2026 Wheeler County, Oregon Wildfires

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3 Active Fires
216,578 Acres Burning Slightly smaller than Los Angeles
7 2026 Season Fires ▲ +6 (+600%) vs same period last year
216,676 2026 Season Acres ▲ +211,564 (+4139%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Wheeler County

Aug 14 Started 483 acres 57% the size of Central Park 372 football fields 0722 Rosenbaum Fire
Jul 24 Started 73,183 acres 5.0x the size of Manhattan 14.1x the size of JFK Airport Shingle Fire
Jul 24 Started 10 acres 8 football fields 0610 Fire
Jul 24 Started 5 acres 4 football fields 0607 Iron Fire
Jul 23 Started 298 acres 229 football fields 0594 Fire
Jul 16 Started 5,000 acres About the size of JFK Airport 5.9x the size of Central Park 0501 Pat'S Cabin Fire

Largest wildfires in Wheeler County this season

381,625 Acres 3.8x the size of the city of Denver Slightly larger than Los Angeles Rowe Creek Complex Fire Fossil
73,183 Acres 5.0x the size of Manhattan 14.1x the size of JFK Airport Shingle Fire Fossil
483 Acres 57% the size of Central Park 372 football fields 0722 Rosenbaum Fire Fossil
68 Acres 52 football fields 0396 Pine Canyon Fire Fossil
15 Acres 12 football fields Kahler Creek Fire Heppner
10 Acres 8 football fields 0610 Fire Fossil

All 2026 Wheeler County Fires · 7 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Wheeler County is listed too, at its Wheeler County acres, and is not added to the Wheeler County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Wheeler 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
Rowe Creek Complex Fire Jul 16, 2026 0% Active 142,912 of 381,625 44.7884, -120.3175 43.6167, -116.2000
0445 Crosswhite Fire Jul 16, 2026 93% Active 342,923 44.6123, -120.4893 44.8033, -120.1992
0450 Cove Creek Fire Jul 16, 2026 0% Inactive 12,000 44.9186, -120.3444 44.8868, -120.3363
0485 Deep Canyon Fire Jul 16, 2026 100% Inactive 9,170 44.8947, -120.8238 44.8947, -120.8700
0446 Camel Hump Fire Jul 16, 2026 90% Active 6,789 44.7580, -120.0287 44.7617, -120.0520
0501 Pat'S Cabin Fire Jul 16, 2026 100% Inactive 5,000 44.7139, -120.3370 44.7440, -120.3561
0432 Fire Jul 15, 2026 100% Inactive 2,183 44.9670, -120.7560 45.0036, -120.7520
0489 Parrish Fire Jul 16, 2026 100% Inactive 404 44.7245, -119.8494 44.7757, -119.8269
0444 Twickenham Fire Jul 16, 2026 0% Inactive 400 44.7663, -120.1756 44.7585, -120.1798
0594 Fire Jul 23, 2026 100% Inactive 298 44.6976, -120.1353 44.7013, -120.1451
0442 Redrock Fire Jul 16, 2026 100% Inactive 252 44.7620, -120.2098 44.7594, -120.2143
0482 Cherry Creek Fire Jul 16, 2026 100% Inactive 16 44.7294, -120.4331 44.7315, -120.4312
Shingle Fire Jul 24, 2026 95% Active 73,183 44.4432, -119.7888 44.4686, -119.8958
0722 Rosenbaum Fire Aug 14, 2026 100% Active 483 44.8364, -120.0460 44.8441, -120.0437
0396 Pine Canyon Fire Jul 8, 2026 — Inactive 68 44.7441, -120.0335 44.7602, -120.0314
Kahler Creek Fire Jul 16, 2026 — Inactive 15 44.8981, -119.6856 44.8868, -119.6817
0610 Fire Jul 24, 2026 — Inactive 10 44.8486, -119.9843 44.8488, -119.9857
0607 Iron Fire Jul 24, 2026 — Inactive 5 44.6861, -119.9039 44.7033, -119.9085
Totals 2026 Season Fires 7 Active Fires 3 Acres Burning 216,578 2026 Season Acres 216,676

Land cover · Wheeler County 2026

Burned acres in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County % of burned % of Wheeler County
Forest 78,532 34.3% 47.0%
Range (shrubland) 121,218 53.0% 37.4%
Grassland 24,821 10.8% 13.6%
Other 4,249 1.9% 2.0%
Burned in from another county 22 — —
Measured acres in Wheeler County 228,821 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Wheeler County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
0445 Crosswhite Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 342,923 139,046 (of 355,057) 25,974 92,004 18,407 2,662 0
Shingle Fire 73,183 73,187 47,153 20,394 4,360 1,280 0
0450 Cove Creek Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 12,000 7,206 2,159 4,406 525 115 0
0446 Camel Hump Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 6,789 6,787 2,327 3,184 1,106 170 0
0501 Pat'S Cabin Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 5,000 774 232 527 14 1 0
0722 Rosenbaum Fire 483 483 368 106 4 5 0
0489 Parrish Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 404 406 91 209 106 0 0
0594 Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 298 300 109 124 65 1 0
0442 Redrock Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 252 257 0 42 200 15 0
0444 Twickenham Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 400 254 89 158 6 1 0
0396 Pine Canyon Fire 68 88 12 50 26 0 0
Kahler Creek Fire 15 16 10 3 3 0 0
0610 Fire 10 16 4 12 0 0 0
0607 Iron Fire 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
0567 Fire burned in from another county 43,818 22 (of 43,809) 1 0 20 1 0
Fires awaiting measurement
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
0485 Deep Canyon Fire 9,170 9,172 Every cell outside Wheeler County
0432 Fire 2,183 2,185 Every cell outside Wheeler County
0482 Cherry Creek Fire 16 17 Every cell outside Wheeler County
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 7 455,389
Offered to measurement 17 453,199
Complex roll-up residue — 2,190
Fires with cells 14 441,830
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Wheeler County 3 11,369
Measured acres in Wheeler County 14 228,821
Measured acres outside Wheeler County — 216,011
Whole perimeter acres — 444,832
Reported minus measured — -3,002
Burned in from another county 1 22

Forest ownership · Wheeler County 2026

Burned forest acres in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County % of burned forest % of Wheeler County's forestland
Public 33,159 42.2% 38.7%
Federal 32,805 41.8% 36.2%
State 354 0.5% 2.5%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 524 0.7% 0.6%
Tribal 524 0.7% 0.6%
Private 31,402 40.0% 60.7%
Family 16,120 20.5% 35.2%
Corporate 15,282 19.5% 25.4%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 13,447 17.1% —
Burned in from another county 1 — —
Burned forest in Wheeler County 78,532 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Wheeler County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Shingle Fire 47,153 26,830 0 0 0 17,228 3,095
0445 Crosswhite Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 25,974 5,360 117 0 522 12,159 7,815
0446 Camel Hump Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 2,327 51 12 0 0 1,199 1,065
0450 Cove Creek Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 2,159 443 0 0 2 488 1,227
0722 Rosenbaum Fire 368 0 121 0 0 182 66
0501 Pat'S Cabin Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 232 111 0 0 0 23 98
0594 Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 109 0 98 0 0 0 12
0489 Parrish Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 91 0 0 0 0 82 9
0444 Twickenham Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 89 0 0 0 0 38 51
0396 Pine Canyon Fire 12 0 2 0 0 2 8
Kahler Creek Fire 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
0610 Fire 4 0 3 0 0 0 2
0607 Iron Fire 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
0442 Redrock Fire in Rowe Creek Complex Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0567 Fire burned in from another county 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 353,120 78,532
Land cover Forest cells 353,120 78,532
Equal 353,120

Search Fires

🔥 Rowe Creek Complex Fire Active Complex 2026
Started: Jul 16 381,625 acre 0% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 Shingle Fire Active 2026
Started: Jul 24 73,183 acre 95% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0722 Rosenbaum Fire Active 2026
Started: Aug 14 483 acre 100% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0610 Fire 2026
Started: Jul 24 10 acre
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0607 Iron Fire 2026
Started: Jul 24 5 acre
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0594 Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 23 298 acre 100% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0501 Pat'S Cabin Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 16 5,000 acre 100% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 Kahler Creek Fire 2026
Started: Jul 16 15 acre
Near Heppner · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0489 Parrish Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 16 404 acre 100% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0450 Cove Creek Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 16 12,000 acre 0% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0446 Camel Hump Fire Active Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 16 6,789 acre 90% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0444 Twickenham Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 16 400 acre 0% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0442 Redrock Fire Complex Member 2026
Started: Jul 16 252 acre 100% contained
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon
🔥 0396 Pine Canyon Fire 2026
Started: Jul 8 68 acre
Near Fossil · Wheeler County, Oregon