Golden Fire
The Golden Fire was reported on July 22, 2023 in Klamath County, Oregon and burned 2,137 acres. It was declared out on October 19, 2023.
- Size
- 2,137 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2023
- Personnel
- 68
Map
Perimeter mapped December 13, 2023 at 9:06 AM PST, 2,146 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 42.335, -121.405.
The incident
- Size
- 2,137 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2023 at 12:55 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 9, 2023 at 2:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 19, 2023 at 4:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 19, 2023 at 4:45 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Approximately 9 miles North of Bonanza
- County
- Klamath County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Bonanza
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 68
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-OR981S-230203
- IRWIN identifier
- 29AD6FD0-CEC2-4488-B46E-A9503B134A5C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 23, 2023 (2,052 acres) to July 30, 2023 (2,146 acres). The largest one-day growth was 60 acres, mapped July 25, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2023 | 2,052 | |
| July 24, 2023 | 2,052 | 0 |
| July 25, 2023 | 2,112 | +60 |
| July 26, 2023 | 2,142 | +30 |
| July 27, 2023 | 2,146 | +4 |
| July 30, 2023 | 2,146 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Altamont, 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 October 24, 2023 at 9:31 AM PDT. Identifier 2023-OR981S-230203.