2021 Oregon wildfires

2021 Oregon wildfires
The fire in Ponina on April 18, 2021
Date(s)
May 15, 2021 – January 12, 2022
Statistics
Total fires1,661
Total area827,596 acres (334,916 ha)
Impacts
Deaths1[1]
Season
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 Oregon wildfire season began in May 2021.[2] More than 1,000 fires had burned at least 518,303 acres (209,750 ha) across the state as of July 21, 2021.[3][4][5] As of August 1, it was expected that the fires might not be contained for months.[6]

The wildfire season in Oregon experienced an early start due to an abnormally dry spring coupled with low snowpack levels amid an ongoing drought.[7] The 2021 season has been outpacing the destructive previous season, with nearly 10 times as many acres have burned as of July 20 compared to the previous year through that date, according to the NIFC's Northwest Coordination Center.[3]

  1. ^ Krauss, Louis (August 25, 2021). "Updated: Firefighter killed working Gales Fire first to die in Oregon wildfire season". The Register-Guard. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Fire season begins Saturday for some parts of Oregon". opb. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. ^ a b Goldwasser, Max (July 20, 2021). "'We haven't peaked yet': Oregon already outpacing historic, devastating 2020 wildfire season". KTVZ. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  4. ^ Stites, Sam; Samayoa, Monica (July 20, 2021). "'This is not going to return to normal anytime soon': Lightning could further fuel Oregon's active fire season". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  5. ^ Stites, Sam (June 25, 2021). "Oregon takes an ambitious swing at addressing wildfire with proposed $190 million investment". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Jones, Dustin (1 August 2021). "Western Wildfires May Take Weeks To Months To Contain". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  7. ^ "Oregon Dept. of Forestry's C.O. District to declare fire season Saturday; earliest start in over 40 years". KTVZ. May 13, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.