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Buck Creek Fire

Unit Information

1301 S. G St. 
Lakeview, 
Oregon 
97630 
1301 S. G St. 
Lakeview, 
Oregon 
97630 

Incident Contacts

  • Buck Creek and Bowman Well Fires
    Email:
    2024.buckcreek@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    (541) 208-7112
    Hours:
    8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

News

Buck Creek Size: 5,647 acres | Reported Date: September 7 | Cause: Lightning   |  Containment: 10%Final Report: Bowman Well Size: 2,853 acres | Reported Date: September 6 | Cause: Lightning   |  Containment: 97%Total Resources Personnel: 673 | Crews: 17 |  Engines: 38| Water Tenders: 19 | Heavy Equipment: 15 |  Helicopters: 4
Buck Creek Size: 5,657 acres | Reported Date: September 7 | Cause: Lightning   |  Containment: 3%Bowman Well  Size: 2,853 acres | Reported Date: September 6 | Cause: Lightning   |   Containment: 97%Total Resources Personnel: 675 | Crews: 17 |  Engines: 35| Water Tenders: 16 | Heavy Equipment: 15 |  Helicopters: 5
Buck Creek Size: 5,119 acres | Reported Date: September 7 | Cause: Lightning   |  Containment: 0%BowmanWell  Size: 2,852 acres | Reported Date: September 6 | Cause: Lightning  |   Containment: 85%Total Resources Personnel: 629 |  Crews: 17  | Engines: 27 |  Water Tenders: 11|  Heavy Equipment: 10  | Helicopters: 8
Buck Creek Size: 5,062 acres | Reported Date: September 7 | Cause: Lightning   |  Containment: 0%Bowman Well  Size: 2,852 acres | Reported Date: September 6 | Cause: Lightning   |   Containment: 75%Total Resources  Personnel: 500 |  Crews: 13 |  Engines: 26 |  Water Tenders:  | Heavy Equipment: 8  |   Helicopters: 7
Buck Creek Size: 5,062 acres | Reported Date: September 7 | Cause: Lightning   |  Containment: 0%Bowman Well  Size: 2,727 acres | Reported Date: September 6 | Cause: Lightning   |   Containment: 15%Total Resources  Personnel: 419  | Crews: 11 |  Engines: 23 |  Water Tenders: 5 |  Heavy Equipment:  14 |  Helicopters: 3
(Silver Lake, Ore.) – The Buck Creek Fire is burning in heavy timber on the Fremont-Winema National Forest about 12 miles southwest of Silver Lake in a semi-primitive area of the Forest with limited road access.  The Bowman Well Fire is burning in sage brush, grass and juniper on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management about 3 miles northwest of Christmas Valley, Ore. Local resources aggressively worked day and night to suppress the fires while a national incident management team mobilized.
Buck Creek Size: 5,542 acres | Reported Date: September 7 | Cause: Lightning   |  Containment: 0%Bowman Well  Size: 2,853 acres | Reported Date: September 6 | Cause: Lightning   |   Containment: 95%Total Resources Personnel: 659 | Crews: 17 |  Engines: 33 | Water Tenders: 15 | Heavy Equipment: 14 |  Helicopters: 8