Long Draw Fire

The Long Draw Fire was a wildfire started by a lightning strike on July 8, 2012 that burned 557,648 acres (2,257 km2) acres in southeastern Oregon, in the Western United States.[1][2] It was Oregon's largest wildfire since the 1865 Silverton Fire which burned over 1 million acres.[3]

Long Draw Fire
LocationOregon
Coordinates42.5°N 117.67°W / 42.5; -117.67
Statistics[1]
Date(s)July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08) - July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
Burned area557,648 acres (2,257 km2)
CauseLightning
Map
Location of fire in Oregon

Events

The Long Draw Fire was reported on July 8, 2012, at 6:04 PM. It was located north of McDermitt, Nevada. The source of the fire was a lightning strike.[1]

By July 13, the fire had spread to Owyhee Canyon.[4] The next day, July 14, firefighters reported that cattle had died in the fire. Highway 95 was reopened, too.[5] The fire was 100% contained by July 15.[1]

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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.
  4. "Long Draw Fire evening update, Friday, July 13, 2012". inciweb.nwcg.gov. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. "Long Draw Fire Update July 14, 2012 9:00am P T". inciweb.nwcg.gov. Retrieved 5 September 2017.


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