Oregon wildfires have cost state $25.3M

And that amount doesn't include the agency's "base budget" for fire protection, which is about $48 million for permanent personnel, equipment, facilities and the cost of fighting smaller fires.

As of Tuesday, there were 585 fires burning across the state on ODF-protected lands that involved a total of about 555,000 acres.

A spokesman cautioned that the actual number of acres involved should be taken with a grain of salt, as fires are dynamic by nature and their more precise size will take time to confirm.

The Oregon Department of Forestry protects about 16 million acres of forestland — both public and private — from fires.

Over the past 10 years, the average number of fires on ODF-protected land at this time has been 416 fires, with 13,405 acres burning.

The state agency maintains a public information site about the status of state wildfires at wildfireoregondeptofforestry.blogspot.com.

You can also check on smoke conditions in your community and throughout the state at oregonsmoke.blogspot.com.

Wasco and Sherman counties have dealt with two major wildfires in the past two weeks, both determined to have been human caused.