Powder River Fire

Perimeter mapped July 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM PDT, 21,088 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.755, -117.278.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Baker City

Size

21,088 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM PDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

4 Miles SW from RICHLAND, OR

County

Baker County

State

Oregon

Nearest city reported

Richland

Protecting agency

BLM

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

4

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$8,300,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORVAD-260173

IRWIN identifier

40EF4D3A-A1D9-48DA-A96B-A58F164E5E68

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 17, 2026 (1,052 acres) to August 5, 2026 (21,088 acres). The largest one-day growth was 17,355 acres, mapped July 19, 2026.

• Wind up to 17 mph from the west
• Relative humidity as low as 27%
• High of 79°F

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

Full forecast for Baker City, 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 0.5 µg/m³ around Wed, 5:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Baker City, OR27 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Weiser, ID38 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Joseph, OR41 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Union, OR43 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Enterprise, OR46 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Payette, ID50 miles south of the fire’s origin