Upper Mine Fire
The Upper Mine Fire was reported on July 24, 2017 in Harney County, Oregon and burned 4,494 acres. It was declared out on October 16, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,494 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.141, -118.630.
The incident
- Size
- 4,494 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017 at 9:49 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 1, 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
- Natural
- Location
- Pueblo Mountains, Red Point
- County
- Harney County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Fields, OR
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-ORBUD-007058
- IRWIN identifier
- 7C4B1BC8-A21E-418D-A9FF-16FC08FAF933
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lakeview, OR 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 July 27, 2022 at 7:44 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-ORBUD-007058.