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   August 25, 2022 - Fires on the West Coast   
      
      Fires West Coast   
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      A fierce summer fire season continues to consume forests in the Western   
      United States through late August 2022. According to the National   
      Interagency Fire Center, on August 24 there were 41 large fires burning   
      on 418,377 acres across ten states. Seven of these states are in the   
      West. Idaho leads all the states in numbers of fires, with 11 currently   
      burning on 116,660 acres. Nine fires burn in Montana, including one of   
      those a new fire ignited on August 24, with total acreage at 18,928.   
      Oregon has 6 fires on 11,334 acres; California’s 4 fires burn on 95,937   
      acres; 2 fires in Washington cover 2,230 acres; Utah’s only large fire   
      burns on 11,720 acres; and in Wyoming, one large fire covers 2,925   
      acres. Non-Western states with actively burning large fires are Alaska,   
      with 5 fires on 152,146 acres, and one fire each in North Carolina and   
      North Dakota, burning on 1,226 acres and 5,289 acres, respectively.   
      
      On August 24, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)   
      acquired a true-color image of fog and smoke over northern California   
      and southern Oregon. While the fog (low cloud) creeps across the   
      coastal lowlands and into the valleys, fires burn in the nearby   
      forested highlands.   
      
      The southernmost fire, marked by copious smoke and a red “hot spot”   
      where the thermal bands on the MODIS instrument detected high   
      temperatures, is the Six Rivers Lightning Complex. On August 5, a   
      lightning storm ignited twelve individual fires in the Humboldt and   
      Trinity counties, California. Due to the aggressive response of   
      firefighters, only two fires remain and are being managed as a single   
      fire complex. The Six Rivers Lightning Complex is currently 27,635   
      acres with 80% containment and 1,493 personnel assigned to the   
      incident.   
      
      The fire to the north of the Six Rivers Lightning Complex is the Rum   
      Creek Fire. Also caused by lightning, this fire ignited on August 17   
      five miles north of Galice, Oregon. As of August 24, the Rum Creek Fire   
      covers 779 acres and is being fought by 445 personnel. It has an   
      estimated containment date of October 31. The Rum Creek Fire claimed   
      the life of one 25-year-old firefighter.   
      
      An area of smoke in the northeast section of the image marks the Cedar   
      Creek Fire. This fire sparked to life on August 1, also from lightning   
      strike 15 miles east of Oakridge, Oregon and 3 miles west of Waldo   
      Lake. With 1,022 personnel assigned to fight this fire, the Cedar Creek   
      Fire has reached 7,172 acres as of August 24. No containment date has   
      been estimated.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 8/24/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (33.5 KB),  500m (108.3 KB),  250m (317.5   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-08-25   
       
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