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2021 Oregon wildfires
The fire in Ponina on April 18, 2021
Date(s)
May 15 – ongoing
Statistics
Total fires597 (As of June 25)
Total areaOver 250,000 acres (100,000 ha)
Season
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 Oregon wildfire season began in May 2021.[1] At least 597 fires have burned 15,300 acres (6,200 ha) across the state as of June 25, 2021, according to the state government.[2]

List of wildfires

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
Ponina Klamath 1,641 April 18 April 23 Lightning-sparked [3][4]
Dry Creek Wallowa 1,564 June 4 July 3 Lightning-sparked [5][6]
Joseph Canyon Wallowa, Asotin (WA) Part of the fire is in Washington. June 4 95% contained as of July 15 Lightning-sparked [7]
S-503 Wasco 6,822 June 18 98% contained as of July 15 Unknown cause, 3 injuries [8][9]
Cutoff Klamath 1,288 June 19 June 30 Unknown cause, 22 structures destroyed, 1 injury [10][11][9][12]
Wrentham Market Wasco 7,222 June 29 July 3 Unknown cause, 2 structures destroyed [13][9][14]
Rattlesnake Jefferson 5,479 June 30 98% contained as of July 15 Unknown cause [9][15]
Ryegrass 0444 RS Crook 1,102 June 30 July 5 Lightning-sparked [9][16]
Upton Harney 1,500 July 1 July 3 Lightning-sparked [9][6]
Jack Douglas 15,248 July 5 25% contained as of July 15 Unknown cause, 4 injuries [17][18][9]
Bootleg Klamath 227,234 July 6 7% contained as of July 15 Unknown cause, 75 structures destroyed. It is the largest wildfire in the United States in the 2021 wildfire season so far. [9][17]
Grandview Jefferson 5,971 July 11 20% contained as of July 16 Unknown cause, 2 injuries [9][19]
Log Lake 4,830 July 12 0% contained as of July 15 Unknown cause [9]

References

  1. ^ "Fire season begins Saturday for some parts of Oregon". opb. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. ^ Stites, Sam (June 25, 2021). "Oregon takes an ambitious swing at addressing wildfire with proposed $190 million investment". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Ponina Fire near Klamath Falls, Oregon - Current Incident Information and Wildfire Map | Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center". FireWeatherAvalanche.org. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Gailey, Brian (April 23, 2021). "Full containment expected later today on Ponina Fire". Klamath Falls News. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Dry Creek Fire Information". InciWeb. June 11, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "2021 Large Incidents Year-to-Date (ICS-209)" (PDF). Northwest Interagency Coordination Center. July 6, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "Joseph Canyon Fire Information". InciWeb. June 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "S-503 Information". InciWeb. May 22, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "State of Oregon Fires and Hotspots Dashboard". June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Cutoff Fire Information". InciWeb. June 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "Update from the Cutoff Fire for June 26, 2021". InciWeb. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  12. ^ "National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report Thursday, July 1, 2021– 0730 MDT National Preparedness Level 4" (PDF). nifc.gov. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  13. ^ "Wrentham Market Fire grows to 10K acres, Gov. Brown invokes Emergency Conflagration Act". KATU. June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  14. ^ "Wrentham Market Fire Information". InciWeb. July 3, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "Rattlesnake Fire Information". InciWeb. July 3, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  16. ^ "National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report Monday, July 5, 2021– 0730 MDT National Preparedness Level 4" (PDF). nifc.gov. July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Evacuations called due to 1,500-acre fire east of Roseburg; new 3,000-acre fire on Fremont-Winema Forest". KTVZ. Associated Press. July 6, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "Jack Fire Information". InciWeb. July 6, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  19. ^ "Grandview Fire Information". InciWeb. July 12, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
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