Olive Butte Fire (Oregon)

Burning across Grant County, Oregon, thirty-four miles southwest of Baker City, the active Olive Butte Fire has charred 3,092 acres over thirty-three days of burning, averaging approximately ninety-four acres of daily growth. Currently managed by a Type 3 Team under USFS authority as a Type 5 Incident, the federal land fire exhibits minimal, creeping, isolated torching, and smoldering behavior within timber litter and understory fuels.

Despite burning through a typical regional fire season that spans from June to October, suppression efforts on the natural-cause fire have brought containment to ninety-four percent, with accumulated costs reaching $8,223,792. This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 2,799,726 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure forty-nine percent below the two-decade average.