Butte Creek Fire
The Butte Creek Fire was reported on May 25, 2025 in Wheeler County, Oregon and burned 1,776 acres. It was declared out on June 19, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,776 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 25, 2025
- Personnel
- 35
Map
Perimeter mapped October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM PDT, 1,777 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.061, -120.479.
The incident
- Size
- 1,776 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM PDT
- Contained
- May 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- June 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 9 Miles N of Clarno, OR
- County
- Wheeler County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Clarno, OR
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 35
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-ORPRD-000163
- IRWIN identifier
- EDF01062-9EC8-407D-BE96-3BABA4BE44D9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fossil, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fossil, OR14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Madras, OR43 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, OR44 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Heppner, OR49 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- The Dalles, OR50 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Dallesport, WA51 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
Oregon wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-ORPRD-000163.