Pat's Cabin Fire

No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 44.725, -120.333.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Fossil

Size

772 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

1 Miles E from town, OR

County

Wheeler County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

BLM

Jurisdiction

BLM

Land ownership at origin

BLM

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$50,000

Part of

Rowe Creek Complex

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORPRD-000501

IRWIN identifier

6C455132-8CC9-4C80-8F08-4F734A489D03

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 17, 2026 (772 acres) to July 22, 2026 (772 acres).

• Wind up to 10 mph from the northwest
• Relative humidity as low as 27%
• High of 74°F

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

Full forecast for Fossil, 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, 9:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Fossil, OR20 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Prineville, OR38 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Madras, OR40 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Culver, OR45 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Warm Springs, OR46 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Terrebonne, OR49 miles southwest of the fire’s origin