North Cayuse Fire

Perimeter mapped July 8, 2026 at 4:33 AM PDT, 4,887 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.683, -118.481.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Athena

Size

4,887 acres

Containment

97%

Discovered

July 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM PDT

Cause

Human

Location

15 Miles E from Pendleton, OR

County

Umatilla County

State

Oregon

Nearest city reported

Mission

Protecting agency

DOF

Jurisdiction

BIA

Land ownership at origin

BIA

Personnel assigned

3

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$7,600,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-OR973S-000206

IRWIN identifier

B0396AC9-6C41-4BC3-A899-F309FC28BAAE

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 5, 2026 (500 acres) to August 3, 2026 (4,887 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,163 acres, mapped July 6, 2026.

• Wind up to 8 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 Athena, 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 0.2 µg/m³ around Tue, 5:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Athena, OR9 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Mission, OR10 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Pendleton, OR15 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Milton-Freewater, OR18 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Pilot Rock, OR22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• College Place, WA26 miles north of the fire’s origin