Owyhee Canyon Fire
The Owyhee Canyon Fire was reported on June 5, 2016 in Malheur County, Oregon and burned 22,327 acres. It was declared out on August 30, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 22,327 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 5, 2016
- Personnel
- 120
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.781, -117.606.
The incident
- Size
- 22,327 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 5, 2016 at 6:54 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 8, 2016 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 10, 2016 at 1:43 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 30, 2016 at 12:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Malheur County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 120
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $175,495
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-ORVAD-000020
- IRWIN identifier
- 516D8A8A-7BA6-49B3-BAB9-46553EE5400B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Murphy, ID 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 October 31, 2018 at 11:30 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-ORVAD-000020.