0500 COYOTE Fire (OR)

Active · 0% contained · 3,000 acres · started 2026-07-16 · updated 2026-07-18

True color Fire (SWIR)

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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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).

Expanding at a rate of approximately 1,500 acres per day, the 0500 COYOTE Fire has consumed 3,000 acres of federal brush land in Crook County, Oregon, over the last two days. Located four miles south of Post, the blaze is currently exhibiting extreme behavior characterized by torching, with satellite sensors detecting 46 distinct heat signatures across the fire area.

This Type 4 incident remains zero percent contained as eight personnel work under BLM management to suppress the active fire. Suppression efforts for the blaze, which began on July 16, 2026, have already incurred $100,000 in costs.