Elbow Creek Fire
The Elbow Creek Fire was reported on July 15, 2021 in Wallowa County, Oregon and burned 22,960 acres. It was declared out on January 5, 2022.
- Size
- 22,960 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2021
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeter mapped July 27, 2021 at 1:56 AM PDT, 22,960 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.868, -117.630.
The incident
- Size
- 22,960 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2021 at 2:32 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 24, 2021 at 10:30 AM PDT
- Declared out
- January 5, 2022 at 2:17 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined
- Location
- Elbow Creek Area, 31 Miles SE of Walla Walla, WA
- County
- Wallowa County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $24,425,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-ORUMF-000745
- IRWIN identifier
- 0B057553-E517-47D3-8981-2FCD4D069DEB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wallowa, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wallowa, OR21 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Elgin, OR25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Walla Walla East, WA35 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Enterprise, OR35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Dayton, WA36 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Milton-Freewater, OR37 miles west 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 January 5, 2022 at 2:18 PM PST. Identifier 2021-ORUMF-000745.