W Fork Evans Creek Fire

Active

Jackson County, Oregon · Discovered October 15, 2026

283 acres
Size
75%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
176
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 19 days ago

Current situation

W Fork Evans Creek Fire

Winding down
Wind
3 mph SW
Air quality · Good
AQI 19

The W Fork Evans Creek Fire fire has burned 283 acres in Jackson County, Oregon. Crews have reached 75% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 3 mph toward the SW, with gusts to 6 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 19). 176 personnel are assigned to the incident.

W Fork Evans Creek Fire size over time

6 official size readings

Holding at 283 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 75%

    19 days ago · October 22, 2026
  2. Containment rose to 55%

    20 days ago · October 21, 2026
  3. Containment rose to 48%

    21 days ago · October 20, 2026
  4. Containment rose to 35%

    22 days ago · October 19, 2026
  5. Containment rose to 25%

    23 days ago · October 18, 2026
  6. New perimeter mapped at 283 acres (national perimeter feed)

    23 days ago · October 18, 2026
  7. Fire first listed in official incident feeds

    26 days ago · October 15, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
10/22/2026, 10:15:07 PM283 acres75%
10/21/2026, 10:43:39 PM283 acres55%
10/20/2026, 11:23:01 PM283 acres48%
10/19/2026, 9:59:54 PM283 acres35%
10/18/2026, 11:25:01 PM283 acres25%
10/17/2026, 4:45:41 PM281 acres15%
10/15/2026, 10:28:06 PM--

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.