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Contained

Wheel

Malheur, OR · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 119 acres in Malheur before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

119

Acres Burned

1

Days Burning

Sep 26, 2026

Discovered

1d ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 109 acres in the last day
Sep 26 / 10 acresSep 26 / 119 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

5 public land units within 75 miles

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / ID

46.2 mi

SE

Monument Rock Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

57.7 mi

W

Whitman National Forest

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National Forest / OR

64.9 mi

NW

Mount Howard-East Peak National Natural Landmark

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Monument / OR

70.9 mi

N

Eagle Cap Wilderness

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Wilderness / OR

71.4 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

WHEEL update: 119 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the WHEEL grew 109 acres to 119.

IRWIN

WHEEL mapped at 10 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the WHEEL at 10 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 26Now

1 day 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: 576f80e7-a8bd-452c-8e15-2e969d49d5f1

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