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Cow

Malheur, OR · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 7,724 acres in Malheur before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

7,724

Acres Burned

112

Days Burning

Jul 21, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Jul 31 / 5,997 acresAug 11 / 7,724 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

8 public land units within 75 miles

Monument Rock Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

39.2 mi

W

Whitman National Forest

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National Forest / OR

47.7 mi

NW

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

61.3 mi

W

Eagle Cap Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

61.5 mi

N

North Fork John Day Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

62.7 mi

NW

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / ID

63.6 mi

SE

Mount Howard-East Peak National Natural Landmark

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Monument / OR

64.1 mi

N

Malheur National Forest

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National Forest / OR

66.2 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

COW mapped at 7,724 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 5

Interagency perimeter data shows the COW at 7,724 acres, 100% contained.

IRWIN

COW mapped at 5,997 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 25

Interagency perimeter data shows the COW at 5,997 acres, 100% contained.

IRWIN

COW mapped at 5,997 acres, 99% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the COW at 5,997 acres, 99% contained.

IRWIN

COW update: 5,997 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the COW grew 4,997 acres to 5,997 and containment moved from 5% to 75%.

IRWIN

COW CAMP mapped at 1,000 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 22

Interagency perimeter data shows the COW CAMP at 1,000 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 21Now

112 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: 96a6bf74-0244-4674-a8f5-23ba82310dfb

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