2026 Wasco County, Oregon Wildfires

United States › Oregon › Wasco County

1 Active Fires
118,806 Acres Burning Slightly larger than the city of Denver
5 2026 Season Fires ▼ -1 (-17%) vs same period last year
121,978 2026 Season Acres ▲ +80,185 (+192%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Wasco County

Jul 26 Started 93,999 acres About the size of the city of Denver 3.1x the size of San Francisco Grasshopper Fire
Jul 23 Started 191 acres 147 football fields 0586 Fire
Jul 23 Started 43,818 acres About the size of Washington D.C. 3.0x the size of Manhattan 0567 Fire
Jul 16 Started 9,170 acres 10.9x the size of Central Park 1.8x the size of JFK Airport 0485 Deep Canyon Fire
Jul 15 Started 2,183 acres 1.8x the size of Lincoln Park 0432 Fire
Jul 4 Started 1,347 acres Slightly larger than Lincoln Park 0380 Antelope Creek Fire

Largest wildfires in Wasco County this season

93,999 Acres About the size of the city of Denver 3.1x the size of San Francisco Grasshopper Fire Odell
1,634 Acres 1.9x the size of Central Park 0231 Zen Fire Fossil
1,347 Acres Slightly larger than Lincoln Park 0380 Antelope Creek Fire Fossil
226 Acres 174 football fields Lyle Hill Fire Chenoweth
191 Acres 147 football fields 0586 Fire Madras

All 2026 Wasco County Fires · 5 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Wasco 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 Wasco County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Wasco County is listed too, at its Wasco County acres, and is not added to the Wasco County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Wasco 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
Grasshopper Fire Jul 26, 2026 96% Active 66,891 of 93,999 45.3255, -121.4150 45.2425, -121.5373
0231 Zen Fire May 25, 2026 37% Inactive 1,634 44.8418, -120.4326 44.8560, -120.4432
0380 Antelope Creek Fire Jul 4, 2026 10% Inactive 1,347 44.9328, -120.7077 44.9275, -120.7224
Lyle Hill Fire Jun 28, 2026 100% Inactive 0 of 226 45.6957, -121.2690 45.7030, -121.2697
0586 Fire Jul 23, 2026 — Inactive 191 44.8363, -121.0027 44.8367, -120.9985
Also burned into Wasco County
Rowe Creek Complex Fire from Wheeler County Jul 16, 2026 0% Active 51,915 of 381,625 44.7884, -120.3175 43.6167, -116.2000
Totals 2026 Season Fires 5 Active Fires 1 Acres Burning 118,806 2026 Season Acres 121,978

Land cover · Wasco County 2026

Burned acres in Wasco 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 Wasco County % of burned % of Wasco County
Forest 53,732 76.9% 30.2%
Range (shrubland) 10,012 14.3% 23.2%
Grassland 5,229 7.5% 38.9%
Other 933 1.3% 7.6%
Burned in from another county 56,428 — —
Measured acres in Wasco County 69,906 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Wasco County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Grasshopper Fire 93,999 66,889 (of 93,989) 53,709 7,904 4,397 878 0
0231 Zen Fire 1,634 1,478 1 1,169 260 49 0
0380 Antelope Creek Fire 1,347 1,348 22 877 443 5 0
0586 Fire 191 192 0 62 129 0 0
0567 Fire burned in from another county 43,818 42,384 (of 43,809) 2,748 18,674 19,836 1,126 0
0485 Deep Canyon Fire burned in from another county 9,170 9,172 373 2,829 5,910 59 0
0432 Fire burned in from another county 2,183 2,185 2 1,018 1,100 65 0
0449 Porcupine Ridge Fire burned in from another county 79,200 1,340 (of 79,238) 101 903 286 50 0
0480 Wilcox Fire burned in from another county 0 1,340 (of 5,655) 101 904 286 50 0
0445 Crosswhite Fire burned in from another county 342,923 6 (of 355,057) 0 4 1 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Lyle Hill Fire 226 226 Every cell outside Wasco County
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 5 97,397
Offered to measurement 5 97,397
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 4 97,171
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Wasco County 1 226
Measured acres in Wasco County 4 69,906
Measured acres outside Wasco County — 27,101
Whole perimeter acres — 97,007
Reported minus measured — 164
Burned in from another county 6 56,428

Forest ownership · Wasco County 2026

Burned forest acres in Wasco 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 Wasco County % of burned forest % of Wasco County's forestland
Public 47,824 89.0% 38.4%
Federal 42,140 78.4% 33.1%
State 4,782 8.9% 4.5%
Local (county, city) 902 1.7% 0.8%
Tribal 0 0.0% 41.8%
Tribal 0 0.0% 41.8%
Private 4,498 8.4% 19.7%
Family 3,777 7.0% 15.8%
Corporate 721 1.3% 3.9%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 1,411 2.6% —
Burned in from another county 3,326 — —
Burned forest in Wasco County 53,732 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Wasco County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Grasshopper Fire 53,709 42,139 4,782 902 0 4,492 1,394
0380 Antelope Creek Fire 22 0 0 0 0 6 16
0231 Zen Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0586 Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0567 Fire burned in from another county 2,748 190 0 0 0 513 2,045
0485 Deep Canyon Fire burned in from another county 373 6 0 0 0 118 250
0449 Porcupine Ridge Fire burned in from another county 101 0 0 0 0 0 101
0480 Wilcox Fire burned in from another county 101 0 0 0 0 0 100
0432 Fire burned in from another county 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

1 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 241,608 53,732
Land cover Forest cells 241,608 53,732
Equal 241,608

Search Fires

🔥 Grasshopper Fire Active 2026
Started: Jul 26 93,999 acre 96% contained
Near Odell · Wasco County, Oregon
🔥 0586 Fire 2026
Started: Jul 23 191 acre
Near Madras · Wasco County, Oregon
🔥 0567 Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 23 43,818 acre 89% contained
Near Fossil · Wasco County, Oregon
🔥 0485 Deep Canyon Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 16 9,170 acre 100% contained
Near Madras · Wasco County, Oregon
🔥 0432 Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 15 2,183 acre 100% contained
Near Madras · Wasco County, Oregon
🔥 0380 Antelope Creek Fire 2026
Started: Jul 4 1,347 acre 10% contained
Near Fossil · Wasco County, Oregon
🔥 Lyle Hill Fire 2026
Started: Jun 28 226 acre 100% contained
Near Chenoweth · Wasco County, Oregon
🔥 0231 Zen Fire 2026
Started: May 25 1,634 acre 37% contained
Near Fossil · Wasco County, Oregon