Cottonwood Fire

Perimeter mapped July 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM PDT, 15,659 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 45.453, -120.426.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Moro

Size

15,658 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 23, 2026 at 9:51 AM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

16 Miles SE from Wasco, OR

County

Gilliam County

State

Oregon

Nearest city reported

Condon

Protecting agency

BLM

Land ownership at origin

State

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$3,000,999

Part of

Hay Creek Complex

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORPRD-000584

IRWIN identifier

B454DACB-0FE8-49D7-9603-08759CDCD5C1

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 23, 2026 (5,294 acres) to July 30, 2026 (15,659 acres). The largest one-day growth was 8,754 acres, mapped July 24, 2026.

• Wind up to 21 mph from the west
• Relative humidity as low as 33%
• High of 72°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Moro, OR

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.

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 0.1 µg/m³ around Tue, 2:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Moro, OR15 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Goldendale, WA32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• The Dalles, OR38 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Dallesport, WA38 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Chenoweth, OR41 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Heppner, OR43 miles east of the fire’s origin