Wrights Spring Fire

Perimeter mapped August 31, 2026 at 2:24 PM PDT, 55,134 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 42.470, -121.729.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Chiloquin

Size

55,134 acres

Containment

97%

Discovered

August 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM PDT

Cause

Human

Location

2 Miles W from Sprague River, OR

County

Klamath County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

29

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$43,418,794

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORFWF-260286

IRWIN identifier

808808D2-F485-44FB-8819-F3C8C32138B8

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 6, 2026 (2,225 acres) to September 12, 2026 (55,134 acres). The largest one-day growth was 14,672 acres, mapped August 8, 2026.

• Wind up to 3 mph from the east
• Relative humidity as low as 32%
• High of 63°F

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

Full forecast for Chiloquin, 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 µg/m³ around Sat, 4:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Chiloquin, OR10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Klamath Falls, OR17 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Altamont, OR18 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Ashland, OR54 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Eagle Point, OR55 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Shady Cove, OR56 miles west of the fire’s origin