2024 Oregon wildfires

An overview of major wildfires in Oregon during the year 2024

2024 Oregon wildfires
Smoke column from the Little Yamsay Fire as seen on Silver Lake Road - May 11, 2024
Statistics
Total area1,588,922 acres (643,014 ha)[1]
Impacts
Deaths1[2]
Season
← 2023

The 2024 Oregon wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.

Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecast above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon.[3]

As of August 10, an estimated 1.4 million acres have burned, breaking the state record previously set in 2020.[4]

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
Little Yamsay Klamath 6,340 April 20 May 13 Lightning-caused [5][6]
Darlene 3 Deschutes 3,903 June 25 July 1 undetermined [7][8]
Little Valley Malheur 17,900 June 26 July 1 undetermined [9][10]
Salt Creek Jackson 4,102 July 7 July 24 Human-caused [11][12][13]
Upper Pine Harney 1,086 July 8 July 19 undetermined [14][15][16]
Larch Creek Wasco 18,286 July 9 July 26 Human-caused [17][18]
Falls Harney 151,680 July 10 August 21 Human-caused, destroyed 23 buildings, pilot killed in tanker plane crash. [19][20][11][21][22]
Huntington Mutual Aid Baker 4,511 July 10 July 16 undetermined [23]
River Malheur 2,799 July 10 July 13 undetermined, near Owyhee Dam [24][25][26][27]
Cow Valley Malheur 133,490 July 11 August 9 Human-caused [28][29]
Bonita Road Malheur 2,727 July 11 July 25 Human-caused [28][29]
Lone Rock Gilliam, Morrow, Wheeler 137,222 July 13 August 16 undetermined [28]
Diamond Complex Douglas 11,141 July 16
83% contained
 12 Lightning-caused fires. [30]
Ore Lane, Linn 3,440 July 16
44% contained
 Under Investigation. [31]
Red Klamath 1,696 July 17
0% contained
 Lightning-caused fire. [32]
Battle Mountain Complex Umatilla, Grant, Morrow 183,026 July 17
94% contained
 Lightning-caused. Originally consisting of the North Fork Owens and Snake Fires, the Monkey Creek and Boneyard fires also merged into the complex. [28][33]
Chalk Lane 5,973 July 17
86% contained
 Part of the Oakridge Lightning Fires Complex. [34][35]
Coffeepot Lane 6,176 July 17 August 23 Part of the Oakridge Lightning Fires Complex. [34]
Coombes Canyon Umatilla 3,224 July 17 July 22 Lightning-caused. [36]
Durkee Baker, Malheur 294,265 July 17
99% contained
 Lightning-caused; currently the largest active wildfire in the country and the 5th-largest in Oregon history; hundreds of cattle killed. [37][38][39][40]
Lane 1 Douglas, Lane 25,927 July 17
99% contained
 [41]
Middle Fork Douglas, Klamath 5,286 July 17
70% contained
 Mostly located inside Crater Lake National Park, closing the north entrance. [42][43]
Pilot Rock Umatilla 19,000 July 17 July 26 Lightning-caused. [44][36]
Moss Mountain Lane 2,053 July 17
14% contained
 Lightning-caused. [45]
208 Lane 8,684 July 17
0% contained
 Lightning-caused fire. [46]
Pyramid Linn 1,312 July 17
98% contained
 Lightning-caused fire. [47]
Horse Heaven Creek Lane 2,715 July 18
56% contained
 Part of Homestead Complex. [48]
No Man Lane 2,089 July 18
44% contained
 Part of Homestead Complex. [49]
Whisky Creek Hood River 2,977 July 20
25% contained
 [50]
Fuller Lake Douglas 3,516 July 20
5% contained
 Part of Homestead Complex. [51]
Courtrock Grant 20,019 July 21 August 17 Lightning caused. [52]
Badlands Complex Baker 54,563 July 22 August 12 Lightning-caused fires. Caused closures of Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon. Includes the Thompson and Coyote fires. [53]
Crazy Creek Crook, Wheeler 86,968 July 22
95% contained
 Lightning-caused [54][55]
Telephone Harney 54,034 July 22 August 21 Lightning-caused fires. [56]
Microwave Tower Hood River, Wasco 1,312 July 22 August 12 [57]
Hole In The Ground Malheur 98,977 July 24 August 2 [58]
Poison Creek Grant 1,060 July 25 August 7 [59]
Sand Grant 7,582 July 24 August 15 Lightning-caused. [60]
Powerline Road Umatilla 1,500 July 25 August 1 Also referred to as the Walla Walla River Road Fire. [61]
Elk Lane Jefferson 5,176 August 4 August 14 Lightning-caused.
Town Gulch Baker 18,234 August 5 August 19 [62]
Porcupine Harney 6,495 August 5 August 19 [63]
Soldier Creek Malheur 11,000 August 5 August 14 [64]
Warner Peak Lake 65,866 August 5 August 24 [65]
Copperfield Klamath 3,822 September 1
86% contained
 [66]
Conroy Road Wasco 1,500 September 1 September 2 [67]
Wiley Flat Crook 28,396 September 2
41% contained
 [68]
Shoe Fly Wheeler 26,688 September 2
32% contained
 [69]
Oak Canyon Wasco, Sherman 15,170 September 2 September 6 [70]
Jones Malheur 7,162 September 2
99% contained
 [71]
Rail Ridge Crook, Grant 157,759 September 2
11% contained
 [72]
Solomon Harney 2,600 September 2 September 8 [73]
Sagehen Harney 6,250 September 2
70% contained
 [74]
Devils Knob Douglas 4,075 September 5
0% contained
 [75]
Bowman Well Lake 2,853 September 6
15% contained
 Lightning caused. [76]
Firestone Lake, Deschutes 10,009 September 6
0% contained
 Lightning caused. [77]
Service Wheeler 15,000 September 6
0% contained
 Part of Fossil Complex. [78]
Flat Top Lake 26,764 September 6
0% contained
 Likely lightning-caused. [79]
Buck Creek Lake 3,501 September 7
0% contained
 Likely lightning-caused. [80]
Little Lava Deschutes 5,758 September 8
0% contained
 Likely lightning-caused. [81]

See also

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