Wildfire — Eastern Douglas County Foothills, Oregon

2018-08-01 to 2018-08-31 · Eastern Douglas County Foothills, Oregon

Event narrative

The Miles Wildfire was originally part of the South Umpqua Complex Wildfire. It was caused by lightning and the time of ignition was around 1200 PDT on 07/15/2018. It was separated from the South Umpqua Complex on 08/08/18 and combined with the remaining fires from the former Sugar Pine Complex. As of 0330 PST on 09/01/18, the fire covered 35770 acres and was 56 percent contained. 2 structures were lost, and 84.2 million dollars had been spent on firefighting efforts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 767706. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.