Shingle Fire

Perimeter mapped August 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM PDT, 73,183 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 44.469, -119.898.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Mount Vernon

Size

73,183 acres

Containment

99%

Discovered

July 23, 2026 at 10:59 AM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

14 Miles SE from Mitchell, OR

County

Wheeler County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

DOF

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

100

Incident management

Complex Incident Management Team, Type 1 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$27,833,467

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-OR953S-000587

IRWIN identifier

005F6C67-604A-49E5-BBB9-0ABF4924980B

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 24, 2026 (1,582 acres) to August 24, 2026 (73,183 acres). The largest one-day growth was 37,555 acres, mapped July 25, 2026.

• Wind up to 5 mph from the south
• Relative humidity as low as 27%
• High of 73°F

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

Full forecast for Mount Vernon, 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 0.6 µg/m³ around Sun, 12:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Mount Vernon, OR39 miles east of the fire’s origin
• John Day, OR47 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Prineville, OR48 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Madras, OR62 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Heppner, OR63 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Terrebonne, OR64 miles west of the fire’s origin