No longer in the daily fire updates. The Cottonwood Fire last appeared in an official report on August 22, at 722 acres and 100% contained. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Cottonwood Fire

Grant County, Oregon · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 22, 2026 (19 days ago)
First reported about 5 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
722 acres
Sep 9, 10:00 AM
−1 acres
was 723 acres · Aug 11, 8:01 PM
Containment
100%
Sep 9, 10:00 AM
+5 percent
was 95% · Aug 21, 9:00 PM
Crew size
4
Sep 9, 10:00 AM
−6
was 10 · Aug 19, 9:00 PM
Money spent
$2.6M
Sep 9, 10:00 AM
+$14,007
was $2.6M · Aug 20, 7:01 PM

Cottonwood Fire and other nearby fires

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Cottonwood Fire summary

The Cottonwood Fire is a wildfire near Grant County, Oregon. It has burned about 722 acres (about 547 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 5 weeks ago. About 4 people are on it, run by a Type 5 IC.

Size
722 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 6, 2026 (first reported about 5 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Friday, September 4th at 10:00 p.m. CDT.

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 this fire will do.

Tonight

40°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 2 mph W · 44% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Saturday

65°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 3 mph W · 36% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Saturday Night

42°F · Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers

Wind 2 mph N · 34% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Sunday

65°F · Rain Showers Likely

Wind 1 to 6 mph N · 68% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Sunday Night

43°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 1 to 6 mph W · 68% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, September 4th at 10:01 p.m. CDT.

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Who's on it

About 4 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 5 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $3 million has been spent on it so far.

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