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The Thirtymile Fire was first reported on July 9, 2001 in the Okanogan National Forest, approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Winthrop, Washington, United States. The wildfire had been caused by an unattended campfire that spread rapidly in the hot and dry weather in the Pacific Northwest.
The Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Okanogan County in north-central Washington, United States. The 1,499,013-acre (2,342.208 sq mi; 6,066.29 km 2 ) forest is bordered on the north by British Columbia , on the east by Colville National Forest , on the south by the divide between the Methow and the ...
The Carlton Complex Fire was a massive wildfire in north central Washington which burned 256,108 acres (1,036.4 km 2) during the 2014 Washington wildfire season.It began on July 14, 2014, as four separate lightning-caused fires in the Methow Valley which merged into one by July 18.
Jul. 30—An estimated 10,000-acre fire that sparked Saturday afternoon southwest of Oroville has burned across the U.S.-Canadian border and is prompting evacuations in Okanogan County. The Eagle ...
The Okanagan Valley is home to the Syilx, commonly known as the Okanagan people, an Interior Salish people who live in the valley from the head of Okanagan Lake downstream to near the river's confluence with the Columbia River in present-day Washington, as well as in the neighbouring Similkameen Valley and the Upper Nicola to the north of that ...
Okanogan County (/ ˌ oʊ k ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən /) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,104. [2] The county seat is Okanogan, [3] while the most populous city is Omak. Its area is the largest in the state. [4]
Winthrop lies in western Okanogan County at the confluence of the Methow and Chewuch rivers in the Methow Valley. [3] The town is in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains at an elevation of 1,745 feet (532 m). [2] [26] The Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest and state-managed Methow Wildlife Area surround the Methow Valley. [27]