Awatchfire

Ferry County, Washington

Modrite Fire

Burning 13.5 miles south of Twin Lakes and 18.7 miles east of Keller, since Friday 17 July.

Map of Washington. The Modrite Fire burns 49 miles from Spokane and 128 miles from Ellensburg, and 225 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 49 miles from Spokane and 128 miles from Ellensburg.

57,594

acres burned so far — about 90 square miles

42

days burning so far

98%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Modrite Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 57,594 acres in Ferry 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.

203people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

42 days

on record — first written down on Friday 17 July at 7:51am local time, starting at 5 acres.

Type 1 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

48.069, -118.313lat, 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.