Baker County, Oregon · Wildfire
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The Powder River Fire is a wildfire near Baker County, Oregon. It has burned about 8,500 acres (about 6,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 0% of its edge; the other 100% isn't contained yet. It was first reported 2 days ago. About 51 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
98°F · Smoke
Wind 10 to 14 mph WNW · 11% chance of rain
Tonight
64°F · Smoke
Wind 6 to 15 mph WNW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday
98°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 9 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday Night
68°F · Smoke
Wind 3 to 9 mph WNW · 1% chance of rain
Monday
99°F · Partly Sunny
Wind 5 to 13 mph NW · 1% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:36 p.m. CDT.
About 51 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 IC. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $300,000 has been spent on it so far.
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