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There have been 35,702 wildfires nationwide since the start of 2023, burning a total of 1,699,381 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Both numbers are below the past 10-year ...
The 2023 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2023 in the US state of Washington. Conditions going into the season were low-risk for fire, with higher than average precipitation over the prior winter and spring. [1] Some experts anticipated a later peak, possibly into November, for the Pacific Northwest due to El Niño effects. [2]
This article is a summary of the 2023 Oregon wildfire season, comprising the series of significant wildfires that have burned in the U.S. state of Oregon since the beginning of the calendar year. Fire season officially began in all areas of the state by July 1, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF).
The Pacific Northwest set a modern record for most acres burned in a season at 2.1 million as of Thursday, which beat out the historic 2020 wildfire season’s 1.98 million acres in Oregon and ...
Crews work on the Falls Fire burning in Grant and Malheur counties. There were at least 14 fires burning on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest Region on Tuesday.
The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha). [2]
There were 29 large wildfires and wildfire complexes burning around Oregon as of Thursday morning. Here's the latest news. Oregon wildfires: Smoke impacts Willamette Valley, Hart Mountain refuge ...
Jackson Fire [1] 2001 Lakeview Complex [1] 2002 Biscuit Fire; Toolbox Complex fires [1] 2003 B&B Complex fires; 2006 South End Complex [1] 2007 Egley Complex [1] 2009 Tumblebug Complex Fire; 2011 High Cascades Complex [1] 2012 Barry Point Fire; Lava Fire; Long Draw Fire; Holloway Fire [1] Miller Homestead [1] 2014 Buzzard Complex [1] 2015; 2017 ...