2024 Oregon wildfires explained
2024 Oregon wildfires |
Total Area: | 7120.12acres[1] |
Fatalities: | 1[2] |
Is Season: | yes |
Year: | 2024 |
Season Name: | Oregon wildfires |
The 2024 Oregon wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.
Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecast above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon.[3]
As of August 10, an estimated 1.4 million acres have burned, breaking the state record previously set in 2020.[4]
List of wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than, or produced significant structural damage or casualties.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: InciWeb . June 19, 2024 . InciWeb.
- Web site: Tanker-plane wreckage, body of pilot found in eastern Oregon; investigation underway . July 27, 2024 . Oregonlive.
- Web site: National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, period June through September 2024. National Interagency Fire Center. June 1, 2024. Alex Jensen. 1, 5–6.
- Web site: Record-Breaking Wildfires Scorch More Than 1.4 Million Acres in Oregon, Authorities Say. Time Magazine. August 10, 2024. Rush, Clair.
- Web site: Little Yamsay Fire . June 4, 2024 . InciWeb.
- Web site: Little Yamsay Fire being used as prescribed burn near Chemult . June 19, 2024 . KDRV.
- Web site: NWCC :: Home . 2024-06-26 . gacc.nifc.gov.
- Web site: National Interagency Fire Center . www.nifc.gov . 28 June 2024.
- Web site: Today . U. S. A. . LITTLE VALLEY - Wildfire and Smoke Map . 2024-06-27 . USA Today . en.
- Web site: National Interagency Fire Center . www.nifc.gov . 28 June 2024.
- Web site: 2024-07-09 . Larch Creek Fire rapidly burning in Wasco County was 'human caused,' state fire marshal says . 2024-07-11 . kgw.com . en-US.
- Web site: National Interagency Fire Center . www.nifc.gov . 12 July 2024.
- Web site: 2024-07-12 . InciWeb . 2024-07-12 . inciweb.wildfire.gov . en.
- Web site: Oregon Wildfire Response & Recovery Homepage . 2024-07-12 . wildfire.oregon.gov . en-us.
- Web site: Ferrara . John Ross . 16 July 2024 . Multiple Oregon wildfires grow by tens of thousands of acres . 20 July 2024 . KOIN.
- Web site: 2024-07-18 . Falls fire destroys buildings in Eastern Oregon; 10 other large wildfires burn throughout state . 2024-07-20 . The Seattle Times . en-US.
- Web site: Air Tanker Crashes, Wildland Pilot Dies Fighting Falls Fire (OR). 2024-07-27 . fireapparatusmagazine.com. en-us.
- Web site: Collom . Liv . 2024-07-10 . Salt Creek Fire containment now 7% . 2024-07-11 . NewsWatch 12 KDRV . en.
- Web site: 2024-07-12 . InciWeb . 2024-07-12 . inciweb.wildfire.gov . en.
- Web site: Gould . Mindy . 2024-07-09 . Warmer, drier weather reactivates Upper Pine Prescribed Burn . 2024-07-11 . Elkhorn Media Group . en-US.
- Web site: National Interagency Fire Center . www.nifc.gov . 12 July 2024.
- Web site: 19 July 2024 . IMSR . 20 July 2024 . National Interagency Fire Center.
- Web site: 2024-07-10 . Fire crews working to contain rapidly growing wildfire near the Owyhee Dam – Malheur Enterprise . 2024-07-11 . en-US.
- Web site: National Interagency Fire Center . www.nifc.gov . 12 July 2024.
- Web site: 14 July 2024 . IMSR . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20240711170118/https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf . July 11, 2024 . 14 July 2024 . .
- Web site: 16 July 2024 . IMSR . 20 July 2024 . National Interagency Fire Center.
- Web site: 20 July 2024 . IMSR . 20 July 2024 . National Interagency Fire Center.
- Web site: 2024-07-12 . Crews making big progress on Cow Valley Fire, 77% contained, but Durkee Fire spreading quickly, nearly 25,000 acres . 2024-07-20 . KTVZ . en-US.
- Web site: Lerten . Barney . 2024-07-12 . Cow Valley Fire now over 114,000 acres; Malheur County SO issues Level 2 'Be Set' evacuation notice; Vale at Level 1 . 2024-07-14 . KTVZ . en-US.
- Web site: Orvad Durkee Fire Information . 2024-07-20 . 2024-07-20 . InciWeb.
- Web site: Herald . Baker City . 2024-07-20 . Durkee Fire crosses Burnt River to north, prompts new evacuation notices along Burnt River Canyon Road . 2024-07-20 . Baker City Herald . en.
- Web site: 2024-07-19 . Cow Valley Fire Friday update includes battle against new lightning-caused Durkee Fire . 2024-07-20 . Central Oregon Daily . en.
- Web site: 2024-07-26 . 'Firenado' rips through California in year's biggest blaze . BBC . en.
- Web site: Hoyt . Jedediah . 2024-07-18 . Lightning storms trigger multiple wildfires, prompt urgent evacuations in Umatilla County . 2024-07-20 . KEPR . en.
- Web site: Huff . Josh Culbreth, Morgan . 2024-07-18 . Pilot Rock Fire now 50% contained--evacuations still in place . 2024-07-20 . AppleValleyNewsNow.com . en.
- Web site: Thesman . Dan . 2024-07-20 . Battle Mountain Complex community meeting scheduled for Sat. night . 2024-07-20 . Elkhorn Media Group . en-US.
- Web site: Diamond Complex Daily Update for Sunday July 21st, 2024 07-21-2024 . 2024-07-22 . InciWeb . en.
- Web site: Courtrock Fire . August 5, 2024 . InciWeb . en .
- Web site: Badland Complex 2024 . 2024-07-24 . InciWeb . en.
- Web site: Telephone Fire . 2024-07-24 . InciWeb . en.
- Web site: Nearly half of U.S. fire resources focused on Oregon, Washington blazes . 2024-08-05 . kpic.com . en.
- Web site: Powerline Road Fire update for July 27 . August 5, 2024 . Elkhorn Media Group . en .
- Web site: Pyramid and Slate Fires . July 29, 2024 . InciWeb . en .
- Web site: Ore Fire . August 1, 2024 . InciWeb . en .
- Web site: Oakridge Lightning Fires . August 5, 2024 . InciWeb . en .
- Web site: Crazy Creek . August 5, 2024 . InciWeb . en .
- Web site: Middle Fork Fire . August 13, 2024 . InciWeb . en .