Skagit County, Washington
Burning 8.2 miles north-east of Darrington and 12.4 miles east of Swede Heaven, since Friday 7 August.
141
acres burned so far
69
days burning so far
100%
of the perimeter held
The official record as of 9:09am today
The Prairie Mountain Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 141 acres in Skagit 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.
102people
are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.
Human
is the cause on the official record.
69 days
on record — first written down on Friday 7 August at 7:42am local time, starting at 30 acres.
Type 4 Incident
is the incident-management level assigned to it.
48.307, -121.444lat, lon
is the official point of origin on the interagency record.
Conditions measured 6.5 miles from the fire: 62°F, air at 45% humidity, a 1 mph wind out of the south-east.
Five other fires are burning inside the same view. Clear Creek Fire started on Sunday 20 September, 8.3 miles south-west, and has reached 0 acres. O'Brian Fire started on Thursday 27 August, 11.7 miles north, and has reached 0 acres. Independence Lake Fire started on Saturday 5 September, 13.2 miles south, and has reached 0 acres. Kindy Creek Fire started on Wednesday 19 August, 14.1 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. Long Gone Fire started on Thursday 20 August, 14.3 miles north-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.
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.
Friday 7 August
First reported at 30 acres
30 acSunday 23 August
142 acres on record — 90% contained, 118 personnel assigned
142 ac · 90% held · 118 crewMonday 24 August
Revised to 141 acres — containment 100%, 102 personnel
141 ac · 100% held · 102 crew