Awatchfire

Benton County, Washington

Nine Canyon Fire

Burning 3.2 miles south of Finley and 6.0 miles south-west of Burbank, since Saturday 11 July.

Map of Washington. The Nine Canyon Fire burns 79 miles from Yakima and 94 miles from Ellensburg, and 194 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 79 miles from Yakima and 94 miles from Ellensburg.

600

acres burned so far — about 0.9 square miles

95

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 9:09am today

The Nine Canyon Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 600 acres in Benton 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.

Human

is the cause on the official record.

95 days

on record — first written down on Saturday 11 July at 10:43am local time, starting at 600 acres.

Type 5 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

46.123, -119.044lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 18.3 miles from the fire: 58°F, air at 48% humidity, a 3 mph wind out of the north-west.

Six other fires are burning inside the same view. 1924 Fire started on Tuesday 29 September, 2.6 miles west, and has reached 187 acres. Twin Sisters Fire started on Saturday 13 June, 7.9 miles south-east, and has reached 8,262 acres with 6 people assigned. Hatch Grade Fire started on Tuesday 29 September, 10.9 miles south-east, and has reached 9,584 acres with 60 people assigned. Hatch Grade HB 1498 Request Fire started on Tuesday 29 September, 10.9 miles south-east, and has reached 5,000 acres. Hatch Grande HB 1498 Request Fire started on Tuesday 29 September, 12.3 miles south-east, and has reached 0 acres. Dorran Road Fire started on Tuesday 29 September, 14.3 miles south-east, and has reached 200 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. Saturday 11 July

    First reported at 600 acres

    600 ac

  2. Monday 7 September

    600 acres on record

    600 ac