Awatchfire

Okanogan County, Washington

Cougar Fire

Burning 1.4 miles south of Pateros and 7.4 miles south-west of Brewster, since Thursday 4 June.

Map of Washington. The Cougar Fire burns 78 miles from Ellensburg and 104 miles from Yakima, and 156 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 78 miles from Ellensburg and 104 miles from Yakima.

2

acres burned so far

132

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 9:09am today

The Cougar Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 2 acres in Okanogan 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.

132 days

on record — first written down on Thursday 4 June at 6:28pm local time, starting at 2 acres.

Type 5 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

48.034, -119.889lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 11.4 miles from the fire: 46°F, air at 65% humidity, a 1 mph wind out of the north-west.

Six other fires are burning inside the same view. Brown Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 6.7 miles south-west, and has reached 1 acres. Washington Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 8.0 miles south-west, and has reached 30 acres. Water Tower Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 9.5 miles south-west, and has reached 1 acres. Cumbo Fire started on Friday 11 September, 9.6 miles north-west, and has reached 50 acres. Cooper Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 11.4 miles west, and has reached 0 acres. Mcginty Fire started on Saturday 29 August, 12.4 miles south-west, 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. Thursday 4 June

    First reported at 2 acres

    2 ac

  2. Tuesday 8 September

    2 acres on record

    2 ac