Wilcox Fire
The Wilcox Fire was reported on July 16, 2026 in Sherman County, Oregon and burned 0.5 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026
- Personnel
- 24
Map
Perimeter mapped July 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM PDT, 5,651 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 45.114, -120.610.
The incident
- Size
- 1 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026 at 10:47 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5 Miles NW from KENT, OR
- County
- Sherman County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 24
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Part of
- Hay Creek Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORPRD-000480
- IRWIN identifier
- E94EFE23-C428-47B8-A4DF-E1898A98EF23
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 17, 2026 (1,774 acres) to July 21, 2026 (5,651 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,337 acres, mapped July 18, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | 1,774 | |
| July 18, 2026 | 4,112 | +2,338 |
| July 19, 2026 | 5,319 | +1,207 |
| July 20, 2026 | 5,649 | +330 |
| July 21, 2026 | 5,651 | +2 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fossil, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fossil, OR21 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, OR40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Madras, OR42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- The Dalles, OR43 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Dallesport, WA44 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Chenoweth, OR47 miles northwest 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 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORPRD-000480.