Awatchfire

Kittitas County, Washington

Three Queens Fire

Burning 7.1 miles east of Snoqualmie Pass and 11.4 miles north-west of Roslyn, since Wednesday 15 July.

Map of Washington. The Three Queens Fire burns 44 miles from Ellensburg and 53 miles from Seattle, and 81 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 44 miles from Ellensburg and 53 miles from Seattle.

9,575

acres burned so far — about 15 square miles

91

days burning so far

33%

of the perimeter held

The picture as of 9:09am today

The Three Queens Fire is still listed as active, and has not been looked at lately. Nothing has given off fresh heat for 822 hours.

No fresh look at this fire for 822 hours. Everything on the map below was seen before then.

Shaded relief map of the Three Queens 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

822hours

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

0readings

of heat in the last day. There is not yet an earlier stretch of record to compare that against.

5.8miles

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 8.5 miles, None in the last day.

3.1miles

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. King Fire started on Wednesday 19 August, 3.9 miles north, and has reached 3,427 acres. 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 17.7 miles from the fire: 68°F, air at 44% humidity, a 7 mph wind out of the east.

How it got here

11 days of record on a day-93 fire

The record here begins at 2:15am on 22 Aug and runs to 3:17am on 11 Sep — 481 hours, 594 readings of heat. The fire is on day 93, so the first 82 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 Three Queens Fire across the whole record, with a time bar along the bottom showing energy released and the local date.
The whole record, 163 frames at 3 hours a frame. The bar along the bottom is energy released; the moving line is the clock.

Day by day 11 days of record

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

    Sat22 Aug

    First readings

    • 205 heat readings — the most of any day
    • Heat from 2:15am to 2:38pm
    • Spread 3.1 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning and afternoon
  2. Map for Sun 23 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun23 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 99% down on the day before
    • Heat from 1:23pm to 1:23pm
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the afternoon
  3. Map for Mon 24 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon24 Aug

    Flaring up

    • 56 heat readings
    • Energy 31.4 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:34am to 9:19pm
    • Spread 3.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and night
  4. Map for Tue 25 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue25 Aug

    Flaring up

    • 94 heat readings
    • Energy 2.3 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:15am to 8:21pm
    • Spread 2.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and evening
  5. Map for Wed 26 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed26 Aug

    Holding

    • 124 heat readings
    • Energy 10% down on the day before
    • Heat from 1:56am to 9:00pm
    • Spread 3.0 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

    • 94 heat readings
    • Energy 62% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:22am to 1:51pm
    • Spread 3.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  7. Map for Fri 28 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri28 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 12 heat readings
    • Energy 80% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:00am to 2:25pm
    • Spread 2.1 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  8. Map for Sun 30 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun30 Aug

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 98% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:06am to 3:06am
    • Spread 2.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  9. Map for Mon 31 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon31 Aug

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 3:24am to 3:24am
    • Spread 2.1 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  10. Map for Tue 1 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue1 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 5 heat readings
    • Energy 41.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 3:24am to 2:53pm
    • Spread 2.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  11. Map for Fri 11 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri11 Seplatest

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 98% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:17am to 3:17am
    • Spread 0.8 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 15 July

    First reported at 1 acres

    1 ac

  2. Sunday 23 August

    6,379 acres on record — 2% contained, 902 personnel assigned

    6,379 ac · 2% held · 902 crew

  3. Sunday 23 August

    Grew to 6,705 acres — containment 13%, 878 personnel

    6,705 ac · 13% held · 878 crew

  4. Monday 24 August

    Grew to 6,968 acres — 848 personnel

    6,968 ac · 13% held · 848 crew

  5. Tuesday 25 August

    Grew to 7,285 acres — 788 personnel

    7,285 ac · 13% held · 788 crew

  6. Wednesday 26 August

    Grew to 7,758 acres — 777 personnel

    7,758 ac · 13% held · 777 crew

  7. Thursday 27 August

    Grew to 8,249 acres — containment 5%, 771 personnel

    8,249 ac · 5% held · 771 crew

  8. Friday 28 August

    Grew to 8,496 acres — 820 personnel

    8,496 ac · 5% held · 820 crew

  9. Saturday 29 August

    Grew to 8,596 acres — 801 personnel

    8,596 ac · 5% held · 801 crew

  10. Sunday 30 August

    Grew to 8,742 acres — 765 personnel

    8,742 ac · 5% held · 765 crew

  11. Monday 31 August

    Grew to 8,993 acres — 726 personnel

    8,993 ac · 5% held · 726 crew

  12. Tuesday 1 September

    Grew to 9,349 acres — containment 8%, 703 personnel

    9,349 ac · 8% held · 703 crew

  13. Wednesday 2 September

    Grew to 9,364 acres — 548 personnel

    9,364 ac · 8% held · 548 crew

  14. Saturday 5 September

    Grew to 9,444 acres — containment 11%, 449 personnel

    9,444 ac · 11% held · 449 crew

  15. Monday 7 September

    Containment 12% — 488 personnel

    9,444 ac · 12% held · 488 crew

  16. Tuesday 8 September

    Grew to 9,501 acres — containment 13%, 494 personnel

    9,501 ac · 13% held · 494 crew

  17. Wednesday 9 September

    Grew to 9,518 acres — 420 personnel

    9,518 ac · 13% held · 420 crew

  18. Thursday 10 September

    Containment 14% — 412 personnel

    9,518 ac · 14% held · 412 crew

  19. Friday 11 September

    Grew to 9,527 acres

    9,527 ac · 14% held · 412 crew

  20. Saturday 12 September

    Containment 20% — 443 personnel

    9,527 ac · 20% held · 443 crew

  21. Tuesday 15 September

    Grew to 9,555 acres — 446 personnel

    9,555 ac · 20% held · 446 crew

  22. Wednesday 16 September

    Grew to 9,558 acres — containment 23%, 460 personnel

    9,558 ac · 23% held · 460 crew

  23. Thursday 17 September

    Grew to 9,562 acres — 427 personnel

    9,562 ac · 23% held · 427 crew

  24. Saturday 19 September

    Grew to 9,566 acres — 425 personnel

    9,566 ac · 23% held · 425 crew

  25. Monday 21 September

    Grew to 9,572 acres — containment 31%, 298 personnel

    9,572 ac · 31% held · 298 crew

  26. Wednesday 23 September

    Revised to 9,551 acres — 150 personnel

    9,551 ac · 31% held · 150 crew

  27. Saturday 26 September

    Grew to 9,575 acres — 122 personnel

    9,575 ac · 31% held · 122 crew

  28. Sunday 27 September

    Containment 32% — 118 personnel

    9,575 ac · 32% held · 118 crew

  29. Monday 28 September

    Containment 33% — 80 personnel

    9,575 ac · 33% held · 80 crew

33% of the perimeter is being reported as held. 80 people are assigned to it. It has grown from 1 acres when it was first written down to 9,575 now. Nothing has looked at it for 822 hours, and the record still lists it as active.