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Kaiser Canyon Fire

Possible damage: Fire

Live status, affected area, official sources and recovery guidance.

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High significance Inactive 82% contained Okanogan, Washington · Last updated · source: NASA EONET

This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.

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
138,282 acres
Containment
82%
Cause
Natural
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 (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.

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.

  1. 138,282 acres +10 82% contained
  2. 138,272 acres +54 81% contained
  3. 138,218 acres ±0 74% contained
  4. 138,218 acres +5 74% contained
  5. 138,213 acres −22 63% contained
  6. 138,235 acres −33 63% contained
  7. 138,268 acres +652 62% contained
  8. 137,616 acres +638 54% contained
Show 25 earlier observations
  1. 136,978 acres +91 53% contained
  2. 136,887 acres +174 43% contained
  3. 136,713 acres +166 48% contained
  4. 136,547 acres ±0 44% contained
  5. 136,547 acres +125 44% contained
  6. 136,422 acres +2,255 38% contained
  7. 134,167 acres +2,855 38% contained
  8. 131,312 acres +1,634 30% contained
  9. 129,678 acres +1,466 29% contained
  10. 128,212 acres +1,810 27% contained
  11. 126,402 acres ±0 16% contained
  12. 126,402 acres +2,151 16% contained
  13. 124,251 acres +2,834 16% contained
  14. 121,417 acres ±0 9% contained
  15. 121,417 acres +11,062 9% contained
  16. 110,355 acres +3,420 12% contained
  17. 106,935 acres +17,676 13% contained
  18. 89,259 acres +9,617 3% contained
  19. 79,642 acres ±0 3% contained
  20. 79,642 acres +8,492 3% contained
  21. 71,150 acres +8,277 1% contained
  22. 62,873 acres +2,647 0% contained
  23. 60,226 acres ±0 0% contained
  24. 60,226 acres ±0 0% contained
  25. 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.

  1. 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.

    Read the full update at InciWeb ↗

  2. 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.

    Read the full update at InciWeb ↗

Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.

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