Awatchfire

Harney County, Oregon

Jackass Butte Fire

Burning 31.7 miles south-west of Crane and 36.0 miles south of Hines, since Friday 24 July.

Map of Oregon. The Jackass Butte Fire burns 132 miles from Baker City and 137 miles from Bend, and 240 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 132 miles from Baker City and 137 miles from Bend.

24,724

acres burned so far — about 39 square miles

35

days burning so far

92%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Jackass Butte Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 24,724 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.

92% held

92% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

14people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

35 days

on record — first written down on Friday 24 July at 5:31pm local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

43.045, -118.956lat, 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.