Awatchfire

Wallowa County, Oregon

Burnt Creek Fire

Burning 19.1 miles north-east of Wallowa and 21.2 miles north-east of Lostine, since Friday 17 July.

Map of Oregon. The Burnt Creek Fire burns 74 miles from Baker City and 231 miles from Bend, and 286 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 74 miles from Baker City and 231 miles from Bend.

4,169

acres burned so far — about 7 square miles

42

days burning so far

95%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Burnt Creek Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 4,169 acres in Wallowa 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.

95% held

95% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

8people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

42 days

on record — first written down on Friday 17 July at 12:51pm local time, starting at 5 acres.

Type 4 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

45.768, -117.253lat, 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.