Castle Fire (OR)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 23 Miles NE from Tiller, OR
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 236
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Active, Torching, Short-range Spotting
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning for five days in Douglas County, Oregon, the natural-caused Castle Fire has spread across 1,550 acres at an approximate daily rate of 310 acres. Located 23 miles northeast of Tiller, the active timber-fueled blaze continues to exhibit torching and short-range spotting while sitting at zero percent containment. Satellites have registered 18 heat detections near the perimeter over the past 48 hours, illustrating the fire's recent footprint.
A Type 3 Incident management team consisting of 236 personnel is currently overseeing the federal USFS response to the incident. Operations to suppress the blaze have accumulated $500,000 in costs as crews work to contain the active fire behavior.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 5 days. So far it has affected roughly 1,550 acres — about 6.3 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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