Wildcat Fire
The Wildcat Fire was reported on August 17, 2020 in Malheur County, Oregon and burned 3,456 acres. It was declared out on October 11, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,456 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped August 17, 2020 at 9:47 PM PDT, 1 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 42.756, -118.119.
The incident
- Size
- 3,456 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020 at 3:47 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 28, 2020 at 3:20 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 6, 2020 at 11:56 AM PDT
- Declared out
- October 11, 2020 at 11:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 14 miles from Burns Jct
- County
- Malheur County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-ORVAD-000156
- IRWIN identifier
- F9383725-F555-4C72-A5DA-0D0454BD599C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hines, 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 November 6, 2020 at 10:30 AM PST. Identifier 2020-ORVAD-000156.