Bald Mountain Fire
The Bald Mountain Fire was reported on July 23, 2026 in Harney County, Oregon and burned 76,443 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 76,443 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2026
- Personnel
- 2
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
Perimeter mapped August 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT, 76,443 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 42.996, -118.474.
The incident
- Size
- 76,443 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 50 Miles SE from Burns, OR
- County
- Harney County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Burns, OR
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $17,004,151
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORBUD-002687
- IRWIN identifier
- 7820BFDB-1EDD-43FE-9B6E-2BD23FA5AF15
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 26, 2026 (9,009 acres) to August 18, 2026 (76,443 acres). The largest one-day growth was 232,278 acres, mapped August 11, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2026 | 9,009 | |
| July 27, 2026 | 32,137 | +23,128 |
| July 28, 2026 | 76,129 | +43,992 |
| July 29, 2026 | 84,255 | +8,126 |
| July 30, 2026 | 85,150 | +895 |
| July 31, 2026 | 85,357 | +207 |
| August 1, 2026 | 79,306 | -6,051 |
| August 2, 2026 | 78,235 | -1,071 |
| August 3, 2026 | 78,231 | -4 |
| August 5, 2026 | 76,028 | -2,203 |
| August 6, 2026 | 76,134 | +106 |
| August 8, 2026 | 76,490 | +356 |
| August 9, 2026 | 76,443 | -47 |
| August 11, 2026 | 308,721 | +232,278 |
| August 14, 2026 | 76,443 | -232,278 |
| August 18, 2026 | 76,443 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the east
- Relative humidity as low as 24%
- High of 74°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 0.4 µg/m³ around Sun, 4:00 AM 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 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORBUD-002687.