0502 Fire
The 0502 Fire was reported on July 16, 2026 in Wheeler County, Oregon and burned 1,816 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,816 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 44.829, -120.297.
The incident
- Size
- 1,816 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- null Miles null from null,
- County
- Wheeler County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Part of
- Rowe Creek Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORPRD-000502
- IRWIN identifier
- A430CF58-32E0-4019-8252-9B283AFD65E9
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 7 mph from the east
- Relative humidity as low as 28%
- High of 80°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.6 µg/m³ around Sun, 5:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 19, 2026 at 5:11 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORPRD-000502.