A natural fire in Okanogan, Washington has burned 62,873 acres with no containment as of July 16. Homes in the affected area face direct fire damage risk.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 137,616 acres
- Containment
- 54%
- Cause
- Natural
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Okanogan, Washington), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Okanogan, Washington · ≈ 230 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-08-08 00:50 UTC · ≈ 230 sq mi · snapshot 25 of 25
View the timeline — how the reported area changed
Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 137,616 acres +638 54% contained
- 136,978 acres +91 53% contained
- 136,887 acres +174 43% contained
- 136,713 acres +166 48% contained
- 136,547 acres ±0 44% contained
- 136,547 acres +125 44% contained
- 136,422 acres +2,255 38% contained
- 134,167 acres +2,855 38% contained
Show 18 earlier observations
- 131,312 acres +1,634 30% contained
- 129,678 acres +1,466 29% contained
- 128,212 acres +1,810 27% contained
- 126,402 acres ±0 16% contained
- 126,402 acres +2,151 16% contained
- 124,251 acres +2,834 16% contained
- 121,417 acres ±0 9% contained
- 121,417 acres +11,062 9% contained
- 110,355 acres +3,420 12% contained
- 106,935 acres +17,676 13% contained
- 89,259 acres +9,617 3% contained
- 79,642 acres ±0 3% contained
- 79,642 acres +8,492 3% contained
- 71,150 acres +8,277 1% contained
- 62,873 acres +2,647 0% contained
- 60,226 acres ±0 0% contained
- 60,226 acres ±0 0% contained
- 60,226 acres 0% contained
Shown as reported by our sources — not an official product. For current advisories and the authoritative map, see NASA EONET ↗.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Incident update InciWeb
Kaiser Canyon Fire 2026
The Kaiser Canyon Fire started from a lightning strike approximately a mile south of Nespelem, Washington on July 16, 2026, on the Colville Agency lands. Significant fire behavior has been observed due to shifting winds and hot, dry weather with the fire pushing past Owhi Flats into Ferry County and northeast of Nespelem towards Omak Lake. The primary goals of fire suppression on the Kaiser Canyon Fire have been structure protection and community and firefighter safety. Fuels are dry and susceptible to fire spread by wind and terrain features. Road closures and evacuations are in place near the fire perimeter; updates on closures and evacuations can be obtained here.
- Incident update InciWeb
Kaiser Canyon
The Kaiser Canyon Fire started from a lightning strike approximately a mile south of Nespelem, Washington on July 16, 2026, on the Colville Agency lands. Significant fire behavior has been observed due to shifting winds and hot, dry weather with the fire pushing past Owhi Flats into Ferry County and northeast of Nespelem towards Omak Lake. The primary goals of fire suppression on the Kaiser Canyon Fire have been structure protection, community and firefighter safety. Fuels are dry and susceptible to fire spread by wind and terrain features. Road closures and evacuations are in place near the fire perimeter; updates on closures and evacuations can be obtained here.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.