Appeal Tribune Wednesday, October 5, 2016 3A
PHOTOS COURTESY OF NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER
The Cherry Road Fire, pictured above and in the photos below, burned this summer in southeastern Oregon, near the border with Idaho.
Acres burned in Oregon
Wildfires
2016: 186,317 acres so far (human
caused: 910 fires, 126,409 acres
burned)
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2015: 685,809 (human caused:
1,397 fires, 139,483 acres burned)
“The number of days
where we had thunder-
storms or dry lightning
events was low compared
to a normal year,” said
Matthew Cullen, meteo-
rologist for the National
Weather Service in Port-
land. “In a typical year, we
have a lot more out-
breaks.”
Conditions also im-
proved this summer, com-
pared to 2015 and 2014, al-
though not by a huge
amount.
Snowpack this winter
was far better than in 2015
and ’14. However, a hot
and dry spring — along
2014: 984,629
2013: 350,786
2012: 1,256,049
2011: 285,712
2010: 93,731
2009: 100,668
2008: 136,572
2007: 648,046
2006: 545,870
2005: 155,331
2004: 30,018
2003: 160,191
2002: 1,010,952
with the Willamette Val-
ley’s fifth-warmest sum-
mer in recorded history —
kept the state abnormally
dry or in drought, accord-
ing to the U.S. Drought
Monitor.
“Even if the snowpack
was just decent, it at least
delayed fire season more
than during the past few
years, especially in the
higher mountains,” Gar-
detto said.
Zach Urness has been
an outdoors writer, pho-
tographer and videogra-
pher in Oregon for eight
years. He is the author of
the book “Hiking South-
ern Oregon” and can be
reached at zurness@
StatesmanJournal.com or
(503) 399-6801. Find him
on Zach Urness or @Zach-
sORoutdoors on Twitter.
Largest fires in Oregon this
summer
Rail Fire (U.S. Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, 41,716 acres
The Cherry Road Fire was visible for long
distances in southeastern Oregon.
Cherry Road Fire (Vale District – BLM), 35,308 acres
Juntura Complex (Vale – BLM), 24,301 acres
Owyhee Canyon Fire (Vale – BLM), 21,776 acres
Akawana Fire (Central Oregon District – ODF), 2,094 acres
Bybee Creek Fire (Crater Lake Nat’l Park – National Park Service), 1,072 acres
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Statewide, there have been fewer wildfires this year.
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