Long Draw Fire
| Long Draw Fire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Southeastern, Oregon, USA |
| Coordinates | 42°30′N 117°40′W / 42.500°N 117.667°WCoordinates: 42°30′N 117°40′W / 42.500°N 117.667°W |
| Statistics | |
| Date(s) | July 8, 2012 |
| Burned area | 557,648 acres |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Land use | Mixed, residential and grasslands |
| Fatalities | 0 |
The Long Draw Fire was a wildfire started by a lightning strike on July 8, 2012 at 6:04pm that burned 557,648 acres [1] in southeastern Oregon, in the Western United States.[2] It is Oregon's largest wildfire since the 1865 Silverton Fire which burned over 1 million acres.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "InciWeb the Incident Information System: Long Draw". InciWeb. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Long Draw fire in Oregon's southeast corner biggest in nearly 150 years". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Large Fires & Fatalities". U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
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