Kahler Creek Fire

Active

Wheeler County, Oregon · Discovered July 16, 2026

15 acres
Size
-
Contained
No growth
24h growth
-
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 4 hours ago

Current situation

Kahler Creek Fire

Active fire
Air quality · Moderate
AQI 54

The Kahler Creek Fire fire has burned 15 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon. Officials have not reported a containment figure yet. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is moderate (AQI 54).

Latest official update

July 20, 2026

Bologna Fire, seven mile northeast of Kimberly, OR. Started July 16, 2026. The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 took command of the Bologna Fire from a local Type-3 organization and the Cottonwood Fire from a Central Oregon Fire Management Service Team (COFMS) type-3 incident management team.

Read the full update on InciWeb

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).

Is there a fire near me?

Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.

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.