Wildfire — Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County, Oregon

2025-07-07 to 2025-07-25 · Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County, Oregon

Event narrative

The Elk Wildfire was discovered on July 7th. The fire started 7 miles southwest of Beatty in Klamath County, Oregon. The fire was lightning caused. As of 530 AM PST on July 25th, it had burned 2,637 acres, was 100% contained, no structures had been destroyed, and it had cost $ 17.8M.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290240. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.