Olive Butte Fire
The Olive Butte Fire was reported on July 8, 2026 in Grant County, Oregon and burned 3,092 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,092 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped August 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM PDT, 3,092 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.745, -118.453.
The incident
- Size
- 3,092 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 34 Miles SW from Baker City, OR
- County
- Grant County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,605,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORWWF-000224
- IRWIN identifier
- 882DB1BE-B19E-4733-B3CD-2140C2C822BB
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 10, 2026 (74 acres) to August 6, 2026 (3,092 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,256 acres, mapped July 12, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2026 | 74 | |
| July 11, 2026 | 386 | +312 |
| July 12, 2026 | 1,642 | +1,256 |
| July 13, 2026 | 1,720 | +78 |
| July 14, 2026 | 2,411 | +691 |
| July 15, 2026 | 2,452 | +41 |
| July 16, 2026 | 2,584 | +132 |
| July 17, 2026 | 2,649 | +65 |
| July 18, 2026 | 2,747 | +98 |
| July 19, 2026 | 2,751 | +4 |
| July 20, 2026 | 2,993 | +242 |
| July 21, 2026 | 3,002 | +9 |
| July 22, 2026 | 3,008 | +6 |
| July 23, 2026 | 3,000 | -8 |
| July 24, 2026 | 3,000 | 0 |
| July 25, 2026 | 3,027 | +27 |
| July 26, 2026 | 3,054 | +27 |
| July 27, 2026 | 3,063 | +9 |
| July 28, 2026 | 3,067 | +4 |
| July 29, 2026 | 3,076 | +9 |
| July 30, 2026 | 3,082 | +6 |
| July 31, 2026 | 3,085 | +3 |
| August 1, 2026 | 3,090 | +5 |
| August 3, 2026 | 3,092 | +2 |
| August 6, 2026 | 3,092 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the northwest
- Relative humidity as low as 32%
- High of 58°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 0.1 µg/m³ around Tue, 12:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Prairie City, OR23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Baker City, OR30 miles east of the fire’s origin
- John Day, OR34 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Union, OR43 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- La Grande, OR44 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Island City, OR46 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 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORWWF-000224.