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The Cow Canyon fire burned 3,941 acres near Oneida, Idaho before being fully contained on July 12, 2026. Homes in the affected area face fire damage risk from the burn scar.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 3,941 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Began
- Status
- Inactive
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Oneida, Idaho), 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
Oneida, Idaho · ≈ 6.2 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 3,941 acres −57 100% contained
- 3,998 acres ±0 100% contained
- 3,998 acres ±0 100% contained
- 3,998 acres ±0 100% contained
- 3,998 acres ±0 100% contained
- 3,998 acres ±0 96% contained
- 3,998 acres +1,998 0% contained
- 2,000 acres 0% contained
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Latest updates
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- Forecast discussion NWS PIH
Area Forecast Discussion
Isolated afternoon thunderstorms expected mainly in southern highlands through Wednesday, with wildfire smoke clearing by Thursday as a major pattern change brings widespread rain and cooler temperatures.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 200 PM MDT Tue Aug 11 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Isolated (virga) showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, mainly southern and southeast highlands. Isolated thunderstorms once again Wednesday afternoon.
- Wildfire smoke will continue to impact the area on and off for through Wednesday. Overall improvement is expected by Thursday.
- Major pattern change with showers and thunderstorms expected Thursday into Saturday with much more widespread coverage with significant cooling occurring as well.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 131 PM MDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Seeing showers and isolated thunderstorms again in the southern mountains this afternoon and evening. May see a few elsewhere but mainly not expected to reach the ground in lower elevations. Expect a return of isolated showers and thunderstorms once again Wednesday afternoon and evening again southern mountains as well as central mountains so areas beginning to increase. Will start to see some cooling Wednesday with highs mainly in the 80s to lower 90s low elevations and 70s and 80s mountains. The monsoonal moisture is really expected to push…
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