List of Washington wildfires

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Sleepy Hollow Fire (2015) in Monitor close to where it was ignited, heading over the ridge and into the city of Wenatchee Sleepy Hollow Fire 2015.jpg
Sleepy Hollow Fire (2015) in Monitor close to where it was ignited, heading over the ridge and into the city of Wenatchee

These are incomplete lists of the major and minor wildfires in Washington state history, along with total costs of the fires for the years starting in 2002. Wildfires are infrequent on the western side of the Cascade Crest, but a regular component of Eastern Washington ecology.

Contents

Major Washington wildfires chronologically

This list only includes "major fires" that destroyed over 5,000 acres (20 km2), incurred fatalities or damaged a significant amount of property. Older fires are increasingly underreported. For example, none of the wildfires of 1926–31 and 1943 that together destroyed more than 500,000 acres of the Colville National Forest are included. [1]

2020s

YearFire NameComplex NameCountyStart date
Cause
Size
(acres)
Structures
Lost
DeathsInjuriesNotesImage
2024 Beam Road Fire [2] YakimaJune 158,542 acres (3,457 ha)000Contained June 19
Extinguished June 27
Big Horn fire [3] [4] KlickitatJuly 22, unknown51,569 acres (20,869 ha)000Contained July 31
Black Canyon Fire [5] YakimaJuly 22, unknown9,211 acres (3,728 ha) [5] 000Contained August 1
DNR helicopter dipping from Wenas Lake Black canyon fire helicopter dipping from Wenas lake.jpg
DNR helicopter dipping from Wenas Lake
Cougar Creek Fire [6] [7] Asotin & GarfieldJuly 15, unknown20,699 acres (8,377 ha)4 destroyed
5 damaged
00
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter Cougar Creek Fire map inciweb.png
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter
Pioneer Fire [8] ChelanJune 8, human caused36,763 acres (14,877 ha)000 Stehekin ordered to evacuate on July 28
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter Pioneer Fire perimeter- Public Information 36x48 - 0724 day.jpg
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter
Retreat Fire [9] [10] YakimaJuly 23, cause unknown44,588 acres (18,044 ha)500Also called the Rimrock Retreat Fire, Closed US-12, caused evacuations and county-wide declaration of emergency
7-27-24 map of fire perimeter Retreat Fire 7-27-24 Inciweb map.jpg
7-27-24 map of fire perimeter
Swawilla Fire [11] [12] Ferry & OkanoganJuly 17, Lightning53,462 acres (21,635 ha)2 outbuildings00Temporarily closed State Route 21 and Keller Ferry, evacuations of Keller and the Buffalo Lake area; August 1 a false news story was circulated about 28 homes being burned, Inciweb and NWCC debunked.
Fire perimeter map for 7-23-24 Swawilla Fire map inciweb 7-23-24.jpg
Fire perimeter map for 7-23-24
2023 Oregon Fire [13] Spokane/Pend Oreille 10,817 acres (4,377 ha) [13] 384 [14] 1 [14]
Gray Fire [15] Spokane 10,085 [15] [14] 259 [14] 1 [14]
2020Cold Springs Canyon/Pearl Hill Fires Labor Day fires and Inchelium Complex Okanogan & Douglas Over 410,000 [16] 1 [17]
Whitney Fire Lincoln September 7127,430

2010s

YearFire NameComplex NameCountyStart dateSize
(acres)
Structures
Lost
DeathsInjuriesNotesImage
2019 243 Command Fire [18] Grant June 320,380 acres (82.5 km2)000fully contained by June 10
Satellite View taken 6/4/19 2019 06 05-19.47.55.299-CDT.jpg
Satellite View taken 6/4/19
Cold Creek Fire [19] Benton42,000 acres (170 km2)
Pipeline Fire Kittitas6,515 acres (26.37 km2)
Powerline Fire [20] Grant7,800 acres (32 km2)
Williams Flats Fire Okanogan44,446 acres (179.87 km2)Largest wildfire of the 2019 season
2016Hart FireLincoln18,220390
Range 12 Fire [21] Yakima 177,210
2016 Snake River FireGarfield11,452 acres (46.34 km2)
Spokane Complex FireSpokane ComplexSpokane7,251 acres (29.34 km2)10Formed from the Wellesley and Yale Road fires
Contained August 12
Water drop run August 21 Spokane complex fire water drop run.jpg
Water drop run August 21
2015Black Canyon Fire [22] Chelan ComplexChelanAugust 146,761
Blue Creek Fire [23] Walla WallaJuly 206,004
Carpenter Road Fire [24] Stevens August 1463,97236 [25]
Chelan Complex [26] Chelan ComplexChelanAugust 1488,98544 [25] The complex included the Antoine, Black Canyon, Cagle, McFarland Creek, and Reach fires
Cougar Creek Fire [27] YakimaAugust 1053,52300
Firefighter and flames Firefighter at Cougar Creek Fire (20876410259).jpg
Firefighter and flames
Douglas County Complex [n 1] Douglas County ComplexDouglasJuly 1022,337 [28] 000contained July 15
First Creek Fire [26] ChelanAugust 147,490 [25] 19 [25]
Goodell Fire [29] Upper Skagit Complex Skagit August 107,11100
Graves Mountain fire [30] Colville & Kettle FerryAugust 148,557Largest and main fire of the Colville Complex Fires
After containment of smaller fires, oversight was transferred to the Kettle Complex on Aug 31, 2015 [31]
Grizzly Bear Complex [32] Grizzly Bear ComplexColumbia / Wallowa, Oregon August 1380,72533 [25] Complex started August 13 via 18 lightning-caused fires.
All but the Bear Ridge Fire in the North burned together
Smoke column from fires Smoke from the Grizzly Bear Complex Fire (21287548642).jpg
Smoke column from fires
Highway 8 Fire [33] KlickitatAugust 1033,100
Lime Belt Fire [34] Okanogan ComplexOkanoganAugust 15133,450
Newby Lake Fire [35] OkanoganJuly 45,065 [n 2]
North Star Fire [36] Ferry / Okanogan218,138
Okanogan Complex [34] Okanogan Complex OkanoganAugust 15304,782 [37] 195 [25] 3Included the Lime Belt, Tunk Block, Twisp River and Nine Mile Fires.
The Lime Belt Fire originated as three separate fires that burned together.
On August 31, the Tunk Block fire was separated from this complex, as it was about to merge with the North Star Fire, leaving the complex with an area of 133,118 acres.
Smoke near Omak Okanogan Complex Fire - USFS.jpg
Smoke near Omak
Paradise Fire [38] Jefferson May 152,79600A rare rainforest fire in the Olympic National Park
finally extinguished in September
Smoke plume Smoke plume (19162389836).jpg
Smoke plume
Renner Fire [30] Kettle ComplexFerryAugust 1113,775000
Saddle Lakes Fire [39] GrantJune 2814,357000
Sleepy Hollow Fire [40] ChelanJune 282,9503304
Cresting ridge towards Wenatchee Sleepy Hollow Fire 2015.jpg
Cresting ridge towards Wenatchee
Stickpin Fire [30] Kettle ComplexFerryAugust 1153,828000
Tower Fire [41] Kaniksu ComplexPend OreilleAugust 1124,194
Tunk Block Fire [42] Okanogan ComplexOkanoganAugust 15165,918
Twisp River Fire [34] Okanogan ComplexOkanoganAugust 1511,2223
Wolverine Fire [43] ChelanAugust 1365,5124 [25]
Satellite view of smoke August 2015 MODIS 2015-213 - Wolverine Fire and smoke over Washington and Idaho.jpg
Satellite view of smoke August 2015
2014 Carlton Complex fire Carlton ComplexOkanogan256,108 [37] 3001Began as four separate lightning strike fires, (the Cougar Flat, French Creek, Gold Hike, and Stokes fires).
The four merged and continued as one large fire complex
Satellite image July 18, 2014 MODIS Washington wildfires 7 18 2014.jpg
Satellite image July 18, 2014
Chiwaukum Creek Fire [44] Chiwaukum ComplexChelanJuly 1413,89500
Duncan FireChelanJuly 1412,69500
Devil's Elbow Complex [n 3] Devil's Elbow ComplexFerryAugust 226,34900
Mills Canyon FireChelanJuly 822,57100
Snag Canyon FireKittitasAugust 212,66700
Upper Falls FireOkanoganAugust 28,11800
2013Colockum Tarps Fire [45] [46] Chelan / Kittitas July 2780,184503
Desmarais Fire [47] YakimaJune 610,130001
Mile Marker 28 Fire [48] KlickitatJuly 2426,092006
Wood Gulch Fire [49] Klickitat5,400000
2012Antoine 2 Fire [50] Chelan / Okanogan6,837000
Apache Pass Fire [51] Lincoln 23,324400
Barker Canyon Complex [50] Barker Canyon Complex Douglas 81,1551200
Buffalo Lake Road Fire [50] [52] Okanogan11,299105
Byrd FireWenatchee Complex [53] Chelan14,11900
Canyon FireWenatchee Complex [53] Chelan7,55700
Cascade Creek Fire [54] Skamania / Yakima20,296002
Crane Road Fire [55] Douglas12,500700
Goat FireOkanogan7,378000
Milepost 10 [56] Douglas5,445000
Peavine Canyon FireWenatchee Complex [53] Chelan / Kittitas19,46700
Poison Canyon FireWenatchee Complex [53] Chelan5,91000
St Marys Mission Road Fire [50] Okanogan17,0311004
Table Mountain Fire [50] Kittitas42,312502
Taylor Bridge Fire [50] Kittitas23,50027202
2011Monastery Fire [57] Klickitat3,626113010
Wishram II Fire [58] Klickitat11,008000
2010Baird Springs Fire [59] Grant7,693000
Cowiche Mill Fire [60] Yakima5,834703
Eureka Fire [61] Walla Walla21,620200
Hubbard Fire [62] Columbia11,500000
Swakane Fire [63] Chelan19,291000

2000s

YearFire NameComplex NameCountyStart dateSize
(acres)
Structures
Lost
DeathsInjuriesNotesImage
2009Dry Creek Complex [50] Dry Creek ComplexBenton / Yakima48,902203
Oden Road Fire [50] Okanogan9,6071403
2008Badger Mountain Fire [50] Chelan / Douglas15,023005
Cold Springs Fire Klickitat7,729000
Columbia River Road Fire [50] Okanogan22,115001
Smith Lake Fire [64] Douglas12,513000
Spokane Valley Fire [65] Spokane1,0082101Over 20 buildings lost
Swanson Lake Fire [50] Lincoln19,0901801
2007Domke Lake Fire [50] Okanogan / Wenatchee11,900102
Easy Street Fire [50] Chelan5,209101
Les Blair Fire [66] Benton6,000000
Manila Creek Fire [67] Ferry26,805203
Overlook Fire [68] Franklin / Grant 27,071
Six Prong Fire [69] Horse Heaven ComplexKlickitat20,898000
South Omak Lake Fire [70] Okanogan10,500000
Tunk Grade Fire [50] Okanogan15,5401900
Wautoma Fire [71] Benton69,000000
Wood Gulch Fire [69] Horse Heaven ComplexKlickitat7,677000
2006Columbia Complex [72] Columbia Complex Columbia / Garfield 109,40228011
Flick Creek Fire [73] Chelan7,889004
Highlands Fire [74] Douglas5,506000
Rocky Ford Fire [75] Grant5,000000
Tatoosh Fire [76] [77] Tatoosh ComplexOkanogan / British Columbia 47,787 [n 4] 000
Tinpan Fire [79] Chelan9,252006
Tripod Complex Fire [80] Tripod Complex [n 5] Okanogan175,184207
2005McClane Fire [81] Franklin6,000200
School Fire Columbia / Garfield51,89221501
Satellite view August 10 School fire in Washington state 2005.jpg
Satellite view August 10
Walker Canyon Fire [82] Walla Walla 25,000000
Wall Lake Fire [83] Lincoln5,400301
West Omak Lake Fire [84] Okanogan11,325000
2004Deep Harbor Fire [85] Pot Peak/Sisi Ridge ComplexChelan28,50030
Pot Peak Fire [85] Pot Peak/Sisi Ridge ComplexChelan17,190006
2003Fawn Peak Complex [86] Fawn Peak ComplexOkanogan81,343004
Hatten Road Fire [87] Lincoln5,460000
Juniper Dunes Fire [88] Franklin5,200000
McGinnis Flats Fire [89] Ferry2,245211One reported death
Needles Fire [90] Okanogan21,300105
Rattlesnake Canyon Fire [91] Ferry10,5601102
Togo Fire [92] Ferry5,800000
2002Deer Point FireChelan / Okanogan43,375500
Pumphouse Fire [93] Yakima10,412000
Quartz Mountain Complex [94] Quartz Mountain ComplexOkanogan12,144000
2001Gamble Mills Fire [95] Brewster & Virginia Lake ComplexOkanogan5,55000
Mount Leona Fire [96] Mount Leona Complex fires FerryAugust 136,144 [97] One subfire in the complex, the Sleepy Fire/Sleepy 91 Fire
Sunset over the Okanogan Highlands 2001 Mt Leona fire sunset over Klondike Mountain.jpg
Sunset over the Okanogan Highlands
Rex Creek Fire Rex Creek Complex fires Chelan / Okanogan50,000
St. Mary's Mission Fire [95] Virginia Lake ComplexOkanogan32,98000
Thirtymile Fire [85] Okanogan9,3240414
Virginia Lake Fire [95] Virginia Lake ComplexOkanogan36,680901(+)
200024 Command Fire [50] Benton 192,0003600
Alderdale Fire [1] [84] Klickitat6,18000
Buffalo Lake Fire [84] Okanogan9,30000
Cayuse Fire [84] Okanogan5,46000
Goodnoe Hills Fire [1] [84] Klickitat6,51010
Mule Dry Fire [50] Benton, Klickitat & Yakima 76,800100
Rocky Hull Fire [84] Okanogan9,404370

1900–1999

YearFire NameComplex NameCountyStart dateSize
(acres)
Structures
Lost
DeathsInjuriesNotesImage
1998Cleveland Fire [84] Klickitat18,500110
Rattle Snake Ridge Fire [1] Yakima18,000
1997Olympia Command Fire [1] Benton5,500
Pow Wah Kee Fire [1] August 3 Asotin 8,000
1996Baird Springs Fire [1] GrantAugust 214,000
Cold Creek Fire [50] Benton / Yakima57,000
1994 Copper Butte Fire [96] Ferry10,473
Rat Creek / Hatchery Creek FireChelan43,000
Tyee Creek Fire [98] [99] Chelan135,00037
1992Castlerock Fire [1] Wenatchee3,500 [100] 24
Skookum Fire [50] Klickitat51,000
1988Dinkelman Fire [50] Chelan50,000
Limekiln Fire [101] Asotin8,400
South 17 Fire [96] South 17 ComplexFerry9740Included the Cody Butte Fire
White Mountain Fire [96] White Mountain ComplexFerryAugust 2321,717Included the Sherman Fire
C-130 Hercules dropping retardant NAID-6447989.jpg
1987Hangman Hills Fire [50] Spokane1,500242Two deaths recorded for fire
1985Barker Mountain Fire [50] Okanogan60,000
1979Salmon Creek Fire [1] Okanogan7,000
1970 Lightning Bust fire [50] Chelan / Okanogan188,000
1951 Great Forks Fire [102] Clallam 38,0000
1934 Aeneas Creek Fire [103] Ferry"Late july"21,000 acres (8,500 ha)Not to be confused with the 2001 fire in the same area.
1929 Camas fire [103] Chelan20,000 acres (8,100 ha)In the Chelan District
Dollar Mountain Fire [103] FerryAugust 498,000–142,000 acres (40,000–57,000 ha)1The northern Kettle River Ranges eastern slopes
fire damage in the Sherman Creek drainage Fire-damaged land in Sherman Creek watershed, Dollar Mountain Fire, 1929 center left.png
fire damage in the Sherman Creek drainage
Dole Valley fire [50] Clark / Skamania227,500 acres (92,100 ha)
Toats Coulee Fire [50] Okanogan80,000 acres (32,000 ha)
1919Sunset Fire [1] Clark / Skamania26,900 acres (10,900 ha)
1910 Great Fire of 1910 [50] Pend Oreille / Spokane 150,000 acres (61,000 ha)Unknown38UnknownWestern perimeter fires on one of the largest fires in United States history.
The center of the burn was in Idaho and Montana
1902 Yacolt Burn [50] Yacolt Burn Clark / Skamania / Cowlitz 238,900 acres (96,700 ha)Unknown65+UnknownA complex of several fires
The majority was as one fire between Carson and Yacolt
Fire-killed Douglas-fir in 1934 1934. Fire-killed Douglas-fir in high country, 32 years after the 1902 Yacolt Burn. Yacolt, Washington. (34626718910).jpg
Fire-killed Douglas-fir in 1934

Minor Washington wildfires chronologically

List of minor fires, burning over 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) and under 5,000 acres (20 km2) with no loss of life or significant numbers of structures.

YearFire NameComplex NameCountyStart dateSize
(acres)
Structures
Lost
InjuriesNotesimage
2024 Bridge Creek Fire FerryJuly 193,998 acres (1,618 ha)10Contained August 4
Fire map for July 23 Bridge Creek Fire map inciweb.jpg
Fire map for July 23
2016Buck CreekChelanJuly 221,987 acres (804 ha)Lightning caused
2015231 FireStevens1,13800
Twenty-One Mile Grade fireFerry2,25000
2014Hansel FireChelan1,01600
Little Bridge FireOkanoganAugust 24,89600
Lone Mountain FireChelanJuly 142,77000
2012Cashmere FireWenatchee Complex [53] Chelan2,65100
Highway 141 Fire [84] Klickitat1,64400
2011Salmon Fire [50] Okanogan1,63100
2010Highway 8 Fire [50] Klickitat2,01900
2009Discovery Fire [50] Okanogan4,12000
Rainbow Bridge Fire [50] Chelan3,71000
2005Dirty Face Fire [84] Chelan1,15000
Second Hud Fire [84] Okanogan4,27200
Weather Station Fire [104] Grant4,91800
2004Mud Lake Fire [84] Yakima4,00000
Williams Butte Fire [105] Williams Butte ComplexChelan & Okanogan1,25700
2003Ahtanum Ridge Fire [106] Yakima2,67801
Ayers Gulch Fire [107] Asotin 1,33400
Black Canyon Fire [108] Stevens2,28013
Crystal Creek Fire [109] Chelan1,58405
Isabel Fire [110] Okanogan4,53500
Maple Fire [111] Chelan2,50002
Noca Complex [112] Noca ComplexSkagit & Whatcom 3,38200
Paddle Fire [113] Stevens1,32400
Shooting Range Fire [114] Benton2,50000
Square Lake Fire [115] Chelan1,09700
Watt Road Fire [116] Spokane1,06470
2002Deer Mountain FireChelan2,28100
Fire equipment and arial bombardment Deer Mountain Fire 2002.jpg
Fire equipment and arial bombardment
2001Bailey Mountain Fire [95] Virginia Lake ComplexOkanogan3,16400
Goose Lake Fire [95] Virginia Lake ComplexOkanogan1,28300
Libby Fire [84] Okanogan3,83000
North Coppei Fire [84] Columbia4,81000
Union Valley Fire [84] Chelan4,70000
1999Malot Fire [84] Okanogan2,80800
1997Red Lake Fire [84] Stevens1,15150
1996Bowie Road Fire [84] Spokane3,02080
1988Aeneas Creek Fire [101] [117] FerryAugust 232,300Same area as the 21,000 acres (8,500 ha) Aeneas Creek Fire of 1934 [103]

Year-by-year statistics

Wildfire seasons are defined by Washington state law as lasting from April 15 through October 15 of each year, allowing for burn bans and other restrictions to be imposed on state lands by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources during that time. [118] According to a North American Seasonal Fire Assessment and Outlook report issued in June, 2019, the summer months represent peak fire season. [119]

Total
Fires
Total Area BurnedStructures
Lost
FatalitiesInjuriesTotal
Cost
NotesSource
AcresHectares
2002 1,28592,74237,531 [120]
2003 1,373200,51781,146 [121]
2004 1,67492,61737,481 [122]
2005 998185,74875,170 [123]
2006 1,579410,060165,950 [124]
2007 1,268214,92586,977 [125]
2008 1,303147,26459,596 [126]
2009 1,97677,25031,260 [127]
2010 87056,82022,990 [128]
2011 99317,4807,070 [129]
2012 1,342259,526105,026 [130]
2013 1,527152,60361,756 [131]
2014 1,480386,972156,6023001 [132]
2015 2,0131,137,664460,39634$253 million [133] [134]
2016 1,272293,717118,863 [135]
2017 1,346404,223163,583 [136]
2018 1,743438,833177,589 [137]
2019 1,394169,74268,692 [138]
2020 1,646842,370340,8951811 [139]
2021 1,863674,222272,848 [140]
2022 1,492173,65970,277 [141]
2023 1,707151,31661,235Preliminary data as of October [142] was higher than the end of the season reported numbers [143]
Sources: National Interagency Fire Center [144]

Notes

  1. Complex of two fires.
  2. Excludes acreage in British Columbia.
  3. Complex of four fires.
  4. The Tatoosh Complex burned 51,671 acres in total, of which 37,506 acres were within Washington State. [78]
  5. The Tripod Fire (45,053 acres) and Spur Peak Fire (62,173 acres) burned together on August 19, 2006, and continued to grow as one fire until October 3.

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The 2021 New Mexico wildfire season began in February 7, 2021. As of July 7, there have been at least 363 fires across the state that have burned at least 121,277 acres (49,079 ha).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Colorado wildfires</span> Wildfires in the US

The 2021 Colorado wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Colorado. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, as of July 1, 2021, at least 32,860 acres (13,300 ha) of land had burned in at least 337 wildland fires across the state. Hundreds of homes were burned, and the cities of Louisville and Superior were evacuated, during the Boulder County fires in late December.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Maricopa County wildfires</span> Series of fires in Arizona, United States

The 2020 Maricopa County wildfires were a series of major and non-major wildfires that took place in Maricopa County, Arizona, from the month of May to the month of October. In the year 2020, Arizona saw one of its worst fire seasons in the states history. Due to the lack of precipitation needed in Arizona, the state fell into an ongoing drought from late 2020 and 2021. High winds were also present during the summer when fire season is mostly active in the state. These factors led to the wildfires in Maricopa County to be destructive and costly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire</span> 2022 wildfire in New Mexico

The 2022 Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire was the largest and most destructive wildfire in the history of New Mexico. The fire burned 341,471 acres between early April and late June in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in San Miguel, Mora, and Taos counties. It was the most significant fire of the record-breaking 2022 New Mexico wildfire season, as well as the largest wildfire of the year in the contiguous United States. The fire destroyed at least 903 structures, including several hundred homes, and damaged 85 more.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Oregon wildfires</span> An overview of major wildfires in Oregon during the year 2024

The 2024 Oregon wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.

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