Cooler weather, along with heavy rain in places, continues to keep Oregon’s biggest wildfire, and a trio of other lighting-caused blazes in Wallowa County, from growing much.
Two lightning fires in the Eagle Cap Wilderness grew substantially on Saturday, Sept. 3, fueled by strong winds, hot temperatures and humidities that dipped into single digits in places.
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest officials called in firefighters on Thursday, Sept. 1 to slow the spread of one fire that has been burning in the Eagle Cap Wilderness for the past
Wildfire trouble, to be specific.
Livingston, who is the fire management officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, focuses on two lines in particular â a pair of lines for each of six regions on the forest, ranging from different types of forests to the grasslands of Hells Canyon.
One line, rendered appropriately in bright flame red, depicts the highest daily measurements, from 2010-19 on the Wallowa-Whitman, of a statistic known as the energy release component. A computer model considers the moisture level in wildfire fuels, as well as temperature and humidity, to project how much energy a fire would release â in effect, how rapidly flames would spread on a given day.
Wildfire trouble, to be specific.
Livingston, who is the fire management officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, focuses on two lines in particular â a pair of lines for each of six regions on the forest, ranging from different types of forests to the grasslands of Hells Canyon.
One line, rendered appropriately in bright flame red, depicts the highest daily measurements, from 2010-19 on the Wallowa-Whitman, of a statistic known as the energy release component. A computer model considers the moisture level in wildfire fuels, as well as temperature and humidity, to project how much energy a fire would release â in effect, how rapidly flames would spread on a given day.