Elbow Creek

Unit Information

Umatilla National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
72510 Coyote Road
Pendleton, OR 97801

Incident Contact

Tom Fields
Email: 2021.elbowcreek@firenet.gov
Phone: 541-805-2784
Hours: 7am - 9pm

Highlighted Activity

08/02/2021 Elbow Creek Fire Evening Update - August 2, 2021

Wallowa, OR – Due to the reduced complexity of the Elbow Creek Fire, Oregon Department of Forestry’s Type 1 Incident Management Team 3 will hand the fire over to a smaller Type 3 organization...

News - 08/02/2021

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The Elbow Creek Fire, located approximately 17 miles northwest of Wallowa, is burning on both sides of the Grande Ronde River and is on or threatening Umatilla National Forest lands, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest lands, Vale District Bureau of Land Management lands and Oregon Department of Forestry protected lands. The fire was reported on Thursday, July 15 and is burning in grass and timber.

Basic Information

Current as of
Incident Type	Wildfire
Cause	Unknown
Date of Origin	Thursday July 15th, 2021 approx. 02:45 PM
Location	Located in the Grande Ronde River drainage near Mud Springs, approximately 31 miles southeast of Walla Walla, Washington.
Incident Commander	ODF IMT 3, Link Smith IC
Incident Description	Active, Spotting, Torching
Coordinates	45.867 latitude, -117.619 longitude

Current Situation

Total Personnel	623
Size	22,960 Acres
Percent of Perimeter Contained	95%

Outlook

Projected Incident Activity	Firefighter and public safety are the priority. Mop up objectives are going according to plan on all divisions. Contingency group will continue to finish work along the 62 Road.