Umpqua Fire Danger Operating Plan

Cottage Grove Fire Danger Rating Area

Fuel Model: Y
RAWS: 352546
Fire Weather Zones: ORZ617
Historic Data Years: 2006-2023
Description: The Cottage Grove FDRA is steeper and wetter than other FDRAs, BpS is primarily Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock. During fire season the Cottage Grove FDRA is also the coldest, this FDRA rarely experiences fires. Sugarloaf is the only RAWS for this FDRA.

SFDI: Jolly, W. Matt; Freeborn, Patrick H.; Page, Wesley G.; Butler, Bret W. 2019. Severe Fire Danger Index: A forecastable metric to inform firefighter and community wildfire risk management. Fire. 2: 47.
PV: Experimental replacement for the NFDRS 1978 Oregon and Washington Precaution Value, testing fire season 2022.