Jackass Butte Fire

Active

Harney County, Oregon · Discovered July 25, 2026

24,724 acres
Size
92%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
3
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 16 hours ago · Perimeter mapped 16 hours ago (NIFC WFIGS)

Current situation

Jackass Butte Fire

Winding down
Wind
5 mph S
Air quality · Good
AQI 28

The Jackass Butte Fire fire has burned 24,724 acres in Harney County, Oregon. Crews have reached 92% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 5 mph toward the S, with gusts to 8 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 28). 3 personnel are assigned to the incident.

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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. New perimeter mapped at 24,723 acres (national perimeter feed)

    23 days ago · September 3, 2026
  2. Fire first reported in official feeds at 24,724 acres

    46 days ago · August 11, 2026
  3. Official update: ORBUD Jackass Butte

    63 days ago · July 25, 2026

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

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