Wildfire in Oregon, August 19 to 22, 1998

Name: Wildfire in Oregon, August 19 to 22, 1998
Start: 1998-08-19T15:30
End: 1998-08-22T13:00
Location: Oregon

August 19 to 22, 1998 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Jefferson

When: August 19, 3:30 PM PST to August 22, 1:00 PM PST
Where: Jefferson County, Countywide
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.629, -121.175 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning caused a 160 acre forest fire in extreme southwestern Jefferson County. Campers in the southern part of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness area were evacuated. Trails and Forest Service roads were closed and Highway 20 was restricted from four lanes to two so that fire fighters could access the fire. Three air tankers and two helicopters were used to help control the fire. The fire was contained on August 22. A second fire burned 300 acres of wheat stubble and grassland north of Madras. That fire was contained on August 20.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5666691.