Cinder Butte Fire

Cinder Butte Fire
Cinder Butte Fire on 5 August 2017
Date(s)	2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) – 10 August 2017 (2017-08-10)
Location	Lake and Harney counties, Oregon, US
Coordinates	43°34′41″N 119°56′24″W / 43.578°N 119.94°W / 43.578; -119.94
Statistics
Burned area	52,462 acres (212 km2)
Land use	Public rangeland and lava beds
Ignition
Cause	Undetermined human cause
Map
Location of fire in Oregon

The Cinder Butte Fire was a wildfire that burned over 52,000 acres (210 km²) of Oregon rangeland during the summer of 2017. The fire began on 2 August 2017. It was determined to be human-caused since lightning was not present in the area prior to the initial fire report. The fire consumed rangeland vegetation and juniper woodlands in the area east of Glass Buttes in northern Lake County and then spread into northwestern Harney County. Most of the burned area was on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Firefighters battled the blaze for over a week. At the peak of the firefighting effort, there were 496 firefighters working on the Cinder Butte Fire.