Wednesday, July 15, 2026

07/15 Morning Briefing

 

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING 

July 15, 2026 

07/14 (NEW) INITIAL ATTACK 

Fires 

Acres 

Umatilla National Forest  

1 

 

4 

 

Wallowa Whitman National Forest  

0 

0 

Vale/PRD District BLM Baker Area  

0 

0 

NEO Oregon Department of Forestry  

1 

0.1 

WA DNR Snake River Unit  

0 

0 

BIA Umatilla Agency 

0 

0 

Total 

2 

4.1 

INCIDENT SUMMARY 

Fire Activity 

On 07/14/2026 

Chaparral – ORUMF  Pomeroy RD – 4 acres 

 

Crow Creek Fire – Wallowa ODF – 0.1 acres 

Extreme Drought Statement Issued For Eastern Oregon Mountains into Central Oregon

BMIDC - Extreme drought has expanded throughout the eastern Oregon mountains and into central Oregon and the central Oregon Cascades while the rest of the area has a mix of mainly abnormally dry to severe drought.

Well below normal precipitation (50% or less of normal) in most areas over the last 30 days. Below to near normal precipitation (50% to 100% of normal) in eastern Wallowa, southern Union, western Grant, eastern Crook, southeastern Deschutes and northeast Columbia counties over the last 30 days.
Drought is expected to persist or develop across the entire area through the end of September 2026.
All areas are forecast to have above normal significant fire potential from now through September 2026.
Please report any drought conditions and/or impacts in your area to WFO Pendleton via email to george.perry@noaa.gov, camden.plunkett@noaa.gov and ed.townsend@noaa.gov, or through the National Drought Mitigation Center at this link : 
https://droughtimpacts.unl.edu/


To view the statement issued by the National Weather Service view this document: https://bmidc.org/files/upload/DGT_PDT_07132026_NEO_Drought_Statement.pdf
Provided is the link to view additional Drought Statement Information from the National Weather Service
https://www.weather.gov/pdt/droughtinformationstatement

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

7/14/2026 Morning Briefing

 

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING

July 14, 2026

BMIDC WEBSITE

07/13 (NEW) INITIAL ATTACK

Fires

Acres

Umatilla National Forest

0

 

0

 

Wallowa Whitman National Forest

0

0

Vale/PRD District BLM Baker Area

0

0

NEO Oregon Department of Forestry

0

0

WA DNR Snake River Unit

0

0

BIA Umatilla Agency

0

0

Total

0

0

INCIDENT SUMMARY

Fire Activity

On 07/13/2026

No New Activity to Report

 

Monday, July 13, 2026

7/13/2026 Morning Briefing

 

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING

July 13, 2026

BMIDC WEBSITE

07/12 (NEW) INITIAL ATTACK

Fires

Acres

Umatilla National Forest

0

 

0

 

Wallowa Whitman National Forest

0

0

Vale/PRD District BLM Baker Area

0

0

NEO Oregon Department of Forestry

0

0

WA DNR Snake River Unit

0

0

BIA Umatilla Agency

0

0

Total

0

0

INCIDENT SUMMARY

Fire Activity

On 07/12/2026

No New Activity to Report