Wildfire — Central Douglas County, Oregon

2019-07-24 to 2019-07-29 · Central Douglas County, Oregon

Event narrative

The Milepost 97 wildfire started on 7/24/19 and was reported at 2200 PDT. It was caused by human activity. The fire grew quickly, reaching 6000 acres by 26/1700 PDT. As of 29/0430 PDT, the fire covered 8878 acres and was 5% contained. 0 structures were burned, and 2.1 million dollars had been spent on firefighting efforts.

Wider weather episode

The Milepost 97 wildfire started on 7/24/19 and was reported at 2200 PDT. It was caused by human activity. The fire grew quickly, reaching 6000 acres by 26/1700 PDT. As of 0430 PDT on August 1, the fire covered 12580 acres and was 30% contained. 0 structures were burned, and 8.0 million dollars had been spent on firefighting efforts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 830385. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.