Cascade Fire
The Cascade Fire was reported on July 17, 2026 in Idaho County, Idaho and has burned 7,475 acres. It is 80 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,475 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2026
- Personnel
- 7
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped July 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM PDT, 7,475 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.096, -115.135.
The incident
- Size
- 7,475 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2026 at 8:46 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 19 Miles E from Lowell, ID
- County
- Idaho County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $180,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-IDNCF-000283
- IRWIN identifier
- 61492789-AE0F-4274-8388-F0C89238EC3C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 25, 2026 (280 acres) to September 3, 2026 (7,475 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,904 acres, mapped September 3, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 25, 2026 | 280 | |
| July 29, 2026 | 432 | +152 |
| August 6, 2026 | 3,298 | +2,866 |
| August 10, 2026 | 3,048 | -250 |
| August 21, 2026 | 3,882 | +834 |
| August 22, 2026 | 4,571 | +689 |
| September 3, 2026 | 7,475 | +2,904 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the east-northeast
- Relative humidity as low as 30%
- High of 76°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.4 µg/m³ around Mon, 12:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 19, 2026 at 7:18 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-IDNCF-000283.