Eggo Fire, Enterprise, Oregon — Map & Containment

Eggo Fire, Enterprise, Oregon — Sentinel-2 true color

Eggo Fire, Enterprise, 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

Location17 miles northeast of Enterprise, OR

CauseHuman

What's burningTall Grass (2.5 feet)

How it's behavingMinimal, Short-range SpottingFlanking — Grows along the sides, not head-on.

ComplexityType 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.

JurisdictionPrivate land

Cost so far$1.2 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 Aug 13, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning across 4,225 acres of private land in Wallowa County, Oregon, the human-caused Eggo Fire has maintained a steady trajectory over its 12 days of burning, averaging an approximate growth of 352 acres per day. Located 17 miles northeast of Enterprise, the active blaze is currently managed by a Type 5 Incident Commander with a modest crew of 4 personnel overseeing the operation. Despite its spread through 2.5-foot tall grass, the fire behavior is now observed as minimal, characterized by flanking and short-range spotting.

Fire suppression efforts have achieved a strong 95 percent containment on the incident, which has accumulated $1,200,000 in costs as a Type 5 Incident. The blaze operates within the regional backdrop of the typical June to October fire season. Nationally, this event unfolds during a broader context where 2,893,377 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 47 percent below the two-decade average.