Second Flat Fire

Perimeter mapped July 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT, 105,854 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 43.609, -119.439.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Hines

Size

105,854 acres

Containment

99%

Discovered

July 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

6 Miles NE from Riley, OR

County

Harney County

State

Oregon

Nearest city reported

Riley

Protecting agency

BLM

Jurisdiction

BLM

Land ownership at origin

BLM

Personnel assigned

3

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 1 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$21,577,379

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORBUD-002693

IRWIN identifier

D1885386-0825-4EB4-8BEC-B4C0274C5BBD

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 25, 2026 (25,208 acres) to August 19, 2026 (105,854 acres). The largest one-day growth was 51,678 acres, mapped July 26, 2026.

• Wind up to 8 mph from the southeast
• Relative humidity as low as 21%
• 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 0.4 µg/m³ around Sun, 9:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Hines, OR18 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Burns, OR19 miles east of the fire’s origin
• John Day, OR61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Prineville, OR84 miles northwest of the fire’s origin