The Cedar Creek Fire was a large wildfire in the U.S. state of Oregon that began on August 1, 2022, with a series of lightning strikes in the Willamette National Forest approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Oakridge.

[3] By September 10, it was over 74,000 acres; 30,000 foot high pyrocumulonimbus clouds from the fire were producing their own lightning; Oakridge was evacuated.

[4] Smoke from the fire moved into Southwest Washington then the Puget Sound region on September 10;[5] on that day Seattle recorded the worst air quality of any major city in the world.

[10] Firefighters were slow to contain the fire, due to the rough and unsafe terrain surrounding the wildfire.

An area closure of all trailheads and dispersed camping North and West of Waldo Lake and Temporary Flight Restrictions were in effect.