Wildfire — Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County, Oregon

2024-09-07 to 2024-09-30 · Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County, Oregon

Event narrative

The Buck Creek Wildfire was discovered on September 7th at 759 AM PST. The fire was located 13 to 30 miles southwest of Silver Lake, in the Yamsay Mountain Semi-Primitive Area on the Fremont-Winema National Forest in Lake County, Oregon. The fire was caused by lightning. As of 530 AM PST on October 1st, it had burned 5,758 acres, was 98% contained, no structures had been destroyed, and it had cost $ 16.2M.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1216345. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.