Coyote Fire
The Coyote Fire was reported on July 16, 2026 in Crook County, Oregon and has burned 17,460 acres. It is 99 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 17,460 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped July 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM PDT, 17,460 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 44.100, -120.493.
The incident
- Size
- 17,460 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5 Miles S from POST, OR
- County
- Crook County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Complex Incident Management Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $21,650,824
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-OROCF-000500
- IRWIN identifier
- E602A548-46C4-4074-A213-3E7C70FA9444
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 17, 2026 (2,038 acres) to August 23, 2026 (17,460 acres). The largest one-day growth was 12,566 acres, mapped July 19, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | 2,038 | |
| July 19, 2026 | 14,605 | +12,567 |
| July 20, 2026 | 16,689 | +2,084 |
| July 21, 2026 | 17,342 | +653 |
| July 22, 2026 | 17,406 | +64 |
| July 24, 2026 | 17,437 | +31 |
| July 25, 2026 | 17,446 | +9 |
| July 26, 2026 | 17,447 | +1 |
| July 27, 2026 | 17,480 | +33 |
| July 28, 2026 | 17,483 | +3 |
| July 29, 2026 | 17,476 | -7 |
| July 30, 2026 | 17,488 | +12 |
| July 31, 2026 | 17,465 | -23 |
| August 1, 2026 | 17,448 | -17 |
| August 10, 2026 | 17,448 | 0 |
| August 12, 2026 | 17,459 | +11 |
| August 19, 2026 | 17,459 | 0 |
| August 23, 2026 | 17,460 | +1 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 9 mph from the northwest
- Relative humidity as low as 23%
- High of 75°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 0.3 µg/m³ around Tue, 12:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Prineville, OR22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Redmond, OR36 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Terrebonne, OR38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bend, OR41 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Deschutes River Woods, OR44 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Culver, OR46 miles northwest 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 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-OROCF-000500.