Cinder Butte Fire
The Cinder Butte Fire was reported on August 2, 2017 in Lake County, Oregon and burned 52,531 acres. It was declared out on October 16, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 52,531 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2017
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.568, -119.937.
The incident
- Size
- 52,531 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2017 at 12:55 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 10, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 16, 2017 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Fire started off of Highway 20 approximately 10 miles west of Riley, OR.
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Riley, OR
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-ORBUD-007092
- IRWIN identifier
- F5CFECEF-1FAF-4D4D-ADE9-97E8717A28AA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hines, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hines, OR43 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Burns, OR44 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Prineville, OR67 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- John Day, OR76 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bend, OR77 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Deschutes River Woods, OR77 miles northwest 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 October 16, 2017 at 3:23 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-ORBUD-007092.