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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. [6]
The 2022 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Oregon . On August 28, 2022, Governor Kate Brown declared a statewide emergency because multiple wildfires, including the Rum Creek Fire. [1] [2] That same month, Governor Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act because of the Miller Road/Dodge Fire.
There have been many notable wildfires in Oregon history. List. 1902 Yacolt Burn; 1933–1951 Tillamook Burn 1933, 1939, 1945 ; Bandon Fire (1936) 1996 ...
2023 Oregon wildfires. 2023 Oregon wildfires. Top: As seen by satellite, smoke from the Bedrock Fire spreads over Willamette National Forest on August 1. Bottom: The Flat Fire burns in Curry County in southeastern Oregon on July 17. Date (s) January 1 –. December 31, 2023. Statistics.
2020 Western U.S. wildfires. The Santiam Fire was a very large wildfire that burned in Marion, Jefferson, Linn, and Clackamas Counties, in northwest Oregon, United States. Having ignited in August 2020, the 402,274-acre (162,795 ha) fire ravaged multiple communities in northwestern Oregon, before it was fully contained on December 10, 2020.
The Milli Fire was a wildfire that burned over 24,000 acres (97 km 2) of Oregon forest land during the summer of 2017. The fire began in the Deschutes National Forest on 11 August 2017, the result of a lightning strike. The fire consumed thick forest vegetation southwest of Sisters, Oregon. Most of the burned area was public lands administered ...
2018 Oregon wildfires. 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. Wildfires in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2018 include the Boxcar ...
In 2017 Oregon experienced a total of 1,069 reported wildfires: with 779 human ignited and 290 ignited by lightning strikes. [2] These fires burned a total area of 451,863 acres. [3] The catalyst for these fires was the abnormal weather patterns that persisted throughout 2017. Fire season typically begins in Oregon in May. [4]