Dry Creek Fire
The Dry Creek Fire was reported on June 4, 2021 in Wallowa County, Oregon and burned 1,566 acres. It was declared out on August 13, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,566 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2021
- Personnel
- 10
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped June 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM PDT, 1,585 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.892, -116.924.
The incident
- Size
- 1,566 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2021 at 10:39 AM PDT
- Contained
- June 30, 2021 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 13, 2021 at 8:57 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Dry Creek Ridge
- County
- Wallowa County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-ORWWF-000349
- IRWIN identifier
- D7803A9B-F09D-41F4-9BED-9D8ED00C2867
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cottonwood, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cottonwood, ID30 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Asotin, WA31 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lewiston Orchards, ID34 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA35 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lapwai, ID36 miles north of the fire’s origin
- West Clarkston-Highland, WA36 miles north of the fire’s origin
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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 17, 2021 at 12:38 PM PST. Identifier 2021-ORWWF-000349.