Salmon Fire

Perimeter mapped July 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM PDT, 1,433 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.717, -118.510.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Prairie City

Size

1,433 acres

Containment

95%

Discovered

July 8, 2026 at 12:16 AM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

34 Miles SW from Baker City, OR

County

Grant County

State

Oregon

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

31

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$40,605,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ORUMF-000222

IRWIN identifier

64FFD472-E106-48C8-87B6-2C2F7FB04774

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 9, 2026 (338 acres) to August 6, 2026 (1,433 acres). The largest one-day growth was 368 acres, mapped July 12, 2026.

• Wind up to 7 mph from the southeast
• Relative humidity as low as 29%
• High of 67°F

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

Full forecast for Prairie 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 0.4 µg/m³ around Sun, 7:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Prairie City, OR20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• John Day, OR30 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Baker City, OR33 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Union, OR46 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• La Grande, OR47 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Island City, OR49 miles northeast of the fire’s origin