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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

43

days burning so far

98%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm 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.

98% held

98% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

283people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

43 days

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

Type 1 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

48.117, -118.959lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

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.