Air Quality Report for Southwest Oregon Issued:
August 25, 2015
Prepared by Rick Graw and Mike
Broughton
Synopsis:
Fires: The Collier
Butte Fire, located 17 miles E of Gold Beach, OR grew 400 acres yesterday in
timber and brush. Burn out operations
will continue today to secure lines. The
Stouts Creek fire, located 16 miles E of Canyonville, OR had no growth
yesterday and is 86% contained. The
National Creek Complex, located 10 miles SW of Diamond Lake, consists of two
fires, neither of which experienced any growth yesterday. The smaller of the two fires (National, 120
acres) is 60% contained, and the larger (Crescent 10,713 acres) is 0%
contained.
Air
Quality Today: Air quality will remain mostly moderate to unhealthy for
sensitive groups today as smoke from the fires in northern California will be
blowing into southwest Oregon.
Air Quality Tomorrow: Southwest winds will continue to blow the smoke
from the fires in northern California into the region.
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Location
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Yesterday 8/25/2015
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Today 8/26/2015
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Tomorrow 8/27/2015
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Comments
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Roseburg
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Moderate
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Good
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Moderate
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Cave Junction
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Moderate
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USG
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USG
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Grants Pass
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Moderate
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Moderate
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USG
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Klamath Falls
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USG
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Medford
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USG
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USG
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USG
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Provolt
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Moderate
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USG
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USG
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Shady Cove
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Eagle Point
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No Data
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Moderate
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USG
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Jacksonville
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No Data
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USG
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USG
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Ashland
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USG
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USG
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USG
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Prospect
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No Data
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Agness
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No Data
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USG
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USG
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Gold Beach
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No Data
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Moderate
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Good
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Brookings
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No Data
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Moderate
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Moderate
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AQI
Category
(PM2.5 µg/m3) |
Potential
Health Impacts
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Actions to
Protect Yourself
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Good (0-12)
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Little or
no health risk
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None
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Moderate (13-35)
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Air
quality is acceptable for most. There may be moderate health concern for a
small number of sensitive people.
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Unusually
sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy outdoor
exertion.
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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups – USG (36-55)
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Members
of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be
affected.
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People
with heart or lung disease, children and older adults should reduce prolonged
or heavy outdoor exertion. Everyone
else should limit prolonged or heavy exertion.
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Unhealthy (56-150)
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Everyone
may begin to experience more serious health effects.
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The
following groups should avoid all physical outdoor activity: People with
heart or lung disease, children and older adults. Everyone else should avoid prolonged or
heavy exertion.
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Very Unhealthy
(151-250)
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Triggers
a health alert, everyone may experience more serious health effects
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Everyone should avoid any outdoor
exertion; people with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children
should remain indoors.
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Hazardous (>250)
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The
entire population is even more likely to be affected by serious health
effects.
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The
following groups should remain indoors and keep activity levels low: People
with heart or lung disease; children and older adults. Everyone else should
avoid prolonged or heavy exertion
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Learn more
at: a) Oregon Smoke Blog http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com
b) AirNow http://airnow.gov and http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=topics.smoke_wildfires
c) Oregon
DEQ Air monitoring http://www.deq.state.or.us/aqi/index.aspx