2026 Baker County, Oregon Wildfires

United States › Oregon › Baker County

4 Active Fires
114,613 Acres Burning Slightly larger than the city of Denver
9 2026 Season Fires ▲ +8 (+800%) vs same period last year
116,965 2026 Season Acres ▲ +116,845 (+97371%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Baker County

Aug 22 Started Summit Lake Fire
Aug 22 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Gimlet Fire
Aug 22 Started Dutch Flat Fire
Aug 22 Started 310 acres 238 football fields North Pole Fire
Jul 25 Started 851 acres About the size of Central Park Bob Creek Fire
Jul 24 Started 78,903 acres 3.0x the size of Galveston Island Slightly smaller than the city of Denver Fox Fire

Largest wildfires in Baker County this season

78,903 Acres 3.0x the size of Galveston Island Slightly smaller than the city of Denver Fox Fire Baker City
21,088 Acres 4.1x the size of JFK Airport 25.0x the size of Central Park Powder River Fire Baker City
2,585 Acres 3.1x the size of Central Park Anthony Fire La Grande
1,500 Acres 1.8x the size of Central Park Frontage Fire Weiser
851 Acres About the size of Central Park Bob Creek Fire Joseph
310 Acres 238 football fields North Pole Fire Baker City

All 2026 Baker County Fires · 9 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Baker County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Baker County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Baker County is listed too, at its Baker County acres, and is not added to the Baker County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Baker County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Fox Fire Jul 24, 2026 100% Active 78,903 of 78,903 44.5158, -117.2351 44.4995, -117.2162
Powder River Fire Jul 17, 2026 100% Active 21,088 44.7298, -117.2725 44.7547, -117.2749
Anthony Fire Jul 9, 2026 96% Active 2,540 of 2,585 44.9978, -118.1768 44.9927, -118.0995
Frontage Fire Jun 7, 2026 0% Inactive 1,500 44.3228, -117.2475 44.3048, -117.2327
Bob Creek Fire Jul 25, 2026 100% Inactive 851 44.9909, -116.8785 44.9956, -116.8869
North Pole Fire Aug 22, 2026 0% Active 310 44.8528, -118.1956 44.8452, -118.1965
Gimlet Fire Aug 22, 2026 — Inactive 1 44.7274, -118.2847 44.7259, -118.2824
Summit Lake Fire Aug 22, 2026 — Inactive 0 44.8838, -118.1972 44.8842, -118.1943
Dutch Flat Fire Aug 22, 2026 — Inactive 0 44.9466, -118.1588 44.9403, -118.1532
Also burned into Baker County
Mc Culley Fire from Grant County Aug 22, 2026 61% Active 11,637 of 13,561 44.8429, -118.2586 44.8279, -118.2808
Salmon Fire from Grant County Jul 8, 2026 95% Active 135 of 1,433 44.7154, -118.5128 44.7133, -118.5366
Greenhorn Fire from Grant County Jul 8, 2026 — Inactive 0 of 8 44.7042, -118.5264 44.7133, -118.5158
Totals 2026 Season Fires 9 Active Fires 4 Acres Burning 114,613 2026 Season Acres 116,965

Land cover · Baker County 2026

Burned acres in Baker County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Baker County % of burned % of Baker County
Forest 12,268 11.6% 36.6%
Range (shrubland) 58,740 55.5% 38.8%
Grassland 32,890 31.1% 19.7%
Other 1,936 1.8% 4.9%
Burned in from another county 11,774 — —
Measured acres in Baker County 105,835 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Baker County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Fox Fire 78,903 78,906 8,160 44,313 24,881 1,552 0
Powder River Fire 21,088 21,087 1,043 13,677 6,076 291 0
Anthony Fire 2,585 2,538 (of 2,582) 2,537 0 0 1 0
Frontage Fire 1,500 1,940 1 460 1,405 74 0
Bob Creek Fire 851 851 42 282 525 2 0
North Pole Fire 310 510 483 8 2 17 0
Gimlet Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Summit Lake Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mc Culley Fire burned in from Grant County 13,561 11,638 (of 13,559) 11,084 143 156 256 0
Salmon Fire burned in from Grant County 1,433 135 (of 1,433) 113 14 0 8 0
Fires awaiting measurement
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Dutch Flat Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 9 105,238
Offered to measurement 9 105,238
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 8 105,238
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Baker County 0 0
Measured acres in Baker County 8 105,835
Measured acres outside Baker County — 44
Whole perimeter acres — 105,879
Reported minus measured — -641
Burned in from another county 2 11,774

Forest ownership · Baker County 2026

Burned forest acres in Baker County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Baker County % of burned forest % of Baker County's forestland
Public 7,394 60.3% 76.8%
Federal 7,394 60.3% 75.9%
State 0 0.0% 0.8%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 4,002 32.6% 23.2%
Family 4,002 32.6% 18.4%
Corporate 0 0.0% 3.9%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.9%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 872 7.1% —
Burned in from another county 11,197 — —
Burned forest in Baker County 12,268 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Baker County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Fox Fire 8,160 4,481 0 0 0 3,037 642
Anthony Fire 2,537 2,489 0 0 0 0 48
Powder River Fire 1,043 25 0 0 0 856 163
North Pole Fire 483 366 0 0 0 104 13
Bob Creek Fire 42 31 0 0 0 5 6
Gimlet Fire 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Frontage Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Summit Lake Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mc Culley Fire burned in from Grant County 11,084 8,913 0 0 0 1,228 943
Salmon Fire burned in from Grant County 113 50 0 0 0 15 48

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 55,165 12,268
Land cover Forest cells 55,165 12,268
Equal 55,165

Search Fires

🔥 Fox Fire Active 2026
Started: Jul 24 78,903 acre 100% contained
Near Baker City · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 North Pole Fire Active 2026
Started: Aug 22 310 acre 0% contained
Near Baker City · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 Powder River Fire Active 2026
Started: Jul 17 21,088 acre 100% contained
Near Baker City · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 Summit Lake Fire 2026
Started: Aug 22 0 acre
Near Baker City · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 Gimlet Fire 2026
Started: Aug 22 1 acre
Near Baker City · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 Dutch Flat Fire 2026
Started: Aug 22 0 acre
Near Baker City · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 Bob Creek Fire 2026
Started: Jul 25 851 acre 100% contained
Near Joseph · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 Anthony Fire Active 2026
Started: Jul 9 2,585 acre 96% contained
Near La Grande · Baker County, Oregon
🔥 Frontage Fire 2026
Started: Jun 7 1,500 acre 0% contained
Near Weiser, Idaho · Baker County, Oregon