Blanket Creek Fire
The Blanket Creek Fire was reported on July 25, 2017 in Jackson County, Oregon and burned 33,344 acres. It was declared out on December 7, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 33,344 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.798, -122.318.
The incident
- Size
- 33,344 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2017 at 6:58 AM PDT
- Declared out
- December 7, 2017 at 11:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approximately 6 miles NE of Prospect, OR
- County
- Jackson County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Prospect
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $350,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-ORRSF-000371
- IRWIN identifier
- 8E6CFF2D-3FDA-475B-97E6-7E1E341A5AEE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Trail, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Trail, OR27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Shady Cove, OR28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagle Point, OR33 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- White City, OR36 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Central Point, OR42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Medford, OR43 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Oregon wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated June 24, 2020 at 5:08 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-ORRSF-000371.