A 2026 wildfire atlas

Oregon’s three largest fire footprints, mapped in relief.

The season’s biggest burns sit far apart, but share a pattern: lightning, wind, and fast-moving fire across the dry interior.

OREGON BURNING

Three largest 2026 fire footprints · WFIGS perimeters and open terrain · snapshot September 5

2026 season Three fires. 1.26 million acres. Each marker is scaled by reported incident acreage.
REPORTED ACRES
WFIGS mapped perimeter

SEVEN DAYS OF IGNITIONS

July 15–25

BIG GRASS · MALHEUR COUNTY

578,637 acres

Started Jul 2394% containedLightning

ROWE CREEK COMPLEX · WHEELER COUNTY

373,927 acres

Started Jul 1599% containedLightning

COLEMAN CREEK · HARNEY COUNTY

308,863 acres

Started Jul 2599% containedLightning