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The Thirtymile Fire was first reported on July 9, 2001 in the Okanogan National Forest, approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Winthrop, Washington, United States. The wildfire had been caused by an unattended campfire that spread rapidly in the hot and dry weather in the Pacific Northwest. Four firefighters were killed when the fire cut off ...
Mount Mazama (Tum-sum-ne in the Native American language Klamath [5]) is a complex volcano in the western U.S. state of Oregon, in a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and Cascade Range. The volcano is in Klamath County, in the southern Cascades, 60 miles (97 km) north of the Oregon– California border. Its collapse, due to the eruption of ...
Joel Martin, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. September 10, 2024 at 3:52 PM. Sep. 10—GEORGE — A residential fire broke out Monday morning in the 100 block of Montmorency Boulevard in ...
Easy Fire — 2,130 acres. 36% containment. Began 8 p.m. July 17. Located 17 miles west of Mazama along North Cascades Scenic Highway. 63 personnel. Huckleberry Ridge Fire — 343 acres. 0% ...
Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth-oldest national park in the United States and the only national park in Oregon. [3] The park encompasses the caldera of Crater Lake, a remnant of Mount Mazama, a destroyed volcano, and the surrounding hills and forests. The lake is 1,949 feet (594 m) deep at its deepest point, [4] which makes it the ...
Sep. 11—MOSES LAKE — The various fires listed below are all ablaze in Washington. The largest fire reported is the Retreat Fire at 45,601 acres and the smallest is the Wynnie fire at 12.2 acres.
Mount Mazama, the collapsed volcano that formed Crater Lake, is located in Oregon and was named after the organization on August 21, 1896, while on their annual outing. [8] [9] [10] They also named the Mazama Glacier on Mount Adams and the Mazama Glacier on Mount Baker after themselves in 1895 and 1907 respectively. [11] [12]
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there are around 55,542 acres actively burning in the state as of Wednesday. In 2024 there were around 39,400 fires and around 6.9 million acres ...