Awatchfire

Pierce County, Washington

Wilkeson Creek Fire

Burning 4.1 miles east of Carbonado and 4.3 miles east of Wilkeson, since Thursday 27 August.

Map of Washington. The Wilkeson Creek Fire burns 41 miles from Seattle and 44 miles from Olympia, and 44 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 41 miles from Seattle and 44 miles from Olympia.

0

acres burned so far

48

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 9:09am today

The Wilkeson Creek Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 0 acres in Pierce 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.

48 days

on record — first written down on Thursday 27 August at 9:15am local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 5 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

47.085, -121.964lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 17.5 miles from the fire: 65°F, air at 39% humidity, a 28 mph wind out of the east.

Six other fires are burning inside the same view. South Prairie Creek East Fire started on Monday 12 October, 0.1 miles south-east, and has reached 0 acres. Clearwest Peak Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 12.1 miles south-east, and has reached 0 acres. Pigeon Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 12.7 miles south-east, and has reached 9 acres. J-Bird Fire started on Tuesday 6 October, 13.4 miles south-west, and has reached 0 acres. Sluiskin Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 14.9 miles south-east, and has reached 0 acres. White River Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 15.0 miles south-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.

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. Thursday 27 August

    First reported

  2. Thursday 27 August

    0 acres on record

    0 ac