11/19/2023 0 Comments Washington and oregon fire mapThe fire, which started west of Waldo Lake, has burned through rugged terrain thick with Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir timber stands since August. Much of the smoke in Oregon was from the Cedar Creek Fire in Lane County, a large lightning-triggered blaze that burned in Willamette National Forest. Smoke from the fire has also degraded air quality in Portland, Eugene, and Roseburg at times during the past week. In Oregon, a long smoke plume extended to the west and created hazardous air quality in Oakridge. In Washington, smoke from the Bolt Creek Fire and Goat Rocks Fire amassed in a network of valleys in the Cascades. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of smoke plumes spanning hundreds of kilometers in both states on October 9, 2022. It has burned 15 acres in steep, remote terrain.The fire season normally winds down in the Pacific Northwest in the fall, but several blazes continued to light up forests in Oregon and Washington well into October 2022. The Graham Mountain fire north of Kellogg is in mop-up mode. A team from Nevada is leading the response. The complex now includes five fires, which have burned 165 acres in steep terrain about seven miles north of Hope, Idaho. Seven are part of the Trestle Creek fire complex. In north Idaho, Idaho Panhandle National Forest officials say more than 30 fires were sparked by lightning on Wednesday. An interagency team from northeastern Washington has disbanded and handed over control of the mop-up to a team from Spokane County Fire District 3 and the Washington Department of Natural Resources. West of Spokane, the Andrus fire is fully contained. It has burned about 14,000 acres.Īlso in central Washington, the Whitehall fire has burned about 800 acres of grass about 18 miles southwest of Coulee City. The Batterman Road fire near East Wenatchee, which was the largest in Washington late last week, is fully contained. It began on Saturday and is about 50% contained. In central Washington, the Burbank grass fire has charred about 7,000 acres about 11 miles northeast of Yakima. Also in northeastern Oregon, the Dry Creek fire is nearly contained. Fire officials say helicopters and air tankers have helped to slow the spread of those fires.Īcross the border to the south, fire crews have nearly contained the Joseph Canyon fire in northeastern Oregon. It was also sparked by lightning on Wednesday. To the west, two timber and grass fires, dubbed the Green Ridge fire, are burning about 175 acres in steep terrain about 30 miles east of Walla Walla on the Pomeroy Ranger District. Crews have it 80% contained and working on getting it mopped up. It too was sparked by lightning on Wednesday. Some residents in the area were required to leave home Saturday night.īurning near Dry Gulch is the Silcott fire, which has charred about 8,600 acres, also near Asotin. The fires is threatening 450 homes, 20 multiple residences and 50 other minor structures. The Dry Gulch fire has covered about 47,000 acres of tall grass, brush and timber near Asotin in southeastern Washington. It is burning in grass and timber and is threatening structures. The Shovel Creek fire is part of that Snake River complex. Wildfire season has intensified in the Inland Northwest, with the central Idaho mountains and the area where Washington, Oregon, and Idaho meet as the hot spots.In the latter, the Snake River complex of fires has burned more than 54,000 acres on the Idaho side of Snake River as it forms the border with Washington.
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