Awatchfire

Wheeler County, Oregon

0502 Fire

Burning 12.3 miles south of Fossil and 19.0 miles north of Mitchell, since Thursday 16 July.

Map of Oregon. The 0502 Fire burns 73 miles from Bend and 121 miles from Baker City, and 134 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 73 miles from Bend and 121 miles from Baker City.

1,816

acres burned so far — about 3 square miles

43

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The 0502 Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 1,816 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

100% held

100% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

43 days

on record — first written down on Thursday 16 July at 5:58pm local time, starting at 0 acres.

44.829, -120.297lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.