Crosswhite
Wheeler, OR · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 342,923 acres in Wheeler before dropping off the national incident feed.
342,923
Acres Burned
118
Days Burning
Jul 16, 2026
Discovered
3w ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 100%Public Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
Spring Basin Wilderness Area-Draft
GoWilderness / OR
10.7 mi
NW
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Check firstMonument / OR
14.1 mi
SE
Bridge Creek Wilderness
GoWilderness / OR
22.6 mi
S
Mill Creek Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / OR
27.5 mi
SW
Ochoco National Forest
GoNational Forest / OR
32.1 mi
S
Black Canyon Wilderness
GoWilderness / OR
41.8 mi
SE
Crooked River National Grassland
Check firstNational Grassland / OR
51.5 mi
SW
Lower White River Wilderness Area
AvoidWilderness / OR
63.2 mi
W
Lower White River Wilderness (Blm)
AvoidWilderness / OR
63.2 mi
W
Lower White River Wilderness
AvoidWilderness / OR
67 mi
W
Oregon Badlands Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / OR
68.3 mi
SW
Fifteenmile Creek Purchase Unit
Check firstNational Forest / OR
68.9 mi
NW
Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,923 acres, 100% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE containment moved from 99% to 100%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,923 acres, 99% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE containment moved from 93% to 99%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,923 acres, 93% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE containment moved from 92% to 93%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,923 acres, 92% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE containment moved from 91% to 92%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,923 acres, 91% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE was remapped 54 acres lower to 342,923 and containment moved from 89% to 91%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,977 acres, 89% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE containment moved from 87% to 89%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,977 acres, 87% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE was remapped 2,136 acres lower to 342,977.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 345,113 acres, 87% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 196 acres to 345,113.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 344,917 acres, 87% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 1 acres to 344,917.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 344,916 acres, 87% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 1 acres to 344,916.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 344,915 acres, 87% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 6 acres to 344,915 and containment moved from 78% to 87%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 344,909 acres, 78% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 237 acres to 344,909 and containment moved from 75% to 78%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 344,672 acres, 75% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 371 acres to 344,672.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 344,301 acres, 75% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 1,620 acres to 344,301 and containment moved from 81% to 75%.
IRWIN0445 CROSSWHITE update: 342,681 acres, 81% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the 0445 CROSSWHITE grew 4,932 acres to 342,681 and containment moved from 75% to 81%.
IRWINTimeline
118 days since discovery
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Data Sources
Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.
IRWIN ID: 1b0219ee-5298-4fef-9927-c2666d9d53fc
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