 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2023) |
| Cedar Creek Fire | |
|---|---|
 Cedar Creek Fire on September 9, 2022 | |
| Date(s) | August 1, 2022 – November 22, 2022 |
| Location | Central Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43°43′34″N 122°10′01″W / 43.726°N 122.167°W |
| Statistics[1] | |
| Burned area | 112,287 acres (45,441 ha) |
| Impacts | |
| Evacuated | Over 2,000 |
| Damage | $57.9 million USD (suppression cost only)[2] |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Map | |
 Perimeter of Cedar Creek Fire | |
The Cedar Creek Fire was a large wildfire in the U.S. state of Oregon that began on August 1, 2022, with a series of lightning strikes in the Willamette National Forest approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Oakridge.[1]
By September 8, the fire had reached over 73,000 acres (30,000 ha).[3] By September 10, it was over 74,000 acres; 30,000 foot high pyrocumulonimbus clouds from the fire were producing their own lightning; Oakridge was evacuated.[4] Smoke from the fire moved into Southwest Washington then the Puget Sound region on September 10;[5] on that day Seattle recorded the worst air quality of any major city in the world.[6]
By September 11 it had grown to 86,000 acres.[7] Over 2,000 homes were evacuated.[8]
- ^ a b "Cedar Creek Fire". InciWeb. National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "▶️ Cedar Creek Fire fight price tag: $57.9 million". Central Oregon Daily. September 16, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
The current total cost to fight the fire, maintain and operate the machinery and take care of the personnel: $57,946,000
- ^ "Cedar Creek Fire in central Oregon reaches 73,922 acres in size, officials say". Portland: KGW – via MSN.
- ^ "Cedar Creek Fire tops 74,000 acres, puts up tall pyrocumulus clouds, lightning; wind shift sends smoke back into C.O." Bend, Oregon: KTVZ.
- ^ Cliff Mass (September 10, 2022). "Major New Fire near Stevens Pass Sending Smoke into the North Sound". Cliff Mass weather blog.
To the south, the large Cedar Creek Fire in the central Oregon Cascades has spread smoke northwest towards the Long Beach Peninsula. That smoke will move northward over central Puget Sound by dinnertime.
- ^ "Seattle's air quality is worst among major cities in the world". Seattle: KING-TV. September 10, 2022.
- ^ "Cedar Creek Fire Information". InciWeb. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
- ^ Becky Sullivan (September 11, 2022). "More than 2,000 Oregon homes are evacuated as the Cedar Creek fire quadruples in size". NPR.