Awatchfire

Benton County, Washington

1924 Fire

Burning 3.3 miles south-west of Finley and 5.8 miles south-east of Kennewick, since Tuesday 29 September.

Map of Washington. The 1924 Fire burns 76 miles from Yakima and 91 miles from Ellensburg, and 191 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 76 miles from Yakima and 91 miles from Ellensburg.

187

acres burned so far

15

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 9:09am today

The 1924 Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 187 acres in Benton County, Washington. 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.

Human

is the cause on the official record.

15 days

on record — first written down on Tuesday 29 September at 12:26pm local time, starting at 200 acres.

Type 4 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

46.136, -119.094lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 18.8 miles from the fire: 47°F, air at 64% humidity, a 2 mph wind out of the north-east.

Six other fires are burning inside the same view. Nine Canyon Fire started on Saturday 11 July, 2.6 miles east, and has reached 600 acres. Twin Sisters Fire started on Saturday 13 June, 10.4 miles south-east, and has reached 8,262 acres with 6 people assigned. Hatch Grade Fire started 218 minutes after this one, 13.4 miles south-east, and has reached 9,584 acres with 60 people assigned. Hatch Grade HB 1498 Request Fire started 218 minutes after this one, 13.4 miles south-east, and has reached 5,000 acres. Berrian Fire started on Monday 7 September, 14.5 miles south, and has reached 188 acres. Hatch Grande HB 1498 Request Fire started 218 minutes after this one, 14.7 miles south-east, and has reached 0 acres. Their heat is counted against them, not against this fire, and the pale rings on the map mark where they are recorded.

No smoke has been recorded lying over this ground.

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.

How the record has moved

Each step is a change on the interagency incident record — acreage, containment or crews — with the date it was reported. No satellite reading is involved.

  1. Tuesday 29 September

    First reported at 200 acres

    200 ac

  2. Tuesday 29 September

    200 acres on record

    200 ac

  3. Tuesday 29 September

    Revised to 187 acres

    187 ac