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This story has been updated with new evacuations at Diamond Lake, the Pacific Crest Trail and the Wickiup Reservoir area in Central Oregon. A total of 1,050 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes raked ...
Oregon has already burned more acres than all of 2023 and almost 2022. Oregon has burned a whopping 434,821 acres in 30 large wildfires already this season, in addition to issuing 88 evacuation ...
In the past 24 hours, 11 new fires at a combined 55 acres have been identified and added to the Diamond Complex on the Diamond Lake Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest.
All Oregon Department of Forestry districts declared the beginning of fire season by July 1. [5] The Northwest Coordination Center upgraded the region's preparedness level (referring to the availability of firefighting resources) from PL 1 to PL 2 on July 3, PL 3 on July 23, PL 4 on August 12, and PL5—the highest level—on August 19.
The 2024 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.. Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecasted above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon.
Diamond Lake Resort and its campground remained open. The largest of the complex was the Pine Bench Fire at 2,148 acres and 15% containment. The fire was burning near popular Toketee Falls, one of ...
An adjacent post office named Diamond Lake, Oregon, was established in 1925 and ran until 1956, when it was changed to a summer-only office. [5] Diamond Lake is also the host for the Tour de Diamond, a cycling event that happens every summer. It is the biggest event in the North American Cycling Organization calendar.
[13] [14] On September 5, the north entrance to Crater Lake National Park was closed to allow fire crews access to the Spruce Lake Fire and all access to Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness was halted. [15] [2] High Cascades Complex, Landsat 8, bands 758, false color infrared image, acquired October 27, 2017, data source https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/