Media Group. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  40. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  41. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  42. ^ "Diamond Complex Daily Update for Sunday July 21st, 2024 07-21-2024". InciWeb. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2024 Oregon wildfires
Smoke column from the Little Yamsay Fire as seen on Silver Lake Road - May 11, 2024
Statistics
Total area7,120.12 acres (2,881.41 ha) [1] [2]
Impacts
Deaths0
Season
←  2023

The 2024 Oregon wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.

Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecast above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon. [3]

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref
Little Yamsay Klamath 6,340 April 20 May 13 Lightning-caused [4] [5]
Darlene 3 Deschutes 3,903 June 25 July 1 undetermined [6] [7]
Little Valley Malheur 17,900 June 26 July 1 undetermined [8] [9] [10]
Larch Creek Wasco 18,387 July 9
8% contained
Human-caused [11] [12] [13]
Falls Harney 110,674 July 10
5% contained
Human-caused, destroyed 23 buildings [14] [15] [16] [17]
Salt Creek Jackson 4,102 July 7
90% contained
Human-caused [16] [18] [19] [20]
Upper Pine Harney 1,086 July 8 July 19 undetermined [21] [22] [23] [24]
River Malheur 2,799 July 10 July 13 undetermined, near Owyhee Dam [25] [26] [27] [28]
Cow Valley Malheur 133,408 July 11
77% contained
Human-caused [29] [30]
Huntington Mutual Aid Baker 4,511 July 10 July 16 undetermined [31]
Bonita Road Malheur 2,727 July 11
90% contained
Human-caused [29] [30]
Lone Rock Gilliam, Morrow, Wheeler 77,020 July 13
32% contained
undetermined [29] [32]
Durkee Baker, Malheur 24,269 July 17
0% contained
Lightning-caused [33] [34] [35] [36]
Pilot Rock Umatilla 20,000 July 17
50% contained
Lightning-caused. [37] [38]
Battle Mountain Complex Umatilla 3,750 July 17
0% contained
Lightning-caused. It consists of two fires, North Fork Owens and Snake. [29] [39]
Trail Douglas 2,000 July 17
0% contained
undetermined [29]
Monkey Creek Morrow, Grant, Umatilla 1,400 July 18
15% contained
Lightning-caused. [29] [40]
Boneyard Grant 7,000 July 17
0% contained
undetermined [29]
Coombes Canyon Umatilla 3,224 July 17
0% contained
Lightning-caused. [38] [41]
Diamond Complex Douglas 2,816 July 16
0% contained
12 Lightning-caused fires. [42]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Watch Duty Wildfire Map". Watch Duty. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "InciWeb". InciWeb. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, period June through September 2024" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. June 1, 2024. pp. 1, 5–6.
  4. ^ "Little Yamsay Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Little Yamsay Fire being used as prescribed burn near Chemult". KDRV. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "NWCC :: Home". gacc.nifc.gov. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Today, U. S. A. "LITTLE VALLEY - Wildfire and Smoke Map". USA Today. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  10. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "Larch Creek Fire". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  12. ^ "Larch Creek Fire rapidly burning in Wasco County was 'human caused,' state fire marshal says". kgw.com. July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  13. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  14. ^ "| InciWeb". inciweb.wildfire.gov. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  15. ^ "Oregon Wildfire Response & Recovery | Homepage". wildfire.oregon.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  16. ^ a b Ferrara, John Ross (July 16, 2024). "Multiple Oregon wildfires grow by tens of thousands of acres". KOIN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  17. ^ "Falls fire destroys buildings in Eastern Oregon; 10 other large wildfires burn throughout state". The Seattle Times. July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  18. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  19. ^ Collom, Liv (July 10, 2024). "Salt Creek Fire containment now 7%". NewsWatch 12 KDRV. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  20. ^ "| InciWeb". inciweb.wildfire.gov. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  21. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  22. ^ Gould, Mindy (July 9, 2024). "Warmer, drier weather reactivates Upper Pine Prescribed Burn". Elkhorn Media Group. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  23. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  24. ^ "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  25. ^ "Fire crews working to contain rapidly growing wildfire near the Owyhee Dam – Malheur Enterprise". July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  26. ^ "National Interagency Fire Center". www.nifc.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  27. ^ "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 14, 2024. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  28. ^ "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  29. ^ a b c d e f g "IMSR" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  30. ^ a b "Crews making big progress on Cow Valley Fire, 77% contained, but Durkee Fire spreading quickly, nearly 25,000 acres". KTVZ. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  31. ^ Lerten, Barney (July 12, 2024). "Cow Valley Fire now over 114,000 acres; Malheur County SO issues Level 2 'Be Set' evacuation notice; Vale at Level 1". KTVZ. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  32. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  33. ^ "Orvad Durkee Fire Information". InciWeb. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  34. ^ Herald, Baker City (July 20, 2024). "Durkee Fire crosses Burnt River to north, prompts new evacuation notices along Burnt River Canyon Road". Baker City Herald. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  35. ^ "Cow Valley Fire Friday update includes battle against new lightning-caused Durkee Fire". Central Oregon Daily. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  36. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  37. ^ Hoyt, Jedediah (July 18, 2024). "Lightning storms trigger multiple wildfires, prompt urgent evacuations in Umatilla County". KEPR. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  38. ^ a b Huff, Josh Culbreth, Morgan (July 18, 2024). "Pilot Rock Fire now 50% contained--evacuations still in place". AppleValleyNewsNow.com. Retrieved July 20, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  39. ^ Thesman, Dan (July 20, 2024). "Battle Mountain Complex community meeting scheduled for Sat. night". Elkhorn Media Group. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  40. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  41. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  42. ^ "Diamond Complex Daily Update for Sunday July 21st, 2024 07-21-2024". InciWeb. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

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