Taylor Creek Fire
The Taylor Creek Fire was reported on July 15, 2018 in Josephine County, Oregon and burned 52,839 acres. It was declared out on December 31, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 52,839 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.528, -123.572.
The incident
- Size
- 52,839 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2018 at 2:18 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 11, 2018 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- December 31, 2018 at 12:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles west of Grants Pass
- County
- Josephine County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Merlin
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $24,077,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-ORMED-000395
- IRWIN identifier
- 2447C010-33EC-4EE7-A2BC-CB0931FAE494
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Merlin, OR 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 March 4, 2019 at 12:08 PM PST. Identifier 2018-ORMED-000395.