Bowden Fire
The Bowden Fire was reported on July 24, 2017 in Malheur County, Oregon and burned 16,112 acres. It was declared out on December 21, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 16,112 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.533, -117.721.
The incident
- Size
- 16,112 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017 at 8:10 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2017 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 26, 2017 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 21, 2017 at 9:11 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- South of Burns Juction
- County
- Malheur County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-ORVAD-000129
- IRWIN identifier
- 38F7FA72-046F-48CD-AFCF-4A25BE6BE0BC
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 January 12, 2018 at 4:02 PM MST. Identifier 2017-ORVAD-000129.