Box Springs Fire (Oregon)
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🟤 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
- 18 Miles W from MITCHELL, OR
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 209
- Complexity
- Type 1 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Active, Crowning, Group Torching, Spotting
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Spanning 21,432 acres of private land in Jefferson County, the Box Springs Fire near Prineville, Oregon, burned for 24 days with an average daily growth of approximately 893 acres per day. Active fire behavior was characterized by crowning, group torching, and spotting within short grass fuels standing one foot tall. Satellites detected 32 heat signatures over a 48-hour period in the vicinity of the 18 miles west of Mitchell location.
Operations to suppress the blaze, which started on July 17, 2026, from a natural cause, involved 209 personnel operating under a Complex Incident Management Team as a Type 1 Incident. These combined efforts successfully brought the fire to 100 percent containment, accumulating a total cost of $1,122,770.
This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically spans from June to October. Nationally, the broader context reveals that 2,761,076 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that is 50 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 51 days. So far it has affected roughly 21,432 acres — about 87 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 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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