Awatchfire

Umatilla County, Oregon

North Cayuse Fire

Burning 4.5 miles east of Cayuse and 7.0 miles south-east of Adams, since Saturday 4 July.

Map of Oregon. The North Cayuse Fire burns 70 miles from Baker City and 178 miles from Bend, and 227 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 70 miles from Baker City and 178 miles from Bend.

4,887

acres burned so far — about 8 square miles

55

days burning so far

97%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The North Cayuse Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 4,887 acres in Umatilla County, Oregon. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

97% held

97% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

3people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Human

is the cause on the official record.

55 days

on record — first written down on Saturday 4 July at 3:01pm local time, starting at 2 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

45.683, -118.481lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.