Alder Creek Fire
The Alder Creek Fire was reported on August 10, 2015 in Harney County, Oregon and burned 1,046 acres. It was declared out on September 1, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,046 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2015
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.402, -118.471.
The incident
- Size
- 1,046 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 13, 2015 at 7:49 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 16, 2015 at 3:34 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 1, 2015 at 5:07 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Harney County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Crane
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $475,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-ORBUD-005111
- IRWIN identifier
- 8DB87B05-D015-446A-8F2F-D5D860E4D4CA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Burns, OR covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 26, 2016 at 8:16 AM PDT. Identifier 2015-ORBUD-005111.