Box Springs Fire

No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 44.635, -120.499.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Prineville

Size

21,432 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

18 Miles W from MITCHELL, OR

County

Jefferson County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

DOF

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

209

Incident management

Complex Incident Management Team, Type 1 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$1,122,770

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-OR951S-000512

IRWIN identifier

7FEB8502-6A78-4387-B8A7-FE675182B1BB

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 19, 2026 (1,425 acres) to July 24, 2026 (21,423 acres). The largest one-day growth was 8,104 acres, mapped July 21, 2026.

• Wind up to 8 mph from the northwest
• Relative humidity as low as 32%
• High of 65°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Prineville, OR

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.

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 0.2 µg/m³ around Tue, 12:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Prineville, OR28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Madras, OR31 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Culver, OR36 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Warm Springs, OR39 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Terrebonne, OR39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Redmond, OR42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin