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The merger created a 313,110-acre (126,710 ha) complex fire, which was referred to as the Santiam Fire, [6] [8] [7] with the name reflecting the fact that the spot fires ignited around Santiam Canyon had been responsible for most of the Beachie Creek Fire's explosive growth. [12]
The Beachie Creek Fire originated in the Opal Creek Wilderness in mid-August 2020, most likely ignited by lightning and remained small for weeks. In early September, the fire started to grow and ...
Merged into the Beachie Creek Fire and became the Santiam Fire on September 8. [138] Rattlesnake Tulare County, California: 8,419: August 16: December 18: Lightning sparked a slow-growing fire in inaccessible terrain. [139] Downey Creek Douglas County, Oregon: 2,570: August 16: December 31 [140] Jones Nevada County, California: 705: August 17 ...
The Opal Creek Wilderness is within the burn zone of the Beachie Creek Fire that began approximately two miles south of Jawbone Flats on August 16, 2020, one of several major wildfires on the West Coast that summer. As of September 2020, the severity of the damage within the wilderness is unknown. [12]
The Beachie Creek Fire changed all that. One of the hottest and deadliest wildfires in state history killed 85-95% of the trees, transforming ancient giants to matchsticks while numerous bridges ...
The Beachie Creek Fire closed six Marion County parks, five of which, including Minto, remain closed. The county developed the Santiam Canyon Parks Recovery Plan to restore each area over several ...
The town was the headquarters for controlling the Beachie Creek Fire, which started August 16, 2020, and at the time was estimated to be 469 acres (190 ha) in size. However, dry vegetation and a historic windstorm during the night of September 7 rapidly increased the fire to 131,000 acres (53,000 ha), threatening the town and forcing the ...
On the night of Sept. 7, 2020, downed power lines ignited a fire at the Gates School and former Beachie Creek Fire incident command team post.