Sheep Rock Fire
The Sheep Rock Fire was reported on August 7, 2016 in Malheur County, Oregon and burned 13,352 acres. It was declared out on August 29, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,352 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.614, -118.145.
The incident
- Size
- 13,352 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016 at 11:51 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 14, 2016 at 7:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 15, 2016 at 1:16 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 29, 2016 at 11:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Malheur County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000,000
- Part of
- Juntura Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-ORVAD-000130
- IRWIN identifier
- 61B9B606-2F63-4F9D-9F0B-7D68620F94EB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Burns, 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 February 19, 2019 at 8:34 AM PST. Identifier 2016-ORVAD-000130.