Simnasho Fire
The Simnasho Fire was reported on July 21, 2023 in Wasco County, Oregon and burned 1,280 acres. It is 95 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,280 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 21, 2023
- Personnel
- 45
Map
Perimeter mapped December 10, 2024 at 11:43 AM PST, 1,266 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.969, -121.447.
The incident
- Size
- 1,280 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 21, 2023 at 6:30 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Highway 26 and Highway 9. Warm Springs Reservation.
- County
- Wasco County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Warm Springs
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 45
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $456,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-ORWSA-000063
- IRWIN identifier
- EE1765C0-6CE0-45F8-9210-FF7E34AA97B7
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 22, 2023 (2,225 acres) to December 10, 2024 (1,266 acres). The largest one-day growth was 335 acres, mapped December 10, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2023 | 2,225 | |
| July 24, 2023 | 931 | -1,294 |
| December 10, 2024 | 1,266 | +335 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Warm Springs, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Warm Springs, OR17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Madras, OR28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Culver, OR33 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mount Hood Village, OR37 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Terrebonne, OR45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- The Dalles, OR45 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 August 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-ORWSA-000063.