Zen Fire
The Zen Fire was reported on May 25, 2026 in Wasco County, Oregon and burned 1,634 acres. It was declared out on August 10, 2026. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,634 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 25, 2026
- Personnel
- 34
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped September 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM PDT, 1,480 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 44.856, -120.438.
The incident
- Size
- 1,634 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 25, 2026 at 3:36 PM PDT
- Contained
- May 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 5 Miles S from Clarno, OR
- County
- Wasco County
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city reported
- Clarno, OR
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 34
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ORPRD-000231
- IRWIN identifier
- FDA49146-327E-4651-835C-75B7F568A941
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fossil, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fossil, OR15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Madras, OR37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, OR41 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Prineville, OR43 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Culver, OR44 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Terrebonne, OR50 miles southwest 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 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-ORPRD-000231.