Rooster Comb Fire
The Rooster Comb Fire was reported on August 7, 2016 in Malheur County, Oregon and burned 135 acres. It was declared out on August 30, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 135 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.489, -117.917.
The incident
- Size
- 135 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016 at 11:16 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 14, 2016 at 8:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 15, 2016 at 2:16 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 30, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Malheur County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Part of
- Juntura Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-ORVAD-000141
- IRWIN identifier
- 3EFB8496-8B03-48A8-9959-B65D19F50370
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Vale, 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 September 16, 2016 at 3:49 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-ORVAD-000141.