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Biscuit Fire | |
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Location | Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon and California, USA |
Coordinates | 42°03′00″N 123°53′00″W / 42.05°N 123.883333°W |
Statistics[2][3] | |
Burned area | 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) |
Land use | Mixed, residential and wildlands |
Impacts | |
Deaths | None |
Non-fatal injuries | Unknown |
Damage | Millions of dollars |
Ignition | |
Cause | Lightning |
Map | |
The Biscuit Fire was a massive wildfire in 2002 that burned nearly 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 2,000 km2) in the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, in southern Oregon and northern California, in the Western United States. The fire was named after Biscuit Creek in southern Oregon.[3] The Biscuit Fire was the second-largest wildfire in the modern post-1900 history of Oregon.[3][4] Oregon's largest fires are actually believed to have taken place in the 1800s. The Silverton Fire[5] of 1865 is listed as Oregon's largest at over 900,000 acres.[citation needed] The Biscuit Fire area is subject to warm, dry winds known as the Brookings effect (also known as Chetco effect), driven by high pressure over the Great Basin. The fire re-burned portions of the 1987 Silver Fire, and much of its area was re-burned in the 2017 Chetco Bar Fire.
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