Fire season ends Friday on more than 2.3 million acres protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry, the agency announced Thursday. Effective 12:01 a.m. on October 17, 2025, the Central Oregon District (COD) of the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) will officially end fire season for all forestlands protected by the district. This includes over 2.3 million acres of private, state, county, municipal, and tribal lands, which includes Hood River, Wasco, Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Gilliam, Wheeler, Morrow, Grant, and Harney counties.
This fire season statistically was an average fire season by the numbers, but nowhere near average regarding response.
- ODF Central Oregon District was one of the first to respond to the Rowena Fire, the first large fire of the 2025 season in Oregon, which burned 3,700 acres just outside of The Dalles;
- ODF Central Oregon District assisted federal partners with the Cram Fire near Madras, which grew roughly 20,000 acres each day for a week, totaling over 95,000 acres, and;
- ODF Central Oregon District responded to the Flat Fire northeast of Sisters, where wildland and structural firefighters saved 827 residences within the fire perimeter and the blaze burned over 23,000 acres.
โThis fire season showed the endurance and dedication of our Central Oregon ODF firefighters,โ said Rob Pentzer, ODF Central Oregon District Forester.
