Coleman Creek Fire
The Coleman Creek Fire was reported on July 25, 2026 in Harney County, Oregon and burned 308,863 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 308,863 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2026
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped August 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM PDT, 308,864 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 43.590, -118.304.
The incident
- Size
- 308,863 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2026 at 5:40 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 Miles E from Juntura, OR
- County
- Harney County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Juntura
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 2 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,954,214
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORBUD-002696
- IRWIN identifier
- 79BBB8A2-E93C-4514-9DD2-55A7DE7F260C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 26, 2026 (126,931 acres) to August 28, 2026 (308,864 acres). The largest one-day growth was 35,733 acres, mapped August 1, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2026 | 126,931 | |
| July 27, 2026 | 146,293 | +19,362 |
| July 29, 2026 | 180,688 | +34,395 |
| July 30, 2026 | 204,279 | +23,591 |
| July 31, 2026 | 215,486 | +11,207 |
| August 1, 2026 | 251,219 | +35,733 |
| August 2, 2026 | 273,425 | +22,206 |
| August 3, 2026 | 275,847 | +2,422 |
| August 4, 2026 | 278,423 | +2,576 |
| August 5, 2026 | 309,803 | +31,380 |
| August 6, 2026 | 309,645 | -158 |
| August 7, 2026 | 308,721 | -924 |
| August 17, 2026 | 308,721 | 0 |
| August 18, 2026 | 308,864 | +143 |
| August 19, 2026 | 308,864 | 0 |
| August 28, 2026 | 308,864 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 12 mph from the northwest
- Relative humidity as low as 19%
- High of 79°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 1.1 µg/m³ around Wed, 3:00 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 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORBUD-002696.