Eli Creek Fire
The Eli Creek Fire was reported on August 16, 2018 in Umatilla County, Oregon and burned 3,500 acres. It is 80 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2018
- Personnel
- 50
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.314, -119.052.
The incident
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2018 at 6:56 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 miles SSW of Pilot Rock, OR
- County
- Umatilla County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- DOF
- Personnel assigned
- 50
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-OR973S-000727
- IRWIN identifier
- 15AE9C87-0B97-4951-9E7E-F3FEA1F4C919
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pilot Rock, 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 August 19, 2018 at 4:49 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-OR973S-000727.