Awatchfire

Harney County, Oregon

Crater Fire

Burning 23.3 miles south-west of Crane and 33.3 miles south-east of Hines, since Thursday 23 July.

Map of Oregon. The Crater Fire burns 124 miles from Baker City and 141 miles from Bend, and 244 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 124 miles from Baker City and 141 miles from Bend.

705

acres burned so far — about 1.1 square miles

36

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Crater Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 705 acres in Harney 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.

36people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

36 days

on record — first written down on Thursday 23 July at 1:47am local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

43.120, -118.803lat, 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.