3500+ lightning strikes recorded
LAKEVIEW, Ore. – More
than 3500 lightning strikes were recorded between Sunday, July 23, and Thursday,
July 27, according to South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership.
Interagency fire
resources have been quickly responding to new lighting-caused wildfires. Initial
attack was generally very successful, due to precipitation and the status of
green live fuels and, of course, the good work of initial attack crews,
dispatchers and support.
SCOFMP
Fire Statistics from Sunday, July 23 through Thursday July 27, 2017
AGENCY
|
#
OF FIRES
|
ACRES
IMPACTED
|
Fremont-Winema National Forest (U.S. Forest Service)
|
48
|
83
|
Lakeview District BLM (Bureau of Land Management)
|
20
|
915
|
Klamath-Lake District ODF (Oregon Department of Forestry)
|
27
|
573
|
Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Klamath Basin National
Wildlife Refuge Complex (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
|
2
|
169
|
Crater Lake National Park (National Park Service)
|
3
|
.75
|
Lightning activity has been
predicted to decrease, therefore new fire starts over central and eastern Oregon
will decline on Thursday and Friday as the atmosphere dries and stabilizes.
However, hot and dry weather will likely keep initial attack resources busy
with holdover fires from the previous days of concentrated lightning.
For more information, contact Fire Information Officer, Sarah
Saarloos with the South Central
Oregon Fire Management Partnership at 541-219-0515 or ssaarloos@fs.fed.us.
Daily wildfire/prescribed fire information, maps and social media links can be
found at SCOFMP Blog: http://bit.ly/2sK5YHY
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