Telephone Fire
The Telephone Fire was reported on July 22, 2024 in Harney County, Oregon and burned 54,005 acres. It was declared out on December 3, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 54,005 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2024
- Personnel
- 485
Map
Perimeter mapped February 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM PST, 54,005 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 43.758, -118.862.
The incident
- Size
- 54,005 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2024 at 12:19 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 21, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 5, 2024 at 10:20 AM PST
- Declared out
- December 3, 2024 at 9:30 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 miles NE of Burns, OR
- County
- Harney County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Burns
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 485
- Incident management
- Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,119,266
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-ORMAF-002523
- IRWIN identifier
- 519E2182-1E7F-46F3-808E-1BE76AD6E506
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 22, 2024 (248 acres) to August 22, 2024 (54,024 acres). The largest one-day growth was 9,292 acres, mapped July 29, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2024 | 248 | |
| July 23, 2024 | 4,500 | +4,252 |
| July 24, 2024 | 9,000 | +4,500 |
| July 25, 2024 | 7,700 | -1,300 |
| July 26, 2024 | 12,181 | +4,481 |
| July 27, 2024 | 15,190 | +3,009 |
| July 28, 2024 | 22,429 | +7,239 |
| July 29, 2024 | 31,721 | +9,292 |
| July 30, 2024 | 36,668 | +4,947 |
| July 31, 2024 | 37,103 | +435 |
| August 1, 2024 | 38,954 | +1,851 |
| August 2, 2024 | 46,372 | +7,418 |
| August 3, 2024 | 49,821 | +3,449 |
| August 4, 2024 | 52,131 | +2,310 |
| August 5, 2024 | 52,300 | +169 |
| August 6, 2024 | 53,110 | +810 |
| August 7, 2024 | 53,388 | +278 |
| August 8, 2024 | 53,487 | +99 |
| August 9, 2024 | 53,765 | +278 |
| August 10, 2024 | 53,852 | +87 |
| August 11, 2024 | 53,944 | +92 |
| August 12, 2024 | 53,989 | +45 |
| August 13, 2024 | 53,989 | 0 |
| August 14, 2024 | 53,999 | +10 |
| August 15, 2024 | 54,034 | +35 |
| August 22, 2024 | 54,024 | -10 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Burns, 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 May 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-ORMAF-002523.