Buck Gulch Fire
The Buck Gulch Fire was reported on July 8, 2026 in Grant County, Oregon and has burned 0.1 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 0 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 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 44.746, -118.494.
The incident
- Size
- 0 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Grant County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORUMF-000233
- IRWIN identifier
- CED71166-09DF-4D9F-9020-013F6570753E
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 3 mph from the southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 30%
- High of 73°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, 5:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Prairie City, OR22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- John Day, OR32 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Baker City, OR32 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Union, OR44 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- La Grande, OR45 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Island City, OR47 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORUMF-000233.