Started on Aug 22, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby3 · 100 km
Quick facts
- Location
- 22 miles southwest of Baker City, OR
- People working on it
- 92 people
- Complexity
- Type 2 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- ExtremeCrowning — Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.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.
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
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.
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.
Spanning 1,202 acres after just two days of burning, the active Mcculley Fire is spreading at an approximate rate of 601 acres per day through timber, litter, and understory 22 miles southwest of Baker City, Oregon. Satellites are picking up 40 heat detections nearby in Baker County, while the active front burns with extreme behavior, crowning, and spotting. The incident is currently at zero percent containment on federal land managed by the USFS.
A Type 3 Team is managing the Type 2 Incident, deploying 92 personnel to combat the blaze. Operations have reached a cost of $500,000 USD. This fire occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, 2,993,191 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 45% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Oregon for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,202 acres — around 4.9 km².
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 3,331,321 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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