Cottonwood Fire
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Grant County, Oregon · Discovered August 6, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 15 days ago
Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire fire has burned 722 acres in Grant County, Oregon. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 14). 4 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 11, 2026The Cottonwood Fire, 15 miles southwest of Long Creek, OR started August 6, 2026. The Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 took command of the Cottonwood Fire from a Central Oregon Type-3 organization at 0600 on August 10, 2026.
Read the full update on InciWebPosted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Fire reported 100% contained
15 days ago · September 10, 2026Containment rose to 100%
35 days ago · August 22, 2026New perimeter mapped at 722 acres (national perimeter feed)
35 days ago · August 22, 2026Containment rose to 93%
42 days ago · August 15, 2026Containment rose to 88%
43 days ago · August 14, 2026Containment rose to 77%
44 days ago · August 13, 2026Containment rose to 71%
45 days ago · August 12, 2026Official update: OR95S Cottonwood Fire
46 days ago · August 11, 2026Fire first reported in official feeds at 723 acres
46 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2026, 2:24:24 AM | 722 acres | 100% |
| 8/17/2026, 4:26:42 PM | 722 acres | 95% |
| 8/15/2026, 3:53:57 AM | 722 acres | 93% |
| 8/14/2026, 2:33:09 AM | 722 acres | 88% |
| 8/13/2026, 4:27:03 AM | 722 acres | 77% |
| 8/12/2026, 1:32:25 AM | 722 acres | 71% |
| 8/11/2026, 2:04:22 PM | 723 acres | 65% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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