Crazy Creek Fire
The Crazy Creek Fire was reported on July 22, 2024 in Crook County, Oregon and burned 86,963 acres. It was fully contained on September 25, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 86,963 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2024
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped August 9, 2024 at 2:22 PM PDT, 86,963 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.358, -120.031.
The incident
- Size
- 86,963 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2024 at 11:07 AM PDT
- Contained
- September 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 27, 2024 at 5:27 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 N. of Paulina, OR
- County
- Crook County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Paulina, OR
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 2 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $38,300,735
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-OROCF-000501
- IRWIN identifier
- 4C03A7F1-6778-42DB-86EC-8DDC206076CB
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 24, 2024 (3,725 acres) to October 14, 2024 (86,963 acres). The largest one-day growth was 12,775 acres, mapped August 2, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2024 | 3,725 | |
| July 25, 2024 | 11,008 | +7,283 |
| July 26, 2024 | 12,481 | +1,473 |
| July 27, 2024 | 14,721 | +2,240 |
| July 28, 2024 | 17,164 | +2,443 |
| July 29, 2024 | 22,278 | +5,114 |
| July 30, 2024 | 28,064 | +5,786 |
| July 31, 2024 | 34,209 | +6,145 |
| August 1, 2024 | 35,433 | +1,224 |
| August 2, 2024 | 48,208 | +12,775 |
| August 3, 2024 | 60,091 | +11,883 |
| August 4, 2024 | 64,185 | +4,094 |
| August 5, 2024 | 71,625 | +7,440 |
| August 6, 2024 | 75,024 | +3,399 |
| August 7, 2024 | 78,260 | +3,236 |
| August 8, 2024 | 79,970 | +1,710 |
| August 9, 2024 | 81,085 | +1,115 |
| August 10, 2024 | 82,279 | +1,194 |
| August 11, 2024 | 84,512 | +2,233 |
| August 12, 2024 | 86,497 | +1,985 |
| August 13, 2024 | 86,601 | +104 |
| August 14, 2024 | 86,604 | +3 |
| August 15, 2024 | 86,892 | +288 |
| August 16, 2024 | 86,927 | +35 |
| August 17, 2024 | 86,955 | +28 |
| August 19, 2024 | 86,958 | +3 |
| October 14, 2024 | 86,963 | +5 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Prineville, 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 July 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM PDT. Identifier 2024-OROCF-000501.