Rum Creek Fire
The Rum Creek Fire was reported on August 17, 2022 in Josephine County, Oregon and burned 21,347 acres. It was declared out on November 18, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 21,347 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2022
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeter mapped October 29, 2024 at 1:25 PM PDT, 21,347 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 42.640, -123.631.
The incident
- Size
- 21,347 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 29, 2022 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 18, 2022 at 6:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Rand, Or
- County
- Josephine County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Galice
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $55,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-ORMED-000243
- IRWIN identifier
- E0C771C8-8138-440D-A5BC-BE5013BFAFD6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Glendale, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Glendale, OR12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Merlin, OR14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Redwood, OR20 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Grants Pass, OR21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Fruitdale, OR22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- New Hope, OR23 miles southeast 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 June 12, 2023 at 2:13 PM PDT. Identifier 2022-ORMED-000243.