Oregon Smoke Information

 

 

 

 

 

**Información en español abajo** The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended an air quality advisory on Friday to include southern and central Wasco County due to smoke from the White River Fire. An advisory for parts of Southern and Central Oregon also remains in effect until Saturday morning. DEQ and partner agencies will continue to monitor smoke in the area. White River Fire in Wasco County. Image from InciWeb. The following areas are affected by smoke from fires in Oregon and California: Southern and central Wasco County Klamath County Lake County Deschutes County Jefferson County Crook County Warm Springs Reservation Southern Malheur County Southern Harney County Smoke levels can change rapidly depending on weather. Check current conditions on DEQ’s Air Quality Index  or by downloading the free OregonAIR app on your smartphone. Smoke can irritate people’s eyes and lungs and worsen some medical conditions. Young children, adults over 65, pregnant women, and people ...

 

 

 

**Información en español abajo**  Satellite image of smoke and cloud cover. The thin gray/white is smoke, the denser white is clouds. Image from National Weather Service. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended an air quality advisory for parts of Southern and Central Oregon due to smoke from wildfires in Central Oregon and Northern California. DEQ expects the air quality advisory to last until Saturday morning, with conditions generally improving each day. DEQ and partner agencies will continue to monitor smoke in these areas. Air quality will likely fluctuate between moderate and unhealthy for sensitive groups in the following areas: Klamath County Lake County Deschutes County Jefferson County Crook County Warm Springs Reservation Southern Malheur County Southern Harney County The advisory for Jackson and Baker counties has been lifted. Smoke levels can change rapidly depending on weather. Check current conditions on DEQ’s Air Quality Index  or by downloading...

 

 

 

  Air quality advisory in effect for Southern, Central, Eastern Oregon [Aviso sobre la calidad del aire]

Statewide, Ore.—The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended an air quality advisory for parts of Southern, Central and Eastern Oregon due to smoke from wildfires in Oregon and Northern California.  **Información en español abajo** DEQ expects the air quality advisory to last until at least Wednesday night. DEQ and partner agencies will continue to monitor smoke in these areas. The following areas are affected: Klamath County Lake County Jackson County (intermittent smoke levels) Deschutes County Jefferson County Warm Springs Reservation Malheur County Harney County Baker County (intermittent smoke levels) Smoke levels can change rapidly depending on weather. Check current conditions on DEQ’s Air Quality Index  or by downloading the free OregonAIR app on your smartphone. Smoke can irritate people’s eyes and lungs and worsen some medical conditions. Young children, adults over 65, pregnant women, and people with heart disease, asthma or other respiratory conditions a...

Smoke Forecast – Jackson, Klamath, Harney, and Deschutes Counties. Beginning Sunday morning, air quality will begin to degrade in Jackson, Klamath, Lake, northern Harney, and southern Deschutes counties as winds will shift, bringing smoke from the California fires into these areas.   Air quality is expected to degrade to a point where precautionary levels are advised, especially for smoke-sensitive individuals. Unfortunately, this will not bring relief to Grant, Harney, and Lake Counties, which have been experiencing smoke impacts for the past week.     By Sunday evening the winds are expected to shift back again to the northeast, at which point air quality should start improving in these areas.   However, with this evening wind shift, smoke from the fires in the central Cascades is expected to blow toward the southeast, bringing smoke from these fires into all parts of Deschutes County.   Please plan accordingly.

Advisory for Jefferson County, Warm Springs and Lakeview areas also remains in effect. Steens Mountains in Southeastern Oregon on Aug. 21 -  Photo from Bureau of Land Management. **Información en español abajo** Bend, Ore.—The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory for Harney, Malheur and Northern Deschutes counties Friday due to smoke from nearby wildfires. An advisory for Jefferson County, Warm Springs and Lakeview areas also remains in effect, until at least Monday. DEQ and partner agencies will continue to monitor smoke in these areas. Smoke levels can change rapidly depending on weather. Check current conditions on DEQ’s Air Quality Index  or by downloading the free OregonAIR app on your smartphone. Smoke can irritate people’s eyes and lungs and worsen some medical conditions. Young children, adults over 65, pregnant women, and people with heart disease, asthma or other respiratory conditions are most at risk. Protect your health when sm...

**Información en español abajo** The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory for the Jefferson County, Warm Springs and Lakeview areas due to smoke from nearby wildfires. DEQ and partner agencies will continue to monitor smoke in these areas. Smoke levels can change rapidly depending on weather. Check current conditions on DEQ’s Air Quality Index or by downloading the free OregonAIR app on your smartphone. Smoke can irritate people’s eyes and lungs and worsen some medical conditions. Young children, adults over 65, pregnant women, and people with heart disease, asthma or other respiratory conditions are most at risk. Protect your health when smoke levels are high: Stay inside if possible. Keep windows and doors closed. Avoid strenuous outdoor activity. Be aware of smoke in your area and avoid places with the highest levels. Use high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters. These can be portable filters or can be installed in indoor heating, ventila...

As firefighting crews continue working to contain the Mosier Creek Fire between The Dalles and Hood River, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and partner agencies continue monitoring air quality in the area.  The sky looks smoky in the Columbia River Gorge, but air quality levels today are generally good.  Smoke levels can change rapidly depending on weather. Air quality quickly declined Wednesday night as the fire spread. It fluctuated between unhealthy and moderate levels throughout Thursday. Conditions began improving late afternoon and continued through the night, and DEQ lifted the air quality advisory Friday morning.  DEQ is installing an air quality monitor in Hood River and expects data to begin showing on the  Air Quality Index  Friday afternoon. The monitor will provide more data for the area. In addition to Air Quality Index data, DEQ works with the National Weather Service, Oregon Department of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service to use sate...

Aug. 14 UPDATE: Air quality advisory is lifted. Firefighting activities yesterday were successful in containing fire and reducing smoke. The Dalles, OR—The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory for The Dalles-Mosier-Hood River area due to smoke from the Mosier Creek Fire. DEQ expects the air quality advisory to last until at least Saturday morning, and potentially longer. DEQ will continue to monitor smoke in this area. Smoke levels can change rapidly depending on weather. Check current conditions on DEQ’s Air Quality Index or by downloading the free OregonAIR app on your smartphone. Air quality monitors in The Dalles showed unhealthy for sensitive groups, or orange, Thursday morning. Monitors showed unhealthy for everyone, or red, late Wednesday night. Smoke levels are likely to continue fluctuating throughout the day depending on wind. Smoke can irritate people’s eyes and lungs and worsen some medical conditions. Young children, adults over 65, pr...