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Okanogan County, Washington

Kaiser Canyon Fire

Burning 3.5 miles south of Nespelem and 5.2 miles south-east of Nespelem Community, since Thursday 16 July.

Map of Washington. The Kaiser Canyon Fire burns 77 miles from Spokane and 107 miles from Ellensburg, and 198 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 77 miles from Spokane and 107 miles from Ellensburg.

138,293

acres burned so far — about 216 square miles

91

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:09am today

The Kaiser Canyon Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 138,293 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.

100% held

100% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

14people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

91 days

on record — first written down on Thursday 16 July at 5:30am local time, starting at 150 acres.

Type 5 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

48.117, -118.959lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 1.5 miles from the fire: 45°F, air at 65% humidity, a 4 mph wind out of the east.

Five other fires are burning inside the same view. Gold Lake Road Fire started on Thursday 15 October, 9.3 miles north, and has reached 0 acres. Jack Creek II Fire started on Saturday 29 August, 11.9 miles east, and has reached 0 acres. SA-Trail Creek II Fire started on Thursday 27 August, 13.5 miles south-east, and has reached 0 acres. Gold Lake III Fire started on Sunday 30 August, 13.9 miles north, and has reached 0 acres. Silver Creek Fire started on Saturday 5 September, 14.6 miles 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. Thursday 16 July

    First reported at 150 acres

    150 ac

  2. Sunday 23 August

    138,284 acres on record — 98% contained, 290 personnel assigned

    138,284 ac · 98% held · 290 crew

  3. Monday 24 August

    Grew to 138,293 acres — 283 personnel

    138,293 ac · 98% held · 283 crew

  4. Monday 31 August

    Containment 99% — 108 personnel

    138,293 ac · 99% held · 108 crew

  5. Sunday 6 September

    Containment 100% — 14 personnel

    138,293 ac · 100% held · 14 crew