Buck Fire
The Buck Fire was reported on July 10, 2017 in Wallowa County, Oregon and burned 1,015 acres. It was declared out on September 13, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,015 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.600, -116.516.
The incident
- Size
- 1,015 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2017 at 5:44 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- September 13, 2017 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- September 13, 2017 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Hells Canyon Wilderness
- County
- Wallowa County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-ORWWF-000388
- IRWIN identifier
- 8010996F-2D93-4588-87C7-B576BA5199B1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Grangeville, ID 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 October 27, 2021 at 12:46 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-ORWWF-000388.