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The Devil's Canyon Fire burned 4,766 acres in Franklin, Washington before being fully contained. Homes in the affected area face fire damage risk from the incident.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 4,766 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 (Franklin, 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
Franklin, Washington · ≈ 7.4 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.
- 4,766 acres ±0 100% contained
- 4,766 acres ±0 100% contained
- 4,766 acres ±0 100% contained
- 4,766 acres ±0 95% contained
- 4,766 acres +19 95% contained
- 4,747 acres 95% 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.
- Forecast discussion NWS PDT
Area Forecast Discussion
Showers and isolated thunderstorms possible mainly in far eastern Oregon through Monday, with increased gusty winds developing Monday night into Tuesday.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pendleton OR 407 PM PDT Sun Aug 16 2026
.KEY MESSAGES... - Southwest flow through Monday will bring shower and isolated thunderstorm chances mainly to far eastern Oregon.
- Increased Gap wind potential Monday night into Tuesday.
- Another chances of showers and thunderstorms toward the weekend.
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.DISCUSSION... Southwest flow will continue through Monday. Several short waves will move through the flow. These short waves coupled with residual moisture could trigger showers and isolated afternoon thunderstorms, mainly for Wallowa County, but other mountain areas can't be ruled out.
By Tuesday, the Pacific Northwest gets into more of a split flow pattern and as a result, west winds will increase across the area. Winds will become gusty beginning MOnday night and into Tuesday, with wind gusts 20 to 30 mph, with some locations possibly as high as 35 mph, in the usually breezier areas such as the Kittitas Valley, Simcoe Highlands, Blue Mountain Foothills, Columbia Basin and Gorge. NBM probabilities of wind gusts >=25 mph are >60 percent, while NBM probabilities of wind gusts >= 39 mph are generally 50…
- Federal declaration FEMA
Emergency declaration: WILDFIRES (Washington)
FEMA EM-3650 — Fire, declared 2026-08-03.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.