MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Oregon, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: Oregon
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What Oregon's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by Oregon's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

151crash alerts in October

0closure alerts

318roadwork alerts

28wildfire records, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

Oregon's road feed carried 151 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

I-84 — 23
I-5 — 17
I-205 — 12

Closures and roadwork

0 closures and 318 roadwork records were on Oregon's feed in October, out of 608 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in Oregon

I-5 — 86
I-84 — 68
US-101 — 52
US-26 — 39
US-97 — 26

Compared with earlier months

Unique alerts on Oregon's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

July — 737 alerts: 149 crashes, 0 closures, 344 roadwork
August — 692 alerts: 146 crashes, 0 closures, 349 roadwork
September — 620 alerts: 140 crashes, 0 closures, 353 roadwork
October — 608 alerts: 151 crashes, 0 closures, 318 roadwork

Winter closures

On Oregon's feed as of October 31

US-395 — “The rest area is closed for the season.”

Roads that usually close for winter

OR-242, McKenzie Pass Highway (Old McKenzie Highway) — Usually closes the Thursday before Veterans Day and reopens the third Monday in June. Source

Timing comes from each agency's own page. Exact dates depend on snow. We update this list each month through winter.

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 28 fire records in Oregon as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Second Flat (Harney County), 105,854 acres, 100% contained
Grasshopper (Wasco County), 93,972 acres, 98% contained
Hagen (Umatilla County), 61,380 acres, 99% contained
Wrights Spring (Klamath County), 55,134 acres, 100% contained

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

See the national report or another state or province.

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