Cottonwood Fire

Grant County, Oregon · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 22, 2026 (about 1 month ago)

First reported about 7 weeks ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	723 acres Aug 11, 8:01 PM	722 acres Sep 22, 11:00 PM −1 acres was 723 acres · Aug 11, 8:01 PM	−1 acres in about 1 month
Containment	95% Aug 21, 9:00 PM	100% Sep 22, 11:00 PM +5 percent was 95% · Aug 21, 9:00 PM	+5 percent in about 1 month
Crew size	10 Aug 19, 9:00 PM	4 Sep 22, 11:00 PM −6 was 10 · Aug 19, 9:00 PM	−6 in about 1 month
Money spent	$2.6M Aug 20, 7:01 PM	$2.6M Sep 22, 11:00 PM +$14,007 was $2.6M · Aug 20, 7:01 PM	+$14,007 in about 1 month

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 7 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 7 weeks ago)
Cause: Not reported

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

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	Day	Night
Tonight	—	40°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 2 mph W · 44% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain
Saturday	65°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 3 mph W · 36% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain	42°F · Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers Wind 2 mph N · 34% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain
Sunday	65°F · Rain Showers Likely Wind 1 to 6 mph N · 68% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely	43°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Wind 1 to 6 mph W · 68% 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.

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.

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.

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