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Coordinates: 43°43′34″N 122°10′01″W / 43.726°N 122.167°W / 43.726; -122.167
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Cedar Creek Fire
Cedar Creek Fire on September 9, 2022
Date(s)August 1, 2022 (2022-08-01) – present
LocationCentral Oregon
Coordinates43°43′34″N 122°10′01″W / 43.726°N 122.167°W / 43.726; -122.167
Statistics[1]
Burned area112,287 acres (45,441 ha)
Impacts
EvacuatedOver 2,000
Damage$57.9 million USD
(suppression cost only)[2]
Ignition
CauseLightning

The Cedar Creek Fire is 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]

Impacts

Smoke from the Cedar Creek Fire caused Seattle to record the worst air quality of any major city in the world.[6]

Fire progression and containment

Fire containment status[9]
Gray: contained; Red: active; %: percent contained;
Date Area burned
in acres		 Containment
Aug 2 5[10]
0%
Aug 3 500[10]
0%
Aug 4 1,200[11]
0%
Aug 5 1,054[12]
0%
Aug 6 1,438[13]
0%
Aug 7 1,822[14]
0%
Aug 8 3,234[15]
0%
Aug 9 3,536[16]
0%
Aug 10 3,772[17]
0%
Aug 11 3,861[18]
0%
Aug 12 3,948[19]
0%
Aug 13 4,136[20]
0%
Aug 14 4,256[21]
0%
Aug 15 4,422[22]
0%
Aug 16 4,657[23]
0%
Aug 17 4,836[24]
0%
Aug 18 4,836[25]
0%
Aug 19 5,618[26]
0%
Aug 20 6,528[27]
0%
Aug 21 6,472[28]
0%
Aug 22 7,012[29]
0%
Aug 23 7,172[30]
0%
Aug 24 7,264[31]
0%
Aug 25 7,376[32]
0%
Aug 26 7,602[33]
0%
Aug 27 7,632[34]
10%
Aug 28 7,654[35]
10%
Aug 29 7,698[36]
10%
Aug 30 7,821[37]
12%
Aug 31 8,421[38]
12%
Sep 1 8,817[39]
12%
Sep 2 9,199[40]
12%
Sep 3 16,303[41]
12%
Sep 4 16,715[42]
12%
Sep 5 17,625[43]
12%
Sep 6 18,143[44]
12%
Sep 7 18,143[45]
12%
Sep 8 31,486[46]
18%
Sep 9 33,099[47]
12%
Sep 10 51,814[48]
12%
Sep 11 85,926[49]
0%
Sep 12 86,734[50]
0%
Sep 13 92,548[51]
0%
Sep 14 92,595[52]
0%
Sep 15 92,596[53]
0%
Sep 16 93,427[54]
0%
Sep 17 110,361[55]
0%
Sep 18 112,287[56]
0%
Sep 19 113,322[57]
11%

References

  1. ^ a b "Cedar Creek Fire". InciWeb. National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "▶️ 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
  3. ^ "Cedar Creek Fire in central Oregon reaches 73,922 acres in size, officials say". Portland: KGW – via MSN.
  4. ^ "Cedar Creek Fire tops 74,000 acres, puts up tall pyrocumulus clouds, lightning; wind shift sends smoke back into C.O." Bend, Oregon: KTVZ.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Seattle's air quality is worst among major cities in the world". Seattle: KING-TV. September 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "Cedar Creek Fire Information". InciWeb. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  8. ^ Becky Sullivan (September 11, 2022). "More than 2,000 Oregon homes are evacuated as the Cedar Creek fire quadruples in size". NPR.
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  57. ^ "Cedar Creek Fire Update, Monday, September 19, 2022 9 am". InciWeb. September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

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