Little Bear Fire
Active
Grant County, Oregon · Discovered August 11, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 8 days ago
Little Bear Fire
The Little Bear Fire fire has burned 67 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). 2 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 14, 2026The Little Bear Fire, 8 miles northeast of Mt. Vernon, OR started August 10, 2026. The Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 took command of the Little Bear Fire after Initial Attack from the ODF Central Oregon District at 0600 on August 12, 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
8 days ago · September 17, 2026New perimeter mapped at 67 acres (national perimeter feed)
28 days ago · August 28, 2026Containment rose to 100%
35 days ago · August 22, 2026Containment rose to 95%
39 days ago · August 17, 2026Containment rose to 76%
42 days ago · August 15, 2026Official update: OR95S Little Bear
42 days ago · August 14, 2026Containment rose to 55%
43 days ago · August 14, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 100%)
43 days ago · August 13, 2026Grew 25 acres in 9 hours to 60 acres
45 days ago · August 11, 2026Fire first reported in official feeds at 35 acres
46 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2026, 2:19:24 AM | 67 acres | 100% |
| 8/17/2026, 4:26:42 PM | 67 acres | 95% |
| 8/15/2026, 3:58:57 AM | 67 acres | 76% |
| 8/14/2026, 2:45:44 AM | 67 acres | 55% |
| 8/13/2026, 4:32:08 PM | 63 acres | 0% |
| 8/12/2026, 3:29:25 AM | 63 acres | - |
| 8/11/2026, 11:05:40 PM | 60 acres | - |
| 8/11/2026, 2:04:22 PM | 35 acres | - |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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