Chalk Fire
The Chalk Fire was reported on July 17, 2024 in Lane County, Oregon and burned 6,015 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,015 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2024
- Personnel
- 197
Map
Perimeter mapped November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM PST, 6,015 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 43.887, -122.431.
The incident
- Size
- 6,015 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2024 at 11:36 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Nine miles north of Oakridge, Oregon.
- County
- Lane County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Oakridge
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 197
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $16,860,442
- Part of
- Willamette Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-ORWIF-240203
- IRWIN identifier
- C506F2C7-1A5D-4260-A4FC-98232A807266
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 22, 2024 (6,175 acres) to November 3, 2025 (6,015 acres). The largest one-day growth was 605 acres, mapped July 24, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2024 | 6,175 | |
| July 23, 2024 | 1,822 | -4,353 |
| July 24, 2024 | 2,427 | +605 |
| July 25, 2024 | 2,701 | +274 |
| July 26, 2024 | 2,922 | +221 |
| July 27, 2024 | 3,072 | +150 |
| July 28, 2024 | 3,343 | +271 |
| July 29, 2024 | 3,616 | +273 |
| July 30, 2024 | 3,277 | -339 |
| July 31, 2024 | 3,525 | +248 |
| August 1, 2024 | 3,646 | +121 |
| August 3, 2024 | 3,808 | +162 |
| August 5, 2024 | 3,928 | +120 |
| August 6, 2024 | 4,038 | +110 |
| August 7, 2024 | 4,325 | +287 |
| August 8, 2024 | 4,799 | +474 |
| August 9, 2024 | 4,907 | +108 |
| August 11, 2024 | 5,296 | +389 |
| August 12, 2024 | 5,421 | +125 |
| August 13, 2024 | 5,449 | +28 |
| August 14, 2024 | 5,512 | +63 |
| August 15, 2024 | 5,541 | +29 |
| August 16, 2024 | 5,607 | +66 |
| August 17, 2024 | 5,654 | +47 |
| August 18, 2024 | 5,663 | +9 |
| August 20, 2024 | 5,676 | +13 |
| August 21, 2024 | 5,676 | 0 |
| August 26, 2024 | 5,689 | +13 |
| August 27, 2024 | 5,692 | +3 |
| August 28, 2024 | 5,696 | +4 |
| August 29, 2024 | 5,700 | +4 |
| August 30, 2024 | 5,774 | +74 |
| August 31, 2024 | 5,776 | +2 |
| September 1, 2024 | 5,782 | +6 |
| September 2, 2024 | 5,788 | +6 |
| September 4, 2024 | 5,797 | +9 |
| September 5, 2024 | 5,817 | +20 |
| September 6, 2024 | 5,872 | +55 |
| September 7, 2024 | 5,926 | +54 |
| September 8, 2024 | 5,945 | +19 |
| September 9, 2024 | 5,964 | +19 |
| September 10, 2024 | 5,973 | +9 |
| September 11, 2024 | 5,987 | +14 |
| September 14, 2024 | 5,991 | +4 |
| September 15, 2024 | 5,992 | +1 |
| September 19, 2024 | 5,994 | +2 |
| September 20, 2024 | 5,996 | +2 |
| September 21, 2024 | 5,996 | 0 |
| September 22, 2024 | 5,997 | +1 |
| September 23, 2024 | 5,999 | +2 |
| September 27, 2024 | 6,003 | +4 |
| September 28, 2024 | 6,006 | +3 |
| September 29, 2024 | 6,006 | 0 |
| September 30, 2024 | 6,006 | 0 |
| October 1, 2024 | 6,009 | +3 |
| October 2, 2024 | 6,010 | +1 |
| October 6, 2024 | 6,011 | +1 |
| November 3, 2025 | 6,015 | +4 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oakridge, 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 August 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-ORWIF-240203.