2026 Malheur County, Oregon Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Malheur County
Largest wildfires in Malheur County this season
All 2026 Malheur County Fires · 17 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Malheur 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 Malheur County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Malheur County is listed too, at its Malheur County acres, and is not added to the Malheur County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Malheur County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman Creek Fire | Jul 25, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 211,774 of 308,863 | 43.6399, -118.0629 | 43.5588, -118.3812 |
| Hat Fire | Jul 24, 2026 | 100% | Active | 44,122 | 43.2405, -118.0455 | 43.2800, -118.1600 |
| Cow Fire | Jul 21, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 7,723 | 44.3410, -117.5557 | 44.3617, -117.5103 |
| Lytle Fire | Jun 22, 2026 | 75% | Inactive | 6,063 | 43.8892, -117.1846 | 43.9604, -117.2104 |
| Mitchell Springs Fire | Aug 25, 2026 | 75% | Inactive | 5,444 | 42.1111, -117.8791 | 42.2064, -117.7872 |
| Mustang Fire | Aug 25, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 5,000 | 42.6670, -117.4432 | 42.8560, -117.5209 |
| Dry Creek Fire | Jun 20, 2026 | 90% | Inactive | 3,205 | 42.6775, -117.6564 | 42.7200, -117.7140 |
| Whiskey Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | 20% | Inactive | 999 | 43.3508, -118.1845 | 43.3558, -118.1874 |
| Brogan Canyon Fire | Jul 21, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 319 | 44.2850, -117.5564 | 44.2752, -117.6092 |
| Clover Fire | Jun 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 253 | 43.7369, -117.1313 | 43.7441, -117.1386 |
| Wheel Fire | Sep 26, 2026 | — | Inactive | 119 | 44.2244, -117.1560 | 44.2342, -117.1694 |
| Keeney Pass Fire | Jun 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 93 | 43.9138, -117.1829 | 43.9125, -117.1780 |
| Bowden Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 64 | 42.5978, -117.8037 | 42.6410, -117.7915 |
| Jordan Creek Fire | Jul 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 56 | 42.9444, -117.2587 | 42.9516, -117.3098 |
| Annex Fire | Aug 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 53 | 44.2020, -117.0747 | 44.2357, -117.1362 |
| Mm 364 Fire | Aug 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.1627, -117.1178 | 44.1477, -117.1077 |
| Jaca Road Fire | Aug 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 42.9111, -117.0363 | 42.9048, -117.0487 |
| Also burned into Malheur County | ||||||
| Big Grass Fire from Owyhee County | Jul 23, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 189,047 of 578,637 | 42.5315, -116.8768 | 42.6292, -117.3350 |
| Bald Mountain Fire from Harney County | Jul 23, 2026 | 100% | Active | 5,045 of 76,443 | 42.9895, -118.3629 | 43.0087, -118.4744 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 17 | Active Fires 1 | Acres Burning 49,167 | 2026 Season Acres 479,379 | ||
Land cover · Malheur County 2026
Burned acres in Malheur 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.
Forest ownership · Malheur County 2026
Burned forest acres in Malheur 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.
Burn severity · Malheur County 2026
Burned acres in Malheur County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.