Eldorado Fire
The Eldorado Fire was reported on August 14, 2015 in Malheur County, Oregon and burned 20,635 acres. It was declared out on November 9, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 20,635 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2015
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.323, -118.101.
The incident
- Size
- 20,635 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2015 at 4:37 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 31, 2015 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 28, 2015 at 10:30 AM PDT
- Declared out
- November 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Malheur County
- State
- Oregon
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-OR972S-000942
- IRWIN identifier
- 749879C3-F012-460A-A10D-DAA0F2E0C8F7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Prairie City, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 March 15, 2017 at 7:00 AM PDT. Identifier 2015-OR972S-000942.