September 30, 2015
2015 Northwest Fire Statistics to Date
·
Since
June 1st, approximately 1,636,970 acres were affected by wildfire in
the Northwest (NW):
o
631,547
acres in Oregon and 1,005,423 acres in Washington.
·
There
were a total of 3,814 reported fires in the NW Geographic Area:
o
2,273 in Oregon (human-caused 1,125, lightning-caused
1,148)
o
1,541
in Washington (human-caused 1,084, lightning-caused 457)
·
There
were 102 fires meeting large fire* criteria: 43 in Oregon and 59 in Washington.
·
The
Northwest Geographic Area was at Preparedness Levels 4 and 5 for a total of 47
days (PL 4 for 24 days and PL 5 for 23 days).
·
NW
Incident Management Teams (National Interagency Management Organization, Area
Command, Type 1 &Type 2) were mobilized 56 times. One or more teams were in
place for 109 consecutive days from June 12th to September 28th.
·
To
date, a total of 58,380 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 Canyon Creek Complex for a total of 110,422
acres.
·
The
largest fire/complex in Washington is the North Star at 218,138 acres.
·
The
estimated total firefighting cost to date exceeds $560,023,937; this includes $240,472,637**
in Oregon and $319,551,300** in Washington.
·
During
peak fire activity, over 11,450 firefighters and support personnel were
actively working on NW fires.
·
In
Oregon, fires affected 153,142 acres of Sage-Grouse habitat:
o
Very
high priority habitat = Less than 1 acre
o
High
priority habitat = 74,343 acres
o
Moderate
habitat = 78,798 acres
*To
be considered a “large fire”, a wildfire must be at least 100 acres in timber
or 300 acres in grass or brush.
**not all costs have been reported
**not all costs have been reported