Hatch Grade Fire
The Hatch Grade Fire was reported on September 29, 2026 in Walla Walla County, Washington and has burned 5,000 acres.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 29, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped September 30, 2026 at 8:58 AM PDT, 9,023 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 46.032, -118.859.
The incident
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Walla Walla County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- SHP
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-WAWFS-000664
- IRWIN identifier
- 4A7A0CD9-8A83-4F71-96FA-1FFF22A0DE95
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 8 mph from the north
- Relative humidity as low as 37%
- High of 72°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 3.4 µg/m³ around Fri, 7:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Finley, WA12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Burbank, WA14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Highland, WA14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Kennewick, WA18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pasco, WA18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- West Pasco, WA21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
Washington wildfires today Wildfires of 2026 All current fires
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 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-WAWFS-000664.