Dry Creek Buttes Fire
The Dry Creek Buttes Fire was reported on July 28, 2017 in Malheur County, Oregon and burned 1,766 acres. It was declared out on December 13, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,766 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2017
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.508, -117.411.
The incident
- Size
- 1,766 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2017 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 30, 2017 at 7:45 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 1, 2017 at 5:57 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 13, 2017 at 12:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- west of Owyhee Reservoir
- County
- Malheur County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,031,561
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-ORVAD-000148
- IRWIN identifier
- 6D29ED27-68B6-4DEC-A3A4-4B299F503E46
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Homedale, 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 October 31, 2018 at 1:07 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-ORVAD-000148.