Shingle Fire, Oregon — Map & Containment

Shingle Fire (Oregon) — Sentinel-2 true color

Shingle Fire (Oregon) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Key facts

Source: NIFC

Location14 miles southeast of Mitchell, OR

CauseNatural

What's burningShort Grass (1 foot)

How it's behavingMinimal, Single Tree TorchingCreeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.

ComplexityType 1 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.

JurisdictionPrivate land

Cost so far$32.9 million

Glossary: what each term means

Minimal

Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.

Smoldering

Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.

Creeping

Moves slowly, hugging the ground.

Moderate

Spreads with low, steady flames.

Active

Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.

Extreme

Fast and unpredictable.

Running

Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.

Flanking

Grows along the sides, not head-on.

Backing

Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.

Crowning

Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.

Short Crown Runs

Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.

Torching

Whole trees flaring up like torches.

Isolated Torching

Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.

Group Torching

Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.

Spotting

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.

Wind Driven Runs

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.

The story so far

Summary written on Sep 19, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning across 73,183 acres of private land in Wheeler County, Oregon, the active Shingle Fire located 14 miles southeast of Mitchell has been burning for 58 days since starting on July 23, 2026, averaging approximately 1,262 acres of growth per day. Despite this trajectory, fire behavior is currently reported as minimal, creeping, and involving single tree torching in short grass fuels standing one foot tall.

Containment efforts involving 106 personnel under the direction of a Complex Incident Management Team have reached 99 percent containment on the Type 1 Incident. Natural forces caused the ignition, which has accumulated costs totaling $27,588,493.

This incident occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, 3,247,057 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 41 percent below the two-decade average.