Bald Mountain Fire

No longer in current feed

Harney County, Oregon · Discovered July 23, 2026

76,443 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
2
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 60 days ago

Current situation

Bald Mountain Fire

Inactive
Air quality · Good
AQI 31

The Bald Mountain Fire fire has burned 76,443 acres in Harney County, Oregon. It is no longer in the current official feed, so the figures on this page reflect the last data reported. Crews have fully contained the fire. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 31). 2 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Bald Mountain Fire size over time

6 official size readings

Holding at 76K acres across these reports.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Fire reported 100% contained

    60 days ago · September 12, 2026
  2. New perimeter mapped at 76,443 acres (national perimeter feed)

    74 days ago · August 28, 2026
  3. Containment rose to 99%

    80 days ago · August 23, 2026
  4. Grew 283 acres in 36 hours to 76,443 acres

    90 days ago · August 13, 2026
  5. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 76,160 acres

    91 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
9/12/2026, 12:22:26 AM76,443 acres100%
8/23/2026, 2:00:29 AM76,443 acres99%
8/22/2026, 2:02:01 AM76,443 acres97%
8/19/2026, 1:52:08 AM76,443 acres95%
8/13/2026, 1:37:03 AM76,443 acres93%
8/11/2026, 2:04:22 PM76,160 acres93%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.