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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. [4] As of ...
Fire season officially began in all areas of the state by July 1, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). As of September 5, 2023 [update] , the state had recorded 1,731 fires, which had burned a total of 159,991 acres (64,746 hectares).
Fire restrictions in place for Willamette and Siuslaw national forests, majority of places in Oregon The majority of Oregon's national and state forests outlawed campfires, except in campgrounds.
Wasco County Sheriff's Office reopened Pine Hollow Reservoir and asked the public, "to recreate safely and stay aware of current fire evacuation orders. All evacuations will remain in place today ...
Sep. 21—It'll take more than a weekend of rain to end fire season in Southern Oregon. On Oregon Department of Forestry-protected lands in Jackson and Josephine counties, rain last weekend ...
The 2021 Oregon wildfire season began in May 2021. [2] More than 1,000 fires had burned at least 518,303 acres (209,750 ha) across the state as of July 21, 2021. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] As of August 1, it was expected that the fires might not be contained for months.
In late July, a brush fire in Chelan County, the Colockum Fire, burned at least 3,337 acres (1,350 ha) and caused homes to be evacuated. [28] A fire on the Colville Reservation near Nespelem called the Greenhouse Fire burned at least 5,146 acres (2,083 ha) and caused the evacuation of the Colville Tribal Corrections Facility and other structures.
The 2020 Oregon wildfire season was the most destructive on record in the state of Oregon. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season. The fires killed at least 11 people, burned more than 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) of land, and destroyed thousands of homes. [2]