Service Fire
The Service Fire was reported on September 6, 2024 in Wheeler County, Oregon and burned 23,905 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 23,905 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2024
- Personnel
- 53
Map
Perimeter mapped March 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM PDT, 23,890 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.901, -120.058.
The incident
- Size
- 23,905 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2024 at 4:49 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10.2 MILES EAST OF FOSSIL, OR
- County
- Wheeler County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- FOSSIL, OREGON
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 53
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $28,931,000
- Part of
- Fossil Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-OR953S-024274
- IRWIN identifier
- BDCDCFAB-53CD-405B-9A0D-4183CA557D5C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 6, 2024 (10 acres) to March 13, 2025 (23,890 acres). The largest one-day growth was 9,779 acres, mapped September 10, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2024 | 10 | |
| September 7, 2024 | 789 | +779 |
| September 8, 2024 | 3,869 | +3,080 |
| September 10, 2024 | 13,648 | +9,779 |
| September 11, 2024 | 21,888 | +8,240 |
| September 12, 2024 | 23,503 | +1,615 |
| September 13, 2024 | 23,615 | +112 |
| September 14, 2024 | 23,874 | +259 |
| September 15, 2024 | 23,889 | +15 |
| September 16, 2024 | 23,890 | +1 |
| September 17, 2024 | 23,890 | 0 |
| September 18, 2024 | 23,890 | 0 |
| March 13, 2025 | 23,890 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fossil, OR covers the area today.
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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 March 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM PST. Identifier 2024-OR953S-024274.