Monkey Creek Fire

Perimeter mapped January 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM PST, 178,542 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.009, -119.186.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Heppner

Size

115,269 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM PDT

Contained

August 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT

Declared out

December 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST

Cause

Undetermined

Location

13 miles SW Ukiah, OR

County

Morrow County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

BLM

Jurisdiction

BLM

Land ownership at origin

BLM

Personnel assigned

111

Incident management

Type 1 Team, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$86,240,000

Part of

Battle Mountain Complex

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2024-ORPRD-050265

IRWIN identifier

4C740D60-3EA2-40AE-9400-397A37D93A28

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 19, 2024 (544 acres) to January 29, 2026 (178,542 acres). The largest one-day growth was 77,446 acres, mapped July 25, 2024.

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Heppner, OR covers the area today.

• Heppner, OR30 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Pilot Rock, OR37 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• John Day, OR43 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Pendleton, OR50 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Mission, OR52 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Stanfield, OR53 miles north of the fire’s origin