Started on Jul 16, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
Quick facts
- Location
- 15 miles north of CONDON, OR
- Complex
- Hay Creek Complex
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 24 people
- Complexity
- Type 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- How it's behaving
- ActiveTorching — Whole trees flaring up like torches.
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across 11,366 acres of private land in Gilliam County, Oregon, the Hopkin Fire 15 miles north of Condon has maintained an active and torching fire behavior within short grass fuels. Having burned for 25 days with an average daily growth of approximately 455 acres per day, the Type 3 incident is managed by a Type 3 Incident Commander utilizing 24 personnel. The fire, which started on July 16, 2026, due to a natural cause, has now reached 100 percent containment at a cost of $800,000.
This event unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. On a broader scale, the national context indicates that 2,761,076 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the total burned area 50% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 63 days. So far it has affected roughly 11,366 acres — about 46 km². The perimeter is 100% contained.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,243,965 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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