High Lava Fire

Perimeter mapped September 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM PDT, 2,899 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.881, -122.116.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Yacolt

Size

2,899 acres

Containment

80%

Discovered

July 23, 2026 at 4:44 PM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

11 Miles NW from Stabler, WA

County

Skamania County

State

Washington

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

33

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$17,000,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-WAGPF-000684

IRWIN identifier

0B15D818-66C9-4225-B4BE-86A858CAD8E8

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 29, 2026 (13 acres) to September 4, 2026 (2,899 acres). The largest one-day growth was 794 acres, mapped August 27, 2026.

• Wind up to 7 mph from the west
• Relative humidity as low as 64%
• High of 59°F

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

Full forecast for Yacolt, WA

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 Mon, 9:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Yacolt, WA14 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Amboy, WA16 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Venersborg, WA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Stevenson, WA17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Carson, WA18 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Cascade Locks, OR18 miles southeast of the fire’s origin