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Cedar Creek Fire, August 2022 Lane, Deschutes

Out · last detection 21 Oct 2022, 10:51 UTC

The fire started on 1 August 2022 in Lane, United States, and satellites saw it burning for 82 days. United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 55,142 hectares, spread across 2 counties.

It is the 14th largest in Oregon since 2016 (of 327 with a page). Number 10 in United States in 2022, of 493.

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Burnt area
55,142ha
official perimeter (MTBS / NIFC)
Duration
≈ 82days
1 Aug 2022 – 21 Oct 2022
Counties hit
2
counties
Started on
1 Aug
2022
Heat detections
8,065
in a single hotspot: 2,679 MW
Danger at start
21
Moderate · FWI index
Average daily power
2.5GW
detected power per day, on average

Where it burned

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 1 Aug21 Oct
21 Oct 2022

How it evolved, day by day

11 Aug 2022 · 51 MW · 21 12 Aug 2022 · 31 MW · 8 13 Aug 2022 · 5 MW · 2 14 Aug 2022 · 25 MW · 11 15 Aug 2022 · 66 MW · 25 16 Aug 2022 · 63 MW · 17 17 Aug 2022 · 427 MW · 43 19 Aug 2022 · 28 MW · 20 20 Aug 2022 · 31 MW · 21 21 Aug 2022 · 152 MW · 35 22 Aug 2022 · 172 MW · 47 23 Aug 2022 · 30 MW · 24 24 Aug 2022 · 10 MW · 7 25 Aug 2022 · 29 MW · 22 26 Aug 2022 · 26 MW · 23 28 Aug 2022 · 4 MW · 2 29 Aug 2022 · 221 MW · 11 30 Aug 2022 · 1,120 MW · 35 31 Aug 2022 · 640 MW · 67 1 Sept 2022 · 937 MW · 54 2 Sept 2022 · 38,127 MW · 459 3 Sept 2022 · 1,722 MW · 176 4 Sept 2022 · 5,324 MW · 180 5 Sept 2022 · 6,204 MW · 193 6 Sept 2022 · 14,129 MW · 191 7 Sept 2022 · 5,505 MW · 440 8 Sept 2022 · 4,039 MW · 460 9 Sept 2022 · 28,870 MW · 1002 10 Sept 2022 · 36,340 MW · 1829 11 Sept 2022 · 3,425 MW · 617 12 Sept 2022 · 560 MW · 74 13 Sept 2022 · 119 MW · 61 14 Sept 2022 · 92 MW · 10 15 Sept 2022 · 64 MW · 20 16 Sept 2022 · 149 MW · 28 17 Sept 2022 · 344 MW · 110 19 Sept 2022 · 3 MW · 3 24 Sept 2022 · 1 MW · 1 25 Sept 2022 · 303 MW · 21 26 Sept 2022 · 314 MW · 44 27 Sept 2022 · 67 MW · 47 1 Oct 2022 · 6 MW · 3 2 Oct 2022 · 76 MW · 33 3 Oct 2022 · 18 MW · 12 4 Oct 2022 · 27 MW · 11 5 Oct 2022 · 4 MW · 3 6 Oct 2022 · 383 MW · 47 7 Oct 2022 · 602 MW · 142 8 Oct 2022 · 579 MW · 118 9 Oct 2022 · 331 MW · 95 10 Oct 2022 · 142 MW · 61 11 Oct 2022 · 45 MW · 15 12 Oct 2022 · 113 MW · 69 13 Oct 2022 · 1,014 MW · 174 14 Oct 2022 · 385 MW · 103 15 Oct 2022 · 772 MW · 163 16 Oct 2022 · 847 MW · 223 17 Oct 2022 · 102 MW · 71 18 Oct 2022 · 191 MW · 124 19 Oct 2022 · 258 MW · 87 20 Oct 2022 · 100 MW · 45 21 Oct 2022 · 10 MW · 5
11 Aug 21 Aug 31 Aug 2 Sept 9 Sept 19 Sept 5 Oct 14 Oct

Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

The weather it burned in

34°high
68km/h · peak gust
7%lowest humidity

It had gone one day without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 20.3 mm on 22 Oct.

This area had burned before

0% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 14 ha in 2021.

How big is it?

10 km
It burned the equivalent of 35% of the area of London (551 km² against 1,583 km²).

London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).

This compares size, not location: both shapes are at the same scale, north up, centred on each other.

What happened to each county

  1. Lane where it started
    52,222 ha reached on 11 Aug
    4.4 %
  2. Deschutes
    2,877 ha reached on 15 Aug
    0.4 %

Burnt area inside each county, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance runs from the point marking the centre of each area to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

People and buildings inside the perimeter

GHSL 2020
Built-up area< 0.1 ha
Residents< 20

Inside the perimeter there was no noticeable built-up land and almost nobody lived there (GHSL 2020, satellite-based estimate).

This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned.

Source: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-BUILT-S and GHS-POP R2023A), European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Sum inside the perimeter computed by WorldFires. human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day High Min. humidity Peak gust Rain Danger (FWI)
1 Aug 28.2 °C 47 % 39 km/h 0.3 mm Moderate 21
2 Aug 28.8 °C 38 % 38 km/h 0.4 mm High 22
3 Aug 29.5 °C 33 % 47 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
4 Aug 27.3 °C 24 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
5 Aug 27.0 °C 20 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
6 Aug 29.8 °C 19 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
7 Aug 33.9 °C 18 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
8 Aug 28.2 °C 37 % 42 km/h 0.1 mm High 31
9 Aug 28.5 °C 36 % 34 km/h 2.3 mm Low 9
10 Aug 24.6 °C 39 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
11 Aug 26.7 °C 31 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
12 Aug 24.4 °C 46 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
13 Aug 25.8 °C 27 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
14 Aug 27.1 °C 26 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
15 Aug 28.6 °C 30 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
16 Aug 31.5 °C 28 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
17 Aug 33.4 °C 21 % 38 km/h 0.2 mm High 34
18 Aug 26.8 °C 36 % 19 km/h 0.2 mm High 28
19 Aug 27.6 °C 45 % 37 km/h 0.3 mm High 27
20 Aug 27.3 °C 33 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
21 Aug 30.9 °C 17 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
22 Aug 26.8 °C 31 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
23 Aug 27.8 °C 38 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
24 Aug 29.7 °C 35 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
25 Aug 29.8 °C 30 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
26 Aug 26.9 °C 37 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
27 Aug 21.8 °C 31 % 42 km/h 0.1 mm High 30
28 Aug 27.0 °C 29 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
29 Aug 31.2 °C 23 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
30 Aug 32.9 °C 19 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
31 Aug 30.3 °C 30 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
1 Sept 32.9 °C 19 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
2 Sept 33.0 °C 20 % 49 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
3 Sept 25.0 °C 32 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
4 Sept 27.9 °C 25 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
5 Sept 29.9 °C 25 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
6 Sept 33.5 °C 18 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
7 Sept 28.2 °C 23 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
8 Sept 27.7 °C 12 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
9 Sept 29.9 °C 7 % 64 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 57
10 Sept 32.1 °C 14 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 51
11 Sept 25.6 °C 34 % 37 km/h 1.1 mm Moderate 21
12 Sept 23.4 °C 42 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
13 Sept 20.1 °C 48 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
14 Sept 20.4 °C 41 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
15 Sept 19.7 °C 42 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm High 21
16 Sept 18.0 °C 44 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
17 Sept 17.7 °C 45 % 33 km/h 2.9 mm Low 6
18 Sept 17.5 °C 40 % 46 km/h 1.2 mm Low 9
19 Sept 21.4 °C 34 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 16
20 Sept 19.1 °C 47 % 35 km/h 1.3 mm Low 8
21 Sept 14.5 °C 67 % 27 km/h 4.4 mm Very low 0
22 Sept 18.1 °C 49 % 35 km/h 0.2 mm Very low 5
23 Sept 23.4 °C 25 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 14
24 Sept 27.1 °C 23 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
25 Sept 29.1 °C 19 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
26 Sept 29.1 °C 25 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
27 Sept 26.5 °C 36 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
28 Sept 17.6 °C 53 % 37 km/h 1.1 mm Low 11
29 Sept 15.1 °C 66 % 31 km/h 3.9 mm Very low 1
30 Sept 22.3 °C 36 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Low 7
1 Oct 25.4 °C 27 % 53 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
2 Oct 26.5 °C 25 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
3 Oct 25.5 °C 30 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
4 Oct 22.9 °C 43 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 21
5 Oct 24.1 °C 40 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 21
6 Oct 27.0 °C 22 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
7 Oct 27.3 °C 24 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
8 Oct 27.4 °C 23 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
9 Oct 26.2 °C 23 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
10 Oct 23.4 °C 29 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
11 Oct 25.6 °C 18 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
12 Oct 26.7 °C 17 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
13 Oct 28.2 °C 16 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
14 Oct 28.3 °C 17 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
15 Oct 28.4 °C 10 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
16 Oct 27.2 °C 13 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
17 Oct 23.0 °C 31 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
18 Oct 24.2 °C 25 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
19 Oct 26.7 °C 17 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
20 Oct 22.0 °C 22 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
21 Oct 15.4 °C 54 % 68 km/h 16.6 mm Very low 1
22 Oct after 9.4 °C 87 % 66 km/h 20.3 mm Very low 0

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 25 Jul 2022
After · 28 Oct 2022

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

The smoke

CAMS · Copernicus

On 4 August 2022 the air beside the fire reached 13 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak13 µg/m³
Days over the guideline0 days
PM1019 µg/m³
Optical depth0.09
4
Good Fair Moderate Poor Very poor Extremely poor

Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)

Detections table · 8,065Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.
Date and timeSatelliteFRP (MW)LatLon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Cedar Creek Fire last?
The official perimeter only gives the start date (1 August 2022). The end comes from the heat detections inside the perimeter: it burned until 21 October 2022 (82 days from 1 August 2022), the last day with detections before more than 10 days in a row without any, so it is approximate.
How much area did it burn?
The official perimeter published by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) is 55,142 hectares (551.4 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.
Which counties burned?
The fire entered 2 counties: Lane (52,222 ha, 4.4 %); Deschutes (2,877 ha, 0.4 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 33.9 °C, humidity dropped to 7 % and gusts hit 68 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 57, class Extreme.
Where does this data come from?
From the official burnt perimeter of United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC, public domain), NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of United States. It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Emergency number: 911 · Emergency number and official warnings ›

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History of this page Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.

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How we know this
  • Perimeter: MTBS (US Geological Survey and US Forest Service), official.
  • The official perimeter has no end date: the end is the last day with VIIRS detections inside the perimeter before a gap of more than 10 days (150 days at most), so it is approximate. 8,065 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
  • We have not matched this page with any official record.
  • Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
  • Built-up area and population come from the JRC Global Human Settlement Layer (epoch 2020, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.

How we build fire pages: methodology ›

Where this data comes from

The perimeter is official and in the public domain. For past years it comes from MTBS (Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity), run by the U.S. Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service, which map it on Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery. For the current and last year it comes from WFIGS at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): incident perimeters mapped by fire crews, aircraft and imagery. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. County boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Public Domain). The area per county is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from official figures.