Bald Mountain Fire (OR)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 50 Miles SE from Burns, OR
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 39
- Complexity
- Type 1 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Active, Wind Driven Runs, Running, Flanking
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Burning across federal lands in Harney County, Oregon, the wind-driven Bald Mountain Fire has rapidly expanded over five days of active fire behavior, averaging 6,427 acres per day to reach 32,137 acres. Located 50 miles southeast of Burns, the blaze is fueled by short grass and exhibits running and flanking characteristics with only 1 percent containment. Satellites are picking up 101 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the broad spread of the active front.
A Complex Incident Management Team and 39 personnel assigned by the BLM are managing the natural-cause Type 1 incident, which has accumulated costs of $886,826.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 5 days. So far it has affected roughly 32,137 acres — about 130 km². Crews have contained 1% of the perimeter, but most of the fire line is still open.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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