Mccully Fire
Active
Baker County, Oregon · Discovered August 22, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 5 hours ago · Perimeter mapped 5 hours ago (NIFC WFIGS)
Mccully Fire
The Mccully Fire fire has burned 13,604 acres in Baker County, Oregon. Crews have reached 91% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 6 mph toward the E, with gusts to 8 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 43). 84 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 25, 2026The McCully Fire started on August 22, 2026, about 22 miles northwest of Baker City, Oregon, on the Whitman Ranger District.At 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, command of the fire transferred from California Interagency IMT 1 to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and a Type 4 organization. California Team 1 produced its final daily update and operations video on Tuesday. However, the forest will periodically provide updates here and on its Facebook page. Effective Friday, September 18, at 7 p.m., Forest Road 73 (Elkhorn Scenic Byway) is completely open to through traffic. However, a closure…
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.
Containment rose to 87%
22 days ago · September 15, 2026Containment rose to 81%
23 days ago · September 14, 2026New perimeter mapped at 13,604 acres (national perimeter feed)
23 days ago · September 14, 2026Containment rose to 71%
24 days ago · September 13, 2026Containment rose to 65%
25 days ago · September 12, 2026Grew 119 acres in 9 days to 13,598 acres
25 days ago · September 12, 2026Containment rose to 59%
29 days ago · September 7, 2026Containment rose to 46%
30 days ago · September 7, 2026Containment rose to 25%
32 days ago · September 5, 2026Containment rose to 6%
34 days ago · September 3, 2026Grew 329 acres in 23 hours to 13,479 acres
34 days ago · September 3, 2026Grew 1,919 acres in 27 hours to 13,150 acres
35 days ago · September 2, 2026Grew 1,297 acres in 25 hours to 11,231 acres
36 days ago · September 1, 2026Grew 450 acres in 21 hours to 9,934 acres
37 days ago · August 31, 2026Grew 612 acres in 24 hours to 9,484 acres
38 days ago · August 30, 2026Grew 567 acres in 25 hours to 8,872 acres
39 days ago · August 29, 2026Grew 2,334 acres in 26 hours to 8,305 acres
40 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 1,656 acres in 48 hours to 5,971 acres
41 days ago · August 27, 2026Official incident page published on InciWeb: McCully Fire
42 days ago · August 25, 2026Grew 3,113 acres in 24 hours to 4,315 acres
43 days ago · August 25, 2026Grew 802 acres in 19 hours to 1,202 acres
44 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 91%)
44 days ago · August 23, 2026Grew 200 acres in 3 hours to 400 acres
45 days ago · August 23, 2026Grew 170 acres in 4 hours to 200 acres
45 days ago · August 23, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 30 acres
45 days ago · August 22, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/15/2026, 11:11:19 PM | 13,604 acres | 91% |
| 9/15/2026, 12:41:08 AM | 13,604 acres | 87% |
| 9/14/2026, 12:50:44 AM | 13,604 acres | 81% |
| 9/13/2026, 12:41:50 AM | 13,604 acres | 71% |
| 9/12/2026, 1:07:25 AM | 13,598 acres | 65% |
| 9/11/2026, 12:42:18 AM | 13,561 acres | 61% |
| 9/10/2026, 1:46:28 AM | 13,560 acres | 59% |
| 9/9/2026, 1:46:27 AM | 13,545 acres | 59% |
| 9/7/2026, 10:35:53 PM | 13,533 acres | 59% |
| 9/7/2026, 2:25:47 AM | 13,565 acres | 46% |
| 9/6/2026, 4:40:35 AM | 13,564 acres | 25% |
| 9/5/2026, 2:42:38 AM | 13,501 acres | 25% |
| 9/4/2026, 2:34:19 AM | 13,479 acres | 8% |
| 9/3/2026, 3:59:44 AM | 13,479 acres | 6% |
| 9/2/2026, 4:47:00 AM | 13,150 acres | 4% |
| 9/1/2026, 2:01:20 AM | 11,231 acres | 4% |
| 8/31/2026, 1:28:35 AM | 9,934 acres | 2% |
| 8/30/2026, 4:08:53 AM | 9,484 acres | 0% |
| 8/29/2026, 3:46:43 AM | 8,872 acres | 0% |
| 8/28/2026, 3:09:29 AM | 8,305 acres | 0% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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