Parrish Fire
The Parrish Fire was reported on July 16, 2026 in Wheeler County, Oregon and burned 404 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 404 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026
- Personnel
- 9
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 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM PDT, 404 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 44.732, -119.848.
The incident
- Size
- 404 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 Miles S from SPRAY, OR
- County
- Wheeler County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Part of
- Rowe Creek Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-OR953S-000489
- IRWIN identifier
- 4809F4AC-3B2C-4919-B7FE-706768E03B93
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 16, 2026 (410 acres) to September 8, 2026 (404 acres). The largest one-day growth was 15 acres, mapped July 20, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | 410 | |
| July 18, 2026 | 410 | 0 |
| July 19, 2026 | 410 | 0 |
| July 20, 2026 | 425 | +15 |
| July 21, 2026 | 404 | -21 |
| July 22, 2026 | 404 | 0 |
| July 23, 2026 | 404 | 0 |
| August 6, 2026 | 404 | 0 |
| September 8, 2026 | 404 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the south
- Relative humidity as low as 27%
- 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 0.6 µg/m³ around Sun, 11:00 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 5:11 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-OR953S-000489.