Flat Top Fire
The Flat Top Fire was reported on September 6, 2024 in Lake County, Oregon and burned 36,472 acres. It was declared out on December 17, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 36,472 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2024
- Personnel
- 33
Map
Perimeter mapped January 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM PST, 36,472 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 43.497, -121.102.
The incident
- Size
- 36,472 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2024 at 6:57 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- December 17, 2024 at 1:35 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 17, 2024 at 1:35 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles N of Fort Rock, OR
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- LaPine
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 33
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,840,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-ORDEF-000845
- IRWIN identifier
- 787CAA3F-E493-4208-AC12-E256D4B0D05C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 7, 2024 (0 acres) to October 1, 2024 (36,472 acres). The largest one-day growth was 28,241 acres, mapped September 10, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2024 | 0 | |
| September 8, 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| September 9, 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| September 10, 2024 | 28,241 | +28,241 |
| September 11, 2024 | 24,796 | -3,445 |
| September 14, 2024 | 30,643 | +5,847 |
| September 15, 2024 | 34,985 | +4,342 |
| September 16, 2024 | 35,433 | +448 |
| September 17, 2024 | 35,433 | 0 |
| September 18, 2024 | 35,456 | +23 |
| September 19, 2024 | 35,783 | +327 |
| September 20, 2024 | 35,942 | +159 |
| September 21, 2024 | 36,288 | +346 |
| September 22, 2024 | 36,362 | +74 |
| September 25, 2024 | 36,399 | +37 |
| September 26, 2024 | 36,470 | +71 |
| September 27, 2024 | 36,472 | +2 |
| October 1, 2024 | 36,472 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for La Pine, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- La Pine, OR23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Three Rivers, OR29 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sunriver, OR32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Deschutes River Woods, OR37 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Bend, OR40 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Redmond, OR54 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 January 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM PST. Identifier 2024-ORDEF-000845.