Oregon wildfires

Anvil Fire

OutCurry County, Oregon2023Wildfire

The Anvil Fire was reported on August 25, 2023 in Curry County, Oregon and burned 22,170 acres. It was declared out on September 30, 2024.

Size
22,170 acres
Contained
95%
Discovered
August 25, 2023
Personnel
1

Map

Perimeter mapped November 4, 2024 at 2:25 PM PST, 22,167 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 42.746, -124.344.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Port Orford

The incident

Size
22,170 acres
Containment
95%
Discovered
August 25, 2023 at 12:23 PM PDT
Declared out
September 30, 2024 at 9:00 AM PDT
Cause
Undetermined
Location
In Grassy Knob Wilderness near Red Cedar Crk, 7.5 miles east of Port Orford, OR.
County
Curry County
State
Oregon
Nearest city reported
Port Orford
Protecting agency
USFS
Jurisdiction
USFS
Land ownership at origin
USFS
Personnel assigned
1
Incident management
Type 4 IC
Primary fuel
Timber (Litter and Understory)
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2023-ORRSF-000413
IRWIN identifier
BF2E0890-DA87-47BC-9A30-0062DB83B3FE

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 27, 2023 (26 acres) to November 4, 2024 (22,167 acres). The largest one-day growth was 5,217 acres, mapped September 15, 2023.

DayAcresChange
August 27, 202326
August 28, 2023260
August 29, 202345+19
August 30, 2023135+90
September 3, 2023299+164
September 5, 20232990
September 6, 2023301+2
September 7, 2023313+12
September 8, 2023331+18
September 9, 2023349+18
September 10, 2023386+37
September 11, 2023451+65
September 12, 2023587+136
September 13, 2023814+227
September 14, 20231,433+619
September 15, 20236,650+5,217
September 16, 20237,681+1,031
September 17, 20239,025+1,344
September 19, 202313,350+4,325
September 20, 202315,755+2,405
September 21, 202317,554+1,799
September 22, 202319,855+2,301
September 23, 202321,537+1,682
September 24, 202321,842+305
September 27, 202321,911+69
September 28, 202322,067+156
September 29, 202322,069+2
September 30, 202322,172+103
October 1, 202322,165-7
October 2, 202322,1650
October 3, 202322,1650
November 4, 202422,167+2

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Port Orford, 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 September 30, 2024 at 1:06 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-ORRSF-000413.