Horse Ridge Fire (Oregon)
Started on Jul 16, 2026. 2% of the perimeter still to contain.
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🟢 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
- 25 Miles E from Pendleton, OR
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 4
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering, Backing
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning across timber, grass, and understory on federal land managed by the USFS, the Horse Ridge Fire near Pendleton, Oregon, has been active for 29 days, averaging an approximate daily growth of 30 acres per day. The 860-acre fire, which started on July 16, 2026, due to natural causes in Umatilla County, is now 98 percent contained. Current fire behavior is minimal, characterized by backing, creeping, and smoldering.
Satellites are picking up 14 heat detections over the past 48 hours near the incident. A Complex Incident Management Team is overseeing the Type 2 incident with a personnel count of 4, while suppression costs have reached $3,243,244.
Nationwide, the broader wildfire landscape reveals that 2,902,022 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 47 percent below the two-decade average for a typical fire season that spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 58 days. So far it has affected roughly 860 acres — about 3.5 km². At 98% containment, the fire is nearly under control.
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 3,207,126 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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