Awatchfire

Douglas County, Oregon

Castle Fire

Burning 25.3 miles north of Prospect and 28.5 miles south-east of Glide, since Wednesday 22 July.

Map of Oregon. The Castle Fire burns 56 miles from Medford and 71 miles from Eugene, and 127 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 56 miles from Medford and 71 miles from Eugene.

3,615

acres burned so far — about 6 square miles

37

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Castle Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 3,615 acres in Douglas 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.

114people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

37 days

on record — first written down on Wednesday 22 July at 5:54pm local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

43.114, -122.563lat, 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.