Cottonwood Fire (OR)
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Fire (SWIR)
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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
- 15 Miles SW from LONG CREEK, OR
- Personnel
- 261
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Behavior
- Moderate, Smoldering, Spotting
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across 705 acres of private timber, grass, and understory land, the active Cottonwood Fire has been on the move for two days, averaging an approximate daily growth of 353 acres. Located 15 miles southwest of Long Creek in Grant County, Oregon, the Type 3 incident is currently 30 percent contained by a force of 261 personnel operating under Type 3 IC management. Satellites are picking up seven heat signatures clustered nearby in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current extent of the spread.
Fire behavior on the ground is characterized as moderate, smoldering, and spotting, with suppression efforts running up a cost of $750,000. This incident unfolds within a broader regional context where the typical fire season spans from June to October. Nationally, the wildfire picture so far in 2026 sees 2,664,784 hectares burned, a figure that remains 51 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 705 acres — about 2.9 km². Crews have contained 30% 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 2,702,782 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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