Watson Creek Fire
The Watson Creek Fire was reported on August 15, 2018 in Lake County, Oregon and burned 59,061 acres. It was declared out on February 15, 2019. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 59,061 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2018
- Personnel
- 88
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.650, -120.828.
The incident
- Size
- 59,061 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2018 at 2:55 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 10, 2018 at 8:13 AM PDT
- Controlled
- November 27, 2018 at 9:52 AM PST
- Declared out
- February 15, 2019 at 2:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 13 mi West of Paisley, OR
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Summer Lake - Paisley
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 88
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,894,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-ORFWF-000360
- IRWIN identifier
- F6ACEF1B-4B7C-44A1-B6F4-1A7FC833AB1D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lakeview, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lakeview, OR40 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Altamont, OR56 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Klamath Falls, OR57 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- La Pine, OR78 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA82 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Three Rivers, OR87 miles north of the fire’s origin
Oregon wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 July 21, 2020 at 5:38 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-ORFWF-000360.