Awatchfire

Grant County, Oregon

Salmon Fire

Burning 0.9 miles north-west of Greenhorn and 7.8 miles south-west of Granite, since Wednesday 8 July.

Map of Oregon. The Salmon Fire burns 34 miles from Baker City and 145 miles from Bend, and 222 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 34 miles from Baker City and 145 miles from Bend.

1,433

acres burned so far — about 2 square miles

51

days burning so far

90%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Salmon Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 1,433 acres in Grant 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.

90% held

90% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

31people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

51 days

on record — first written down on Wednesday 8 July at 12:16am local time, starting at 8 acres.

Type 4 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

44.717, -118.510lat, 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.