Elk Fire
The Elk Fire was reported on July 8, 2025 in Klamath County, Oregon and burned 2,637 acres. It was declared out on November 12, 2025.
- Size
- 2,637 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2025
- Personnel
- 26
Map
Perimeter mapped July 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM PDT, 2,637 acres (digitized-other). Point of origin 42.324, -121.362.
The incident
- Size
- 2,637 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM PST
- Declared out
- November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 Miles SW from Beatty, OR
- County
- Klamath County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Beatty
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 26
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-OR981S-250308
- IRWIN identifier
- 0114215F-641A-4167-AE01-BC113B909073
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 9, 2025 (501 acres) to July 20, 2025 (2,637 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,845 acres, mapped July 11, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2025 | 501 | |
| July 10, 2025 | 846 | +345 |
| July 11, 2025 | 2,691 | +1,845 |
| July 12, 2025 | 2,697 | +6 |
| July 13, 2025 | 2,640 | -57 |
| July 14, 2025 | 2,699 | +59 |
| July 17, 2025 | 2,640 | -59 |
| July 18, 2025 | 2,640 | 0 |
| July 19, 2025 | 2,640 | 0 |
| July 20, 2025 | 2,637 | -3 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Altamont, 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 August 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-OR981S-250308.