Wildfire — Central & Eastern Lake County, Oregon

2024-09-07 to 2024-09-16 · Central & Eastern Lake County, Oregon

Event narrative

The Bowman Well Wildfire was discovered on September 7th at 759 AM PST. The fire was located 20 miles northeast of Silver Lake, on the Fremont-Winema National Forest in Lake County, Oregon. The fire was caused by lightning. As of 530 AM PST on September 16th, it had burned 2,853 acres, was 100% contained, no structures had been destroyed, and it had cost $ 1.5M.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1216348. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.