Cow Fire
The Cow Fire was reported on August 9, 2019 in Baker County, Oregon and burned 9,668 acres. It was declared out on December 5, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,668 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2019
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.285, -118.460.
The incident
- Size
- 9,668 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2019 at 7:34 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 15, 2019 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- December 4, 2019 at 8:00 AM PST
- Declared out
- December 5, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 17 Miles SW Unity, Oregon
- County
- Baker County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Unity
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-ORMAF-019204
- IRWIN identifier
- 6FB0FEFD-A96D-4F23-BD34-60936BFCD93F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Prairie City, 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 May 28, 2021 at 3:47 PM PDT. Identifier 2019-ORMAF-019204.