North Pole Fire (OR)
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Fire (SWIR)
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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
- 18 Miles SW from Baker City, OR
- Personnel
- 96
- Complexity
- Type 2 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Extreme, Uphill Runs, Spotting
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Spanning 307 acres of federal timberland in Baker County, Oregon, the active North Pole Fire has been burning for two days since its start on August 22, 2026, averaging an estimated 154 acres of daily growth. Located 18 miles southwest of Baker City under the management of a Type 3 Team and 96 personnel from the USFS, the Type 3 Incident exhibits extreme fire behavior driven by uphill runs and spotting within litter and understory fuels. Zero percent of the perimeter has been contained as suppression costs reach $500,000.
Satellites monitoring the incident have detected 39 heat signatures nearby over a 48-hour period, marking the extent of the spread across the regional landscape. This blaze unfolds during the typical Oregon fire season running from June to October, fitting into a broader national landscape where 2,993,191 hectares have burned so far in 2026—a figure tracking 45% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 307 acres — about 1.2 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
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 2,993,191 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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