Long Draw Fire

Long Draw Fire
Location Oregon
Coordinates 42°30′N 117°40′W / 42.5°N 117.67°W / 42.5; -117.67
Statistics
Date(s) July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08) - July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
Burned area 557,648 acres (2,257 km2)
Cause Lightning
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Location of fire in Oregon

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

  1. ↑ "InciWeb the Incident Information System: Long Draw". InciWeb. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Long Draw fire in Oregon's southeast corner biggest in nearly 150 years". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Large Fires & Fatalities". U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
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