Second Flat Fire

Harney County, Oregon · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Oct 20, 2026 (3 days ago)

First reported about 3 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	105,501 acres Aug 18, 8:01 PM	105,854 acres Oct 23, 12:00 AM +353 acres was 105,501 acres · Aug 18, 8:01 PM	+353 acres in 2 months
Containment	96% Aug 23, 9:00 PM	99% Oct 23, 12:00 AM +3 percent was 96% · Aug 23, 9:00 PM	+3 percent in 2 months
Crew size	10 Oct 19, 9:00 PM	6 Oct 23, 12:00 AM −4 was 10 · Oct 19, 9:00 PM	−4 in 3 days
Money spent	$21.2M Aug 23, 9:00 PM	$21.6M Oct 23, 12:00 AM +$414,700 was $21.2M · Aug 23, 9:00 PM	+$414,700 in 2 months

Second Flat Fire summary

The Second Flat Fire is a wildfire near Harney County, Oregon. It has burned about 105,854 acres (about 80,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 99% of its edge; the other 1% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 3 months ago. About 6 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC. We're also tracking 3 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size: 105,854 acres
Containment: 99%
Discovered: July 24, 2026 (first reported about 3 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Friday, October 23rd at 12:00 a.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what a specific fire will do.

	Day	Night
Tonight	—	30°F · Rain Showers Wind 18 to 24 mph NW · 94% rain Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Rain likely
Friday	49°F · Mostly Sunny Wind 10 to 17 mph NW · 8% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry	21°F · Partly Cloudy Wind 1 to 10 mph N · 0% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry
Saturday	52°F · Sunny Wind 1 to 8 mph E · 0% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry	26°F · Mostly Clear Wind 2 to 7 mph E · 0% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, October 23rd at 12:01 a.m. CDT.

Could this fire move fast?

Weather isn't the only thing that changes how a fire moves. The ground matters too: how steep it is, and what's growing on it. These four numbers are for the exact spot where this fire started, not the whole fire. A big fire crosses a lot of different ground.

6° slope

Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill. Heat and flame lean uphill, drying out the ground above the fire before it gets there.

Shrub (SH1)

Low shrubs and dead shrub litter, about a foot deep, maybe some grass. Fire moves slow, with short flames.

0% tree canopy cover

The more tree cover above a fire, the easier it is for the fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. That's called a crown fire. Crown fires move faster, throw embers farther ahead of the fire, and are harder for crews to stop head-on.

4,795 ft elevation

Elevation by itself doesn't make a fire more or less dangerous. But it shapes the other three numbers here: what grows there, how dry things get, and what the weather does.

Elevation and slope from the USGS 3D Elevation Program; fuel type and canopy cover from LANDFIRE (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), pulled Thursday, September 10th at 3:45 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 6 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 1 Incident (the highest complexity level). About $22 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:

→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to Second Flat Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 3 other active fires, closest first:

See all active fires in Oregon →

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