0658 Round Butte Fire (OR)
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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
- 10 Miles W from Madras, OR
- Personnel
- 294
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Single Tree Torching
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Averaging roughly 520 acres per day since it ignited on August 1, 2026, the 0658 Round Butte Fire has consumed 1,039 acres across federal land in Jefferson County, Oregon, located 10 miles west of Madras. Satellites are picking up 8 heat detections over the past 48 hours near the incident, tracking the spread of the active fire, while current fire behavior is characterized as minimal, creeping, and involving single tree torching in short grass that stands about one foot tall.
Led by a Type 3 Team with 294 personnel assigned under USFS management, the Type 3 Incident has reached 7 percent containment at a cost of 900,000 dollars. This event unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October, amid a broader national landscape where 2,528,284 hectares have burned so far in 2026—marking a total that is 54 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 1,039 acres — about 4.2 km². Crews have contained 7% of the perimeter, but most of the fire line is still open.
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 2,528,284 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 54% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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