2025 Oregon wildfires

The 2025 Oregon wildfire season is a series of ongoing wildfires that are burning throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.

2025 Oregon wildfires
An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Alder Springs Fire on June 16, 2025
Statistics
Total fires	~14
Total area	20,300 acres (8,200 ha) (as of June 19, 2025)[1]
Impacts
Structures destroyed	67
Season
← 2024

On May 7, Governor Tina Kotek signed a declaration declaring May “Wildfire Awareness Month”.^[2] The season is expected to be similarly destructive as the 2024 season, the most destructive in history.^[3] On May 27, Senator Ron Wyden criticized cuts to NOAA under the second presidency of Donald Trump and other federal firefighting resources like the Forest Service, framing the agencies as nonpartisan and the cuts as not warranted. The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has set the start date for the season as June 1, but forecasts show unseasonably hot and dry weather could start fires before the date.^[4]

Background

Further information: List of Oregon wildfires

"Fire season" in Oregon typically begins in mid-May and ends with the first rains that normally begins in late September. Drought, snowpack levels, and local weather conditions play a role in Oregon's fire season, particularly in Eastern and Southwest Oregon. During peak fire season from July to September, most wildfires are caused by lightning, while ignitions in the early and later parts of the season are related to humans. Warm, dry conditions in summer heighten the wildfire risk. After over 100 years of fire suppression and prevention of all fires, there is now an abundance of fuel. Climate change is leading to a reduced snowpack with an earlier and reduced snowmelt, so there is a higher risk for areas that receive wildfires.^[5]

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name	County	Acres	Start date	Containment date[a]	Notes	Ref
Butte Creek	Wheeler	1,776	May 25	May 30	First non-prescribed or debris burn in 2025. Burned 9 miles (14 km) north of Clarno and prompted evacuations for Mosier.	[7][8][9]
Rowena	Wasco	3,700	June 11	June 25	Closed Interstate 84, evacuations for The Dalles, Kotek invokes Emergency Conflagration Act. Portion of Washington State Route 14 closed. At least 2,000 residential structures under evacuation notices. 56 residences and 91 secondary structures destroyed as of 6/16.	[10][11][12][13]
Ferry	Gilliam and Sherman	10,458	June 11	June 19	Burned in Cottonwood Canyon State Park near State Route 206. Evacuations near Highway 206.	[14][15]
Alder Springs	Jefferson	3,279	June 16	June 30	Quickly growing fire that burned near Crooked River Ranch on the Crooked River National Grassland. Evacuations issued for portions of Jefferson and Deschutes Counties. Oregon State Fire Marshal mobilizes structure protection resources under Emergency Conflagration Act for second time in a week.	[16][17][18]
Wolf Hollow	Gilliam	1,200	June 17	June 17	Started by a pickup truck. Burned Conservation Reserve Program fields and grassland.	[19][20]
Black Canyon	Lake	1,584	July 1	90%	Lightning-caused. Burning near Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge.	[21]
Cold Springs	Umatilla	2,489	July 2	98%	Burning near Hat Rock, 1 home has been destroyed and as of July 2, 2025 15 to 30 structures are threatened.	[22][23]
Elk	Klamath County	2,637	July 8	88%	Cause under investigation. Burning 8 miles (13 km) north of Bonanza.	[24]
Willow	Crook	4,417	July 9	90%	Lightning-caused. Burning 20 miles (32 km) south of Paulina.	[25]
Cram	Jefferson, Wasco	95,736	July 13	73%	Human-caused. Burning 15 miles (24 km) north of Madras. 4 homes and 2 other structures have been destroyed.	[26][27][28]
Helix	Umatilla	3,472	July 14	July 15	A brush fire started in a wheat field near Helix and burned to the Oregon-Washington border. Multiple departments from both states responded. A burn-over destroyed a Milton-Freewater Rural Fire Department engine, and one firefighter was treated and released for smoke inhalation.	[29][30][31]
Black Hills	Malheur	1,500	July 17	0%	Undetermined cause. Burning 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Burns Junction.	[32]
Mendiola Road	Malheur	1,800	July 18	0%	Undetermined cause. Burning 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Adrian.	[33]
Kinkade	Morrow	TBD	July 18	July 18	Four fires started almost simultaneously in Boardman, one by a lawnmower, and one suspicious in nature. The brush fire near Kinkade Road spread quickly and destroyed five homes and a former church convented to a food pantry. Multiple vehicles were also destroyed.	[34][35]
Butte Creek	Wasco	2,000	July 19	30%	Undetermined cause. Burning 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Simnasho.	[36]

Perimeters of 2025 Oregon wildfires (map data)

See also

• Oregon portal

• 2025 United States wildfires
• 2025 Alaska wildfires
• 2025 Arizona wildfires
• 2025 California wildfires
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Notes

1. Containment means that fire crews have established and secured control lines around the fire's perimeter. These lines are artificial barriers, like trenches or cleared vegetation, designed to stop the fire's spread, or natural barriers like rivers. Containment reflects progress in managing the fire but does not necessarily mean the fire is starved of fuel, under control, or put out.^[6]