Henry Fire
The Henry Fire was reported on July 16, 2026 in Crook County, Oregon and has burned 29,844 acres. It is 99 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 29,844 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026
- Personnel
- 86
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 July 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM PDT, 29,844 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.121, -119.948.
The incident
- Size
- 29,844 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5 Miles S from PAULINA GUARD STATION, OR
- County
- Crook County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 86
- Incident management
- Complex Incident Management Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,193,360
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORPRD-000497
- IRWIN identifier
- F756826A-6A0B-4256-A3EC-311B5A56B2A3
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 18, 2026 (2,500 acres) to September 11, 2026 (29,844 acres). The largest one-day growth was 13,137 acres, mapped July 20, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2026 | 2,500 | |
| July 19, 2026 | 1,198 | -1,302 |
| July 20, 2026 | 14,335 | +13,137 |
| July 21, 2026 | 17,815 | +3,480 |
| July 22, 2026 | 20,151 | +2,336 |
| July 23, 2026 | 22,806 | +2,655 |
| July 24, 2026 | 24,996 | +2,190 |
| July 25, 2026 | 27,710 | +2,714 |
| July 26, 2026 | 28,827 | +1,117 |
| July 27, 2026 | 29,489 | +662 |
| July 28, 2026 | 29,489 | 0 |
| July 29, 2026 | 29,881 | +392 |
| July 30, 2026 | 29,872 | -9 |
| July 31, 2026 | 29,871 | -1 |
| August 2, 2026 | 29,850 | -21 |
| August 13, 2026 | 29,849 | -1 |
| August 20, 2026 | 29,844 | -5 |
| September 11, 2026 | 29,844 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 2 mph from the east
- Relative humidity as low as 21%
- High of 81°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 0.5 µg/m³ around Sun, 6:00 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 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORPRD-000497.