Awatchfire

Whatcom County, Washington

Diablo Lake Fire

Burning 19.5 miles north-east of Marblemount and 28.0 miles north-east of Rockport, since Sunday 20 September.

Map of Washington. The Diablo Lake Fire burns 62 miles from Bellingham and 95 miles from Seattle, and 143 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 62 miles from Bellingham and 95 miles from Seattle.

1

acres burned so far

24

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 9:09am today

The Diablo Lake Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 1 acres in Whatcom 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.

Undetermined

The cause has not yet been determined.

24 days

on record — first written down on Sunday 20 September at 11:46am local time, starting at 0 acres.

48.730, -121.121lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 17.4 miles from the fire: 42°F, air at 96% humidity, a 1 mph wind out of the north.

Six other fires are burning inside the same view. Luna Fire started on Thursday 2 July, 7.5 miles north-west, and has reached 8,553 acres with 5 people assigned. Wilcox Fire started on Sunday 23 August, 9.4 miles south, and has reached 0 acres. Desolation Fire started on Monday 24 August, 13.0 miles north, and has reached 0 acres. Triumph Creek Fire started on Sunday 23 August, 13.1 miles west, and has reached 0 acres. Thunder Creek Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 13.1 miles south, and has reached 715 acres. Electric Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 15.3 miles west, and has reached 495 acres with 4 people assigned. 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. Sunday 20 September

    First reported

  2. Sunday 20 September

    0 acres on record

    0 ac

  3. Sunday 20 September

    Grew to 1 acres

    1 ac

  4. Sunday 20 September

    Revised to 1 acres

    1 ac