2022 Oregon wildfries | |
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Buildings destroyed | 2 |
Deaths | 2 |
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The 2022 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Oregon.
On August 28, 2022, Governor Kate Brown declared a statewide emergency because multiple wildfires, including the Rum Creek Fire.[1][2] That same month, Governor Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act because of the Miller Road/Dodge Fire.[3]
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 |
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Griffin | Harney | 1,705 | July 15 | August 11 | Unknown cause | |
Windigo | Deschutes | 1,007 | July 30 | September 5 | Caused by lightning strike | [4] |
Cedar Creek | Deschutes, Lane | 120,655 | August 1 | 27% contained |
Caused by lightning strike; caused the evacuation on the city of Oakridge | [5] |
Big Swamp | Douglas | 111 | August 1 | September 4 | Caused by lightning strike; 1 firefighter died after being struck by a tree | [6][7] |
Miller Road | Wasco | 10,847 | August 2 | August 25 | Unknown cause. Destroyed 1 structure | [8] |
Rum Creek | Josephine | 21,347 | August 17 | 90% contained |
Caused by lightning strike; 1 firefighter died after being struck by a tree | [9][10] |
Crockets Knob | Grant | 4,287 | August 22 | 80% contained |
Caused by lightning strike | [11] |
Sturgill | Union, Wallowa | 21,569 | August 22 | 72% contained |
Caused by lightning strike | [12] |
Nebo | Wallowa | 12,607 | August 25 | 90% contained |
Caused by lightning strike | [13] |
Double Creek | Wallowa | 161,591 | August 30 | 89% contained |
Caused by lightning strike | [14] |
Van Meter | Klamath | 2,639 | September 7 | 99% contained |
Unknown cause, burning near Merrill | [15] |
Amelia Road | Malheur | 3,727 | September 8 | September 10 | Unknown cause |