Live Oregon wildfire map

This map plots current wildfire incidents from NIFC WFIGS, fire perimeters when they are published, and Oregon’s statewide OEM evacuation layer. Click a fire for acres and containment. Use Locate me if you want the map centered on your phone.

This map can lag the fire or become temporarily unavailable. Do not wait on this page to leave. If officials issue Level 3, leave immediately—do not delay to cross-check this page. For other updates, use Watch Duty, Genasys Protect, RAPTOR, and your sheriff.

Latest mapped Oregon evacuations

Oregon uses a three-level system: Be Ready, Be Set, Go Now. Sheriffs issue the notices, and statewide map coverage can be incomplete or delayed. The state feed sometimes supplies technical zone IDs instead of neighborhood names, so the list below groups zones by county and level; use Show on map to inspect an exact boundary. You do not have to wait for Level 3 if you feel unsafe, if anyone in the house needs extra time, or if livestock will slow you down. Official explanation: Oregon Wildfire Response & Recovery — Evacuations.

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Apps and maps for cross-checking updates

County evacuation maps we use during fire season

If a wildfire took your home

This is the part most “Oregon fire map” pages skip, or turn into a pitch for sprinklers. If you lost a house, a manufactured home, a rental, or a ranch building, start here. You do not need to do every step on day one. You do need a paper trail.

1. Safety first. Do not walk a burn site until officials say it is open. Ash, basement pits, propane tanks, wells, and chimney remains are hazardous. DEQ has debris guidance at oregon.gov/deq.
2. Call 211. 211info is the statewide front door for shelter, food, clothing, and local disaster help. Dial 211. Red Cross: Oregon Red Cross or 1-800-733-2767.
3. Photograph everything you can, from the street if the lot is closed. Insurance and FEMA both want dates and context. Do not hire the first contractor who knocks. Disasters attract scams. Oregon DFR warns about fake FEMA and insurance adjusters: Wildfire insurance resources.
4. Call your insurer and ask for an information-only conversation if you are not ready to file. Then file. Ask about additional living expenses (ALE / loss of use): hotels, extra food, pet boarding, storage. Oregon Law Help’s claim guide: How to handle an insurance claim after an Oregon disaster.
5. For a qualifying total loss from a major disaster declared an emergency under ORS 401.165, Oregon has a model attestation that may require an insurer to pay at least 70% of personal-property coverage without an item-by-item list. Confirm eligibility with Oregon DFR or legal aid; DFR’s consumer advocates are at 888-877-4894.
6. Check DisasterAssistance.gov after a presidential declaration for your county. Apply at DisasterAssistance.gov or 1-800-621-3362. FEMA does not duplicate insurance, and each declaration sets its own application deadline.
7. SBA disaster loans can cover homeowners, renters, and small businesses even when FEMA individual assistance is limited. Start at SBA disaster assistance.
8. Replace the documents the fire ate. Oregon DMV has a wildfire process: DMV wildfire information. Red Cross can help you get into a DMV office. Social Security, passports, and birth certificates have disaster replacement paths; 211 and Legal Aid can point you.
9. Legal help is free for many survivors. Oregon Law Help — disaster recovery aid and Legal Aid Services of Oregon. Housing, landlord, manufactured-home, and insurance disputes belong here, not on Facebook.
10. The mental-health piece is not optional. Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990. 211 can connect counseling. Kids, older adults, and anyone who ran a Level 3 in the dark should not be told to “just be grateful.”

Insurance when the market will not write you

Wildfire is changing Oregon’s homeowners market: higher premiums, fewer offers, and non-renewals in the wildland-urban interface. Oregon’s FAIR Plan is the insurer of last resort for people who cannot find coverage on the open market. As verified with Oregon DFR in September 2026, coverage limits are $600,000 for residential properties and $1 million for commercial properties. Confirm current limits before applying. Start with DFR and the FAIR Plan rather than a random binder from a stranger after a fire. Home hardening and defensible space still matter for insurability: Oregon State Fire Marshal — Wildfire and the state’s prepare page.

2020 Labor Day survivors

ReOregon’s Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program (HARP) and the Wildfire Recovery and Resilience Account helped people after the 2020 fires. As of September 2026, HARP is closed to new applications. If you already have a case, Oregon Housing and Community Services is still the contact: HARP, 877-510-6800. New 2026 losses will use insurance, 211, county emergency management, and any new declarations — not the 2020 HARP queue.

That Oregon Life has stayed with families through this: six homes lost on the Warm Springs Reservation, 49 homes in the Rowena Fire, and FEMA’s mixed 2026 decisions on Fire Management Assistance Grants in this report.

Smoke, air quality, and health

Oregon smoke does not care about county lines. A fire in Harney County can bury Prineville. A wind shift can clear Portland overnight and then dump the plume on the Gorge. Check the number, not the sky color.

• AirNow Fire and Smoke Map — the map to keep open. Satellites plus ground monitors.
• Oregon DEQ Air Quality Index — official state AQI and advisories.
• Oregon Health Authority — wildfires and smoke — who is at risk and what to do indoors.
• AirNow national and National Weather Service for red-flag and smoke forecasts.

When AQI is Unhealthy (151–200) or worse: stay inside if you can, run a HEPA cleaner, and skip hard outdoor work. A properly fitted, NIOSH-approved N95 or better respirator can reduce adult smoke-particle exposure outdoors; cloth and surgical masks do not provide that protection. Respirators are not sized for children and can make breathing harder for some people with heart or lung conditions, so follow current Oregon Health Authority guidance.

Highways, forest closures, and cameras

Navigation apps and TripCheck can both lag a fast-changing closure. Recheck TripCheck or 511 immediately before driving, and always follow barricades and directions from road or emergency officials. Wildfire closures can remain in place after flames pass because of weakened trees, rocks, damaged roadbeds, and ongoing crew operations.

Oregon wildfire reporting

That Oregon Life

That Oregon Life has been publishing on-the-ground wildfire coverage through the 2025 and 2026 seasons — evacuations, homes lost, smoke, highways, and the deaths this work costs. This hub pulls the latest from our wildfires category. If a fire is moving tonight, start with the official maps above, then come back here for context.

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More Oregon wildfire coverage

Recent headlines from other newsrooms covering Oregon wildfires. These links open the original reporting.

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When Oregon burns, and why

Oregon’s fire season usually runs late spring into early fall, with the worst stretch in July, August, and September. East of the Cascades, grass and juniper can run in June. West of the Cascades, timber fires often wait for east-wind events — the pattern behind the 2020 Labor Day fires. Lightning starts fewer fires than people, but lightning fires account for a huge share of acres because they start in remote country.

Human causes still dominate ignition counts: equipment, vehicles, power lines, debris burns, and unattended campfires. Drought, heat, and a century of fuels buildup then decide whether a start stays a start. Homes in the wildland-urban interface — Sisters, the east side of Mount Hood, southern Oregon ridgelines, the Gorge — take the losses even when the fire is “just” a range fire.

The Biscuit Fire (2002, ~500,000 acres in the Siskiyous) was long cited as Oregon’s largest single fire. 2024 then set a modern statewide acreage mark, and That Oregon Life reported that 2026 had surpassed it by early August. Live NIFC numbers on this page are the check against that history. For climate and fuels context: USDA Northwest Climate Hub and Oregon Forest Resources Institute.

Track Oregon fires by county

Each card now reports the current NIFC incident records for that county and takes you straight to the matching live list and map on this page. Local emergency officials can issue alerts before a fire appears in a national feed, so use the county link for official updates and Watch Duty and RAPTOR as supplemental maps.

Tribal emergency information is issued separately. Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation have both managed Level 3 notices in recent seasons. Follow tribal government channels alongside the county sheriff.

Oregon wildfire data sources and update policy

This hub combines public incident and evacuation data with practical Oregon resources. It is built to help readers find the right source quickly, not to replace emergency officials. Fire points, acreage, containment, and update times come from the National Interagency Fire Center’s WFIGS data. Mapped evacuation areas come from Oregon’s OEM public evacuation layer.

Feeds can lag a fast-moving fire, and map coverage can be incomplete. For a current evacuation order, road closure, or incident briefing, follow the sheriff, tribal government, incident management team, or emergency-management office with jurisdiction. Cross-check changing conditions with InciWeb, the Northwest Coordination Center, TripCheck, and your county’s official alerts.

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