This site uses cookies to assist with navigation, analyse your use of our services, and provide content from third parties. The Canyon Creek Complex was the state’s largest and most destructive, Graham said, totaling 110,261 acres in Eastern Oregon near John Day and Prairie City. Saltenberger said what's not easy to predict is the amount of lightning strikes that will start fires, but the trend, he believes, will likely match the two previous seasons. The largest of these as listed in Inciweb is the Cornet-Windy Ridge Fire which has affected 103,887 since it began on August 10, 2015 with a lightning strike. The largest active fire listed is the Okanogan Complex Fire which is currently at 256,567 acres and has 1,250 personnel working the fire. During the 2014 season, 1.3 million Northwest acres were consumed by wildfire, which includes 868,399 in Oregon and 425,136 in Washington. stomlinson@oregonian.com503-221-8313@ORweather. The content is provided for information purposes only. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1449240174198-2'); }); Idaho is also feeling the heat with over 40 active fires listed in the Inciweb database. m_gallery_id = "17852260"; "Drought is the word for nearly all areas west of the Rockies,'' said meteorologist John Saltenberger, fire weather program manager at the coordination center. “Between the damage done to structures and primary houses, it was certainly one of the worst (in the Pacific Northwest),” Graham said. The total cost to fight those fires was $460 million. In Oregon, it's much the same story with 19 ongoing fires torching parts of the state. This natural-color satellite image was collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite on August 25, 2015. Neither your address nor the recipient's address will be used for any other purpose. And, the most perilous weeks of fire season are still ahead. In Oregon thousands of residents evacuated their homes to escape the flames that scorched more than 230,000 acres. According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, 705 human-caused fires burned about 20,000 acres on state-protected land, nearly six times the 10-year average of acres at a cost of $75.6 million. Saltenberger said a large swath of the Western U.S., including Oregon and Washington, just came through the driest and warmest winter on record since 1895. During the 2014 season, 1.3 million Northwest acres were consumed by wildfire, which includes 868,399 in Oregon and 425,136 in Washington.