Rail Fire
The Rail Fire was reported on July 31, 2016 in Baker County, Oregon and burned 43,799 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 43,799 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2016
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.408, -118.383.
The incident
- Size
- 43,799 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2016 at 2:26 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 30, 2016 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Baker County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Unity
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Heavy Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $34,900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-ORWWF-000582
- IRWIN identifier
- 60FA077F-D08E-4F51-A0A7-B8DF892AA977
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Prairie City, 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 March 10, 2020 at 10:35 AM PDT. Identifier 2016-ORWWF-000582.