2024 Oregon wildfires | |
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Statistics | |
Total area | 1,588,922 acres (643,014 ha)[1] |
Impacts | |
Deaths | 1[2] |
Season | |
← 2023 |
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]
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.
Name | County | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes | Ref |
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Little Yamsay | Klamath | 6,340 | April 20 | May 13 | Lightning-caused | [5][6] |
Darlene 3 | Deschutes | 3,903 | June 25 | July 1 | undetermined | [7][8] |
Little Valley | Malheur | 17,900 | June 26 | July 1 | undetermined | [9][10] |
Salt Creek | Jackson | 4,102 | July 7 | July 24 | Human-caused | [11][12][13] |
Upper Pine | Harney | 1,086 | July 8 | July 19 | undetermined | [14][15][16] |
Larch Creek | Wasco | 18,286 | July 9 | July 26 | Human-caused | [17][18] |
Falls | Harney | 151,680 | July 10 | August 21 | Human-caused, destroyed 23 buildings, pilot killed in tanker plane crash. | [19][20][11][21][22] |
Huntington Mutual Aid | Baker | 4,511 | July 10 | July 16 | undetermined | [23] |
River | Malheur | 2,799 | July 10 | July 13 | undetermined, near Owyhee Dam | [24][25][26][27] |
Cow Valley | Malheur | 133,490 | July 11 | August 9 | Human-caused | [28][29] |
Bonita Road | Malheur | 2,727 | July 11 | July 25 | Human-caused | [28][29] |
Lone Rock | Gilliam, Morrow, Wheeler | 137,222 | July 13 | August 16 | undetermined | [28] |
Diamond Complex | Douglas | 11,141 | July 16 | 12 Lightning-caused fires. | [30] | |
Ore | Lane, Linn | 3,475 | July 16 | Under Investigation. | [31] | |
Red | Klamath | 1,758 | July 17 | Lightning-caused fire. | [32] | |
Battle Mountain Complex | Umatilla, Grant, Morrow | 183,026 | July 17 | Lightning-caused. Originally consisting of the North Fork Owens and Snake Fires, the Monkey Creek and Boneyard fires also merged into the complex. | [28][33] | |
Chalk | Lane | 5,991 | July 17 | September 14 | Part of the Oakridge Lightning Fires Complex. | [34][35] |
Coffeepot | Lane | 6,176 | July 17 | August 23 | Part of the Oakridge Lightning Fires Complex. | [34] |
Coombes Canyon | Umatilla | 3,224 | July 17 | July 22 | Lightning-caused. | [36] |
Durkee | Baker, Malheur | 294,265 | July 17 | Lightning-caused; currently the largest active wildfire in the country and the 5th-largest in Oregon history; hundreds of cattle killed. | [37][38][39][40] | |
Lane 1 | Douglas, Lane | 25,951 | July 17 | [41] | ||
Middle Fork | Douglas, Klamath | 5,286 | July 17 | Mostly located inside Crater Lake National Park, closing the north entrance. | [42][43] | |
Pilot Rock | Umatilla | 19,000 | July 17 | July 26 | Lightning-caused. | [44][36] |
Moss Mountain | Lane | 2,155 | July 17 | Lightning-caused. | [45] | |
208 | Lane | 8,912 | July 17 | Lightning-caused fire. | [46] | |
Pyramid | Linn | 1,312 | July 17 | Lightning-caused fire. | [47] | |
Horse Heaven Creek | Lane | 2,741 | July 18 | Part of Homestead Complex. | [48] | |
No Man | Lane | 2,090 | July 18 | Part of Homestead Complex. | [49] | |
Whisky Creek | Hood River | 3,099 | July 20 | [50] | ||
Fuller Lake | Douglas | 3,690 | July 20 | Part of Homestead Complex. | [51] | |
Courtrock | Grant | 20,019 | July 21 | August 17 | Lightning caused. | [52] |
Badlands Complex | Baker | 54,563 | July 22 | August 12 | Lightning-caused fires. Caused closures of Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon. Includes the Thompson and Coyote fires. | [53] |
Crazy Creek | Crook, Wheeler | 86,968 | July 22 | Lightning-caused | [54][55] | |
Telephone | Harney | 54,034 | July 22 | August 21 | Lightning-caused fires. | [56] |
Microwave Tower | Hood River, Wasco | 1,312 | July 22 | August 12 | [57] | |
Hole In The Ground | Malheur | 98,977 | July 24 | August 2 | [58] | |
Poison Creek | Grant | 1,060 | July 25 | August 7 | [59] | |
Sand | Grant | 7,582 | July 24 | August 15 | Lightning-caused. | [60] |
Powerline Road | Umatilla | 1,500 | July 25 | August 1 | Also referred to as the Walla Walla River Road Fire. | [61] |
Elk Lane | Jefferson | 5,176 | August 4 | August 14 | Lightning-caused. | |
Town Gulch | Baker | 18,234 | August 5 | August 19 | [62] | |
Porcupine | Harney | 6,495 | August 5 | August 19 | [63] | |
Soldier Creek | Malheur | 11,000 | August 5 | August 14 | [64] | |
Warner Peak | Lake | 65,866 | August 5 | August 24 | [65] | |
Copperfield | Klamath | 3,822 | September 1 | September 16 | [66] | |
Conroy Road | Wasco | 1,500 | September 1 | September 2 | [67] | |
Wiley Flat | Crook | 30,163 | September 2 | [68] | ||
Shoe Fly | Wheeler | 26,817 | September 2 | September 15 | [69] | |
Oak Canyon | Wasco, Sherman | 15,170 | September 2 | September 6 | [70] | |
Jones | Malheur | 7,162 | September 2 | September 11 | [71] | |
Rail Ridge | Crook, Grant | 162,278 | September 2 | [72] | ||
Solomon | Harney | 2,600 | September 2 | September 8 | [73] | |
Sagehen | Harney | 6,250 | September 2 | [74] | ||
Devils Knob | Douglas | 4,142 | September 5 | [75] | ||
Bowman Well | Lake | 2,853 | September 6 | Lightning caused. | [76] | |
Firestone | Lake, Deschutes | 9,200 | September 6 | Lightning caused. | [77] | |
Service | Wheeler | 24,431 | September 6 | Part of Fossil Complex. | [78] | |
Flat Top | Lake | 35,543 | September 6 | Likely lightning-caused. | [79] | |
Young Grasshopper | Lane | 1,222 | September 6 | Likely lightning-caused. | [80] | |
Buck Creek | Lake | 5,062 | September 7 | Likely lightning-caused. | [81] | |
Linton Creek | Lane | 1,288 | September 7 | Likely lightning-caused. | [82] | |
Little Lava | Deschutes | 9,847 | September 8 | Likely lightning-caused. | [83] |
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