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Inc 686

Baker, OR · Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

2

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 6, 2026

Discovered

39m ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Mount Howard-East Peak National Natural Landmark

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Monument / OR

17.2 mi

N

Eagle Cap Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

18.2 mi

NW

Whitman National Forest

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National Forest / OR

33.9 mi

W

Wallowa National Forest

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National Forest / OR

36.6 mi

N

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

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Recreation Area / OR

41.5 mi

NE

Hells Canyon Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

44.3 mi

NE

North Fork John Day Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

63.9 mi

W

North Fork Umatilla Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / OR

66 mi

NW

Cougar Bar Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / ID

69 mi

N

Umatilla National Forest

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National Forest / OR

69.7 mi

W

Monument Rock Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

71.1 mi

SW

Payette National Forest

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National Forest / ID

72.1 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

INC 686 update: 2 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the INC 686 grew 2 acres to 2.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 6Now

0 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: 7007475f-3a51-4963-9d3e-4637c0c0cbd5

Important

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