The Royal Lake wildfire in Adams, Washington, has burned 2,037 acres and is 95 percent contained as of July 16, 2026. Homes in the affected area face fire damage risk from the remaining active fire.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 1,995 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Undetermined
- 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 (Adams, 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
Adams, Washington · ≈ 3.3 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-07-21 00:40 UTC · ≈ 3.2 sq mi · snapshot 2 of 2
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Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 1,995 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,995 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,995 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,995 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,995 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,995 acres −42 95% contained
- 2,037 acres ±0 95% contained
- 2,037 acres 68% contained
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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
Lake
The 100-acre Lake fire was reported on 8/6 around 2 p.m. The fire is located 4 miles SW of Secesh, ID and just south of Burgdorf. The fire is burning near a high-use recreation area.
- Incident update InciWeb
Royal Lake
The fire is burning mostly on public land north of Highway 26 and west of Othello in Adams County. The fire started in the early hours of July 16 from a lightning strike. Rain accompanying the storm kept the fire concealed until approximately 10:45 a.m. Thursday when wind picked up the fire and pushed it primarily north and east through the rugged terrain. Limited access, quick burning fuels and wind have limited suppression response. Southeast Washington Incident Management – Team 3 added the Royal Lake fire to its command at 6 AM Saturday. The team is also managing the Lyon’s Ferry, Devil’s Canyon, Neff Jones and Wallace Walker fires. The phone number is the same for all five fires.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.