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The Biscuit Fire was a massive wildfire in 2002 that burned nearly 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 2,000 km 2) in the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, in southern Oregon and northern California, in the Western United States. The fire was named after Biscuit Creek in southern Oregon. [3]
The Flat Fire was a wildfire near Agness, Oregon in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.Ignited at about 5:51 PM PT on July 15, 2023, the fire was human caused. [1] As of October 31, 2023, the fire had burned 34,242 acres (13,857 ha) and was 100% contained.
The Siskiyou National Forest was established on October 5, 1906. On July 1, 1908, it absorbed Coquille National Forest and other lands. Rogue River National Forest traces its establishment back to the creation of the Ashland Forest Reserve on September 28, 1893, by the United States General Land Office. The lands were transferred to the Forest ...
The Silver Fire was a 1987 wildfire in the Siskiyou National Forest (now part of the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest) in Oregon. It burned 96,240 acres (389 km 2), of which 42,350 acres (171 km 2) was located in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. Parts of its burned area were re-burned in the Biscuit Fire and the Chetco Bar Fire.
Thunderstorms over the weekend of July 14-15 brought thousands of lightning strikes to the state of Oregon, starting 150 wildfires. Fires on the Umpqua, Rogue River, Winema, and Siskiyou National Forests are seen in this July 18, 2018, NASA satellite photo.
The fire threatened private timber lands along the California-Oregon border; public lands in the Klamath National Forest; Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest; Jackson County, Oregon; communities of Hornbrook and Hilt, California; and Colestin, Oregon. It destroyed 82 structures, damaged 12 structures, injured three firefighters, and killed one ...
Cause:Lightning holdover fire [19] High Cascades Complex: Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest Fremont–Winema National Forest Umpqua National Forest Crater Lake National Park: 27,476: August 13, 2017: approx. October 15, 2017: Cause:Lighting/Natural [20] Horse Creek Complex: Willamette National Forest: 42,489: August 10, 2017: approx ...
Due to the fires, the Klamath National Forest, Six Rivers National Forest and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest were temporarily closed. [1] [6] Two firefighters died as a result of the fires, the town of Gasquet and US Highway 199 were temporarily evacuated, and 12 people suffered injuries from the fire.