Kaiser Canyon Fire

Perimeter mapped August 24, 2026 at 12:06 PM PDT, 138,284 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.117, -118.959.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Coulee Dam

Size

138,293 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 16, 2026 at 5:30 AM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

1 Miles S from Nespelem, WA

County

Okanogan County

State

Washington

Nearest city reported

Nespelem

Protecting agency

BIA

Jurisdiction

BIA

Land ownership at origin

BIA

Personnel assigned

14

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$60,300,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-WACOA-260140

IRWIN identifier

B5597100-D6C9-49F9-BC74-6B8FC4432E92

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 16, 2026 (2,170 acres) to August 24, 2026 (138,284 acres). The largest one-day growth was 33,608 acres, mapped July 18, 2026.

• Wind up to 9 mph from the southwest
• Relative humidity as low as 24%
• High of 78°F

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

Full forecast for Coulee Dam, 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 drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Mon, 1:00 PM PDT to Mon, 4:30 PM PDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 9.4 µg/m³ around Tue, 6:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Coulee Dam, WA11 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Grand Coulee, WA12 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Electric City, WA13 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Omak, WA33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Okanogan, WA33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Bridgeport, WA34 miles west of the fire’s origin