0462 Fire (Oregon)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 5 Miles E from Kent, OR
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Active
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Burning across 25,253 acres of federal land managed by the BLM, the 0462 Fire near Kent, Oregon, averaged 3,608 acres of daily growth over its seven-day duration. Fueled by short grass and driven by active fire behavior, the incident prompted a Type 3 response in Sherman County before coming to an end, ultimately accumulating $800,000 in costs.
Satellites detected four heat signatures clustered nearby over a 48-hour period, marking the extent of the spread for the blaze, which started on July 16, 2026, roughly five miles east of Kent.
In context
This wildfire burned in Oregon for 36 days. In total it burned about 25,253 acres — around 102 km².
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 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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