The Narrows Fire (OR)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 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
- 15 Miles SE from Estacada, OR
- Cause
- Human
- Personnel
- 25
- Complexity
- Type 1 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Active, Creeping, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning across 223 acres of federal brush in Clackamas County, Oregon, the human-caused Narrows Fire has been active for 16 days since starting on August 8, 2026, averaging approximately 14 acres of growth per day. Located 15 miles southeast of Estacada, the fire exhibits active, creeping, and smoldering behavior in two-foot brush, with satellites picking up 14 heat detections over the past 48 hours to map its current spread.
A Type 1 Incident managed by a Complex Incident Management Team, the USFS operation involves 25 personnel working to contain the blaze, which currently stands at zero percent containment and has accumulated $978,229 in costs.
Nationwide, the broader landscape sees 2,993,191 hectares burned so far in 2026, tracking 45 percent below the two-decade average during a typical fire season that spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oregon for 16 days. So far it has affected roughly 223 acres — about 0.9 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 3,005,648 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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