Originally published on July 15, 2021 6:55 pm
Even as wildfires continued to burn across Oregon on Thursday, wind offered temporary respite to many communities that have been blanketed in the heaviest wildfire smoke. But the U.S. Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program cautions there could well be more smoke to come, especially in the southern, central and eastern areas of the state.
Strong winds overnight Wednesday into Thursday cleared smoke in the Klamath Falls area, which had been heavily affected by the largest wildfire now burning in the United States the Bootleg Fire. Smoke forecasts call for similar weather patterns overnight Thursday into Friday, with smoke likely to be heavier in the Sprague River Valley and the Harney Basin and low-lying areas.
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Covering an area of 254,806 sq. km, the State of Oregon is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
As observed on the map, the Pacific Ocean coastline of the state is occupied by the rugged mountains (some over 1,000 ft. high), moist rainforests, and fertile valleys. In the southern part, the land rises into the Coastal Mountain Range and the Klamath Mountains. Both of these mountain ranges are a series of relatively low and heavily-forested peaks, that are in turn punctuated by numerous small lakes.
Situated directly to the east of these mountains is the Willamette Lowlands – that stretch south, about 175 miles from the Portland area. This fertile strip of land is dissected by the Willamette River which rises in the Cascades and then flows north draining into the Columbia River.
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