7/27/2015 Year to Date Fire Statistics

2015 Northwest Fire Statistics to Date

·         Since June 1^st, approximately 161,284 acres were affected by wildfire in the Northwest (NW):  

o   79,706 acres in Oregon and 81,578 acres in Washington.

·         There were a total of 2,178 reported fires in the NW Geographic Area:

o   1,226 in Oregon (human-caused 536, lightning-caused 690)

o   952 in Washington (human-caused 692, lightning-caused 260)

·         There were 49 fires meeting large fire* criteria:  19 in Oregon and 30 in Washington.

·         NW Incident Management Teams (National Interagency Management Organization, Type 1 &Type 2) mobilized 17 times.

·         The NW reached Preparedness Level 4 (PL4) on July 4^th, earlier than any other prior year. Previously, the earliest observed PL4 occurred July 12, 2008.

·         To date, a total of 47,240 lightning strikes have been recorded.  The largest number of strikes occurring in one day was 6,469 (7/9).

·         In Oregon, the largest fire/complex is the Corner Creek for a total of 29,657 acres.

·         The largest fire/complex in Washington was the Douglas County Complex at 22,337 acres.

·         The estimated total firefighting cost to date exceeds $86,343,221; this includes $49,316,539 in Oregon and $37,026,682 in Washington.

·         During peak fire activity, over 3,300 firefighters and support personnel were actively working on NW fires.

*To be considered a “large fire”, a wildfire must be at least 100 acres in timber or 300 acres in grass or brush.