Started on Aug 6, 2026.
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🟤 brown = already burned
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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
Quick facts
- Location
- 6 miles south of Jacksonville, OR
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 55 people
- Complexity
- Type 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- Minimal, Short-range SpottingSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · 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.
Burning across federal timberlands in Jackson County, Oregon, the human-caused Woodrat Mountain Fire has spent sixteen days establishing its footprint six miles south of Jacksonville. Averaging approximately 18 acres of spread each day, the incident has ultimately consumed 282 acres of timber, grass, and understory while operating under a Type 3 Incident designation and Type 5 Incident Command management.
Fire behavior on the ground is currently characterized as minimal and smoldering, featuring short-range spotting as 55 personnel successfully bring the incident to 100 percent containment. Despite the weeks-long effort totaling $5,150,000 in suppression costs, the broader landscape tells a contrasting story. Across the country, 2,970,412 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a significant 46 percent below the two-decade average during a typical fire season that spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Oregon for 30 days. In total it burned about 282 acres — around 1.1 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 3,226,886 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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