Jackass Butte Fire

Active

Harney County, Oregon · Discovered July 25, 2026

24,724 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
3
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 14 days ago

Current situation

Jackass Butte Fire

Fully contained
Wind
7 mph W
Air quality · Good
AQI 33

The Jackass Butte Fire fire has burned 24,724 acres in Harney County, Oregon. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 7 mph toward the W, with gusts to 8 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 33). 3 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Jackass Butte Fire size over time

2 official size readings

Holding at 25K 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. Containment rose to 100%

    14 days ago · October 27, 2026
  2. Fire reported 100% contained

    14 days ago · October 27, 2026
  3. New perimeter mapped at 24,723 acres (national perimeter feed)

    69 days ago · September 3, 2026
  4. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 24,724 acres

    91 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
10/27/2026, 4:55:53 PM24,724 acres100%
8/11/2026, 2:04:22 PM24,724 acres92%

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.