Archie Creek Fire

Perimeter mapped February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM PST, 131,596 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 43.334, -122.788.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Glide

Size

131,542 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

September 8, 2020 at 7:37 AM PDT

Contained

November 16, 2020 at 12:00 AM PST

Controlled

February 17, 2021 at 12:08 PM PST

Declared out

January 4, 2022 at 3:15 PM PST

Cause

Unknown, Cause and Origin Not Identified

Location

Community of Steamboat on Hwy 138, East of Glide, Oregon

County

Douglas County

State

Oregon

Nearest city reported

Glide

Protecting agency

FS

Jurisdiction

FS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

9

Incident management

Type 4 IC

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$40,000,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2020-ORUPF-000436

IRWIN identifier

8D8E2A9C-3A7B-4724-8CDB-7201F413CEF8

The status summaries (ICS-209 forms) the incident teams filed: 53, from September 8, 2020 to December 4, 2020. These are the teams’ own estimates, written while the incident was running, and personnel is totaled from the resources each report lists. A fact the reports leave blank is not shown, and a zero on the form is treated as blank.

Structures destroyed

111 (109 residences, 2 other)

Structures damaged

113 (2 commercial, 111 other)

Most structures threatened at once

1,955

Deaths

1 (1 responder)

Injuries

10

Most personnel assigned

586 on September 22, 2020

Most aircraft assigned

9

People evacuated, at the most

2,100

Cost reported by the teams

$40 million, in 2020 dollars

Primary fuel model reported

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Suppression strategy reported

Full suppression

Acres reported by day

The largest rise between two days’ reports was 85,283 acres, on September 9, 2020.

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This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Glide, OR covers the area today.

• Glide, OR16 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Culp Creek, OR26 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Sutherlin, OR27 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Roseburg North, OR29 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Roseburg, OR29 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Yoncalla, OR31 miles northwest of the fire’s origin