Elbow Creek

Unit Information

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

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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 Description	active, spotting, torching
Coordinates	45.867 latitude, -117.619 longitude

Current Situation

Total Personnel	265
Size	22,960 Acres
Percent of Perimeter Contained	95%

Outlook

Projected Incident Activity	Firefighter and public safety are the priority. Command of fire has transitioned back to local units. Fire is in patrol status and will continue to have hand crews and engines assigned to it.