Awatchfire

Kittitas County, Washington

King Fire

Burning 8.7 miles north-east of Snoqualmie Pass and 14.9 miles north of Roslyn, since Wednesday 19 August.

Map of Washington. The King Fire burns 46 miles from Ellensburg and 52 miles from Seattle, and 82 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 46 miles from Ellensburg and 52 miles from Seattle.

3,427

acres burned so far — about 5 square miles

57

days burning so far

36%

of the perimeter held

The picture as of 2:20am today

The King Fire is still listed as active, and has not been looked at lately. Nothing has given off fresh heat for 167 hours.

No fresh look at this fire for 167 hours. Everything on the map below was seen before then.

Shaded relief map of the King Fire. Amber flames mark every place that gave off heat in the last day; the shading is the shape of the ground.
Heat in the last day Higher ground pale, valleys dark Where another fire is recorded

167hours

since anything was last seen giving off heat — about 3:15am on Friday, local time.

94% less

energy in the last 6 hours of the record than in the 6 before them — the fire was cooler when it was last seen.

6.7miles

is how close the heat has come to Snoqualmie Pass at any point in the record. In the last day the nearest heat has been None miles from it, and the closest this fire has come to Roslyn is 12.7 miles, None in the last day.

2.7miles

is the furthest any heat has been seen from the point on the official record — the width of the ground involved so far.

Another fire is burning inside the same view. Three Queens Fire started on Wednesday 15 July, 3.9 miles south, and has reached 9,575 acres with 80 people assigned. Its heat is counted against it, not against this fire, and the pale ring on the map marks where it is recorded.

No smoke has been recorded lying over this ground.

Where the heat is

No cluster large enough to call a separate front. The heat is in one piece.

Conditions measured 19.1 miles from the fire: 62°F, air at 55% humidity, a 3 mph wind out of the east.

How it got here

24 days of record on a day-59 fire

The record here begins at 2:15am on 22 Aug and runs to 3:13am on 9 Oct — 1153 hours, 1,151 readings of heat. The fire is on day 59, so the first 35 days are missing: nothing showed up from above until the fire was large enough and the sky over it clear enough for it to be seen.

Animated map of the King Fire across the whole record, with a time bar along the bottom showing energy released and the local date.
The whole record, 387 frames at 3 hours a frame. The bar along the bottom is energy released; the moving line is the clock.

Day by day 24 days of record

  1. Map for Sat 22 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat22 Aug

    First readings

    • 125 heat readings
    • Heat from 2:15am to 9:40pm
    • Spread 1.1 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  2. Map for Sun 23 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun23 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 25 heat readings
    • Energy 88% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:34am to 8:42pm
    • Spread 1.2 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and evening
  3. Map for Mon 24 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon24 Aug

    Flaring up

    • 84 heat readings
    • Energy 16.6 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 9:19pm
    • Spread 1.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  4. Map for Tue 25 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue25 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 104 heat readings
    • Energy 70% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:15am to 9:59pm
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon, evening and night
  5. Map for Wed 26 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed26 Aug

    The fiercest day

    • 187 heat readings
    • Energy 6.8 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:56am to 9:00pm
    • Spread 2.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and night
  6. Map for Thu 27 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu27 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 282 heat readings — the most of any day
    • Energy 55% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:22am to 9:38pm
    • Spread 2.2 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and night
  7. Map for Fri 28 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri28 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 74 heat readings
    • Energy 85% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:41am to 8:40pm
    • Spread 1.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and evening
  8. Map for Sat 29 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat29 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 9 heat readings
    • Energy 92% down on the day before
    • Heat from 4:02am to 3:59pm
    • Spread 1.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  9. Map for Sun 30 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun30 Aug

    Flaring up

    • 13 heat readings
    • Energy 2.8 times the day before
    • Heat from 3:43am to 4:37pm
    • Spread 1.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  10. Map for Mon 31 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon31 Aug

    Flaring up

    • 59 heat readings
    • Energy 4.3 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:02am to 9:00pm
    • Spread 1.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and night
  11. Map for Tue 1 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue1 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 109 heat readings
    • Energy 7.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:28am to 9:36pm
    • Spread 2.2 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  12. Map for Wed 2 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed2 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 11 heat readings
    • Energy 99% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:49am to 3:49am
    • Spread 2.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  13. Map for Thu 3 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu3 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 8 heat readings
    • Energy 58% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:45am to 3:32am
    • Spread 1.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  14. Map for Mon 7 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon7 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 90% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:11am to 3:11am
    • Spread 1.3 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  15. Map for Thu 10 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu10 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 4.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 3:00am to 3:56am
    • Spread 2.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  16. Map for Fri 11 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri11 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 10 heat readings
    • Energy 11.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:43am to 4:01pm
    • Spread 2.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  17. Map for Fri 18 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri18 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 95% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:06am to 3:06am
    • Spread 1.4 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  18. Map for Sun 20 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun20 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 2.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 3:13am to 1:55pm
    • Spread 2.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  19. Map for Mon 21 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon21 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 15 heat readings
    • Energy 24.8 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:54am to 3:48pm
    • Spread 2.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  20. Map for Tue 22 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue22 Sep

    Holding

    • 14 heat readings
    • Energy 48% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:37am to 4:26pm
    • Spread 2.4 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  21. Map for Wed 23 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed23 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 86% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:21pm to 2:21pm
    • Spread 2.1 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the afternoon
  22. Map for Wed 7 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed7 Oct

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 86% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:09am to 2:09am
    • Spread 2.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  23. Map for Thu 8 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu8 Oct

    Flaring up

    • 9 heat readings
    • Energy 60.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:37am to 4:44pm
    • Spread 2.3 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  24. Map for Fri 9 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri9 Octlatest

    Cooling off

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 97% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:13am to 3:13am
    • Spread 2.1 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn

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. Wednesday 19 August

    First reported at 5 acres

    5 ac

  2. Sunday 23 August

    459 acres on record — 0% contained

    459 ac · 0% held

  3. Sunday 23 August

    Grew to 558 acres

    558 ac · 0% held

  4. Tuesday 25 August

    Grew to 825 acres

    825 ac · 0% held

  5. Wednesday 26 August

    Grew to 960 acres

    960 ac · 0% held

  6. Thursday 27 August

    Grew to 1,835 acres

    1,835 ac · 0% held

  7. Friday 28 August

    Grew to 2,133 acres

    2,133 ac · 0% held

  8. Saturday 29 August

    Grew to 2,326 acres

    2,326 ac · 0% held

  9. Monday 31 August

    Grew to 2,508 acres

    2,508 ac · 0% held

  10. Tuesday 1 September

    Grew to 2,653 acres

    2,653 ac · 0% held

  11. Wednesday 2 September

    Grew to 2,991 acres

    2,991 ac · 0% held

  12. Saturday 5 September

    Grew to 3,146 acres

    3,146 ac · 0% held

  13. Tuesday 8 September

    Grew to 3,191 acres

    3,191 ac · 0% held

  14. Wednesday 9 September

    Grew to 3,217 acres

    3,217 ac · 0% held

  15. Friday 11 September

    Grew to 3,278 acres

    3,278 ac · 0% held

  16. Tuesday 15 September

    Grew to 3,298 acres

    3,298 ac · 0% held

  17. Thursday 17 September

    Grew to 3,304 acres

    3,304 ac · 0% held

  18. Saturday 19 September

    Grew to 3,314 acres

    3,314 ac · 0% held

  19. Monday 21 September

    Grew to 3,335 acres — containment 20%

    3,335 ac · 20% held

  20. Wednesday 23 September

    Grew to 3,409 acres — containment 19%

    3,409 ac · 19% held

  21. Saturday 26 September

    Grew to 3,427 acres

    3,427 ac · 19% held

  22. Monday 28 September

    Containment 36%

    3,427 ac · 36% held

36% of the perimeter is being reported as held. No crew count has been published for it yet. It has grown from 5 acres when it was first written down to 3,427 now. Nothing has looked at it for 167 hours, and the record still lists it as active.