Jackass Butte Fire

Perimeter mapped July 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM PDT, 24,723 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 43.045, -118.956.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Hines

Size

24,724 acres

Containment

92%

Discovered

July 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

40 Miles S from Burns, OR

County

Harney County

State

Oregon

Nearest city reported

Burns, OR

Protecting agency

BLM

Jurisdiction

BLM

Land ownership at origin

BLM

Personnel assigned

3

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$3,098,452

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORBUD-002694

IRWIN identifier

0C7A5B02-3B18-4CED-B10B-E9C315773C19

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 26, 2026 (18,449 acres) to August 18, 2026 (24,723 acres). The largest one-day growth was 5,108 acres, mapped July 28, 2026.

• Wind up to 9 mph from the east-northeast
• Relative humidity as low as 20%
• High of 76°F

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

Full forecast for Hines, 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 0.3 µg/m³ around Mon, 4:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Hines, OR36 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Burns, OR38 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Lakeview, OR92 miles southwest of the fire’s origin