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36 Pit Fire
Monday PM Update - Air
Quality Report for 9/22/14
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Smoldering fuels at the 36 Pit Fire are
generating increased smoke close to the ground this afternoon in and around
the Clackamas River Valley. Overnight as
the smoke drifts down the valley, air quality can be expected to degrade in
Estacada, Springwater, Dodge and the surrounding communities.
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36 Pit Fire Report
(prepared by Mike Broughton/Janice Peterson, Air Resource Advisors)
Air Quality Outlook (Particulate
Matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter)
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Site
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Monday
afternoon
Sept 22, 2014
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Monday
night
Sept 22, 2014
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Tuesday
Sept 23, 2014
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Wednesday
Sept 24, 2014
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Estacada, Springwater, Dodge
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Good
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Good
becoming USG
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USG am
Good pm
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USG am
Good
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Hwy 26 Corridor
(Sandy to Rhododendron)
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Good
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Molalla
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Willamette Valley
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Good
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AQI Index (µg/m3)
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Potential Health Impacts
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Actions to Protect Yourself
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Good (0-12)
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Air quality is satisfactory and poses 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 (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, meaning 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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