Little Bear
Grant, OR · Undetermined
This fire is no longer active. It burned 67 acres in Grant before dropping off the national incident feed.
67
Acres Burned
92
Days Burning
Aug 11, 2026
Discovered
2mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 100%Public Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / OR
20.4 mi
SE
Malheur National Forest
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20.7 mi
SE
Black Canyon Wilderness
GoWilderness / OR
32.6 mi
W
North Fork John Day Wilderness
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36.3 mi
NE
Monument Rock Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / OR
38.6 mi
E
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Check firstMonument / OR
48.3 mi
W
Ochoco National Forest
GoNational Forest / OR
56.6 mi
W
Bridge Creek Wilderness
GoWilderness / OR
57.3 mi
W
Umatilla National Forest
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58.6 mi
N
Whitman National Forest
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63 mi
NE
Spring Basin Wilderness Area-Draft
GoWilderness / OR
70.9 mi
W
Mill Creek Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / OR
72.7 mi
W
Situation Updates
Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
LITTLE BEAR update: 67 acres, 100% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the LITTLE BEAR containment moved from 95% to 100%.
IRWINBologna Cottonwood Little Bear and Rosenbaum Fires Morning Update Aug 19, 2026 08-19-2026
Incident teamKIMBERLY, Ore. (Aug. 19, 2026) – Firefighters continue to make steady progress mopping up and building containment on the Bologna, Cottonwood, Little Bear and Rosenbaum fires. Mop-up operations are the methodical and systematic process of identifying and cooling hot spots along the fire’s edge to ensure that heat doesn’t reignite dry vegetation and loft embers outside the fire’s perimeter. Crews a...
InciWebLITTLE BEAR update: 67 acres, 95% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the LITTLE BEAR containment moved from 76% to 95%.
IRWINBologna Cottonwood Little Bear and Rosenbaum Fires Morning Update Aug 17, 2026 08-17-2026
Incident teamFirefighters continue building containment across all area fires KIMBERLY, Ore. (Aug. 17, 2026) – Firefighters continue to make steady progress and build containment on the Bologna, Cottonwood, Little Bear and Rosenbaum fires. Firefighters continue to strengthen control lines across all incidents. Crews have mopped up into 50 feet along portions of the Rosenbaum Fire and well into 200 and 300 feet...
InciWebBologna Cottonwood Little Bear and Rosenbaum Fires Morning Update Aug 16, 2026 08-16-2026
Incident teamHold and secure: firefighters make significant progress on Rosenbaum Fire KIMBERLY, Ore. (Aug. 16, 2026) – Firefighters made significant progress on the Rosenbaum fire, leading to the reopening of the single-lane closure on Highway 19 and reducing some evacuation levels in Grant County. Today they look to hold and improve control lines and tie in critical line along the southwestern portion of the...
InciWebBologna Cottonwood Little Bear and Rosenbaum Fires Morning Update Aug 15, 2026 08-15-2026
Incident teamFirefighters provide aggressive initial attack, expanding control lines and slowing Rosenbaum Fire from expanding KIMBERLY, Ore. (Aug. 15, 2026) – Yesterday, firefighters provided a robust initial attack supported by aviation resources to significantly slow growth and started to establish fire lines around the majority of the Rosenbaum Fire. Their efforts prevented structure loss and successfully ...
InciWebLITTLE BEAR update: 67 acres, 76% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the LITTLE BEAR containment moved from 55% to 76%.
IRWINBologna, Cottonwood, Little Bear and Rosenbaum Fires Morning Update Aug. 14, 2026 08-14-2026
Incident teamODF CIMT-3 assumes command of the rapidly-growing Rosenbaum Fire, firefighters continue to build containment on other fires KIMBERLY, Ore. (Aug 14, 2026) – This morning, the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 assumed command of the rapidly-growing Rosenbaum Fire. The 200-acre Rosenbaum Fire is located in the Service Creek area, around mile marker 75 of ...
InciWebLITTLE BEAR update: 67 acres, 55% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the LITTLE BEAR grew 4 acres to 67 and containment moved from 0% to 55%.
IRWINLITTLE BEAR update: 63 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the LITTLE BEAR grew 3 acres to 63.
IRWINLITTLE BEAR update: 60 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the LITTLE BEAR grew 25 acres to 60.
IRWINLITTLE BEAR update: 35 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the LITTLE BEAR grew 10 acres to 35.
IRWINLITTLE BEAR mapped at 25 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the LITTLE BEAR at 25 acres.
IRWINTimeline
92 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: ddd323aa-005f-4859-8f72-866a09dd049b
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