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The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan , which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha).
On April 26 two fires were burning: the Stanwood Bryant Fire in Snohomish County (70 acres) and the Porter Creek Fire in Whatcom County (80 acres). [ 8 ] Between July 16 and 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and many county governments – including Mason, Thurston, King, Pierce and Whatcom Counties – issued fire ...
The 2023 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2023 in the US state of Washington. Conditions going into the season were low-risk for fire, with higher than average precipitation over the prior winter and spring. [ 1 ]
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter: Retreat Fire [9] [10] Yakima July 23, cause unknown 44,588 acres (18,044 ha) 5 0 0 Also called the Rimrock Retreat Fire, Closed US-12, caused evacuations and county-wide declaration of emergency 7-27-24 map of fire perimeter: Swawilla Fire [11] [12] Ferry & Okanogan July 17, Lightning 53,462 acres (21,635 ha) 2 ...
Nearly all of Washington state is set up “for an increased risk of above-normal fire activity from July through September,” the Weather Service said. Pierce County issues burn ban after ...
Batterman Fire: Satellite image of Wenatchee, Washington area on July 3 before the fire and July 5 showing smoke plume and 10 km long burn scar south of Badger Mountain The Batterman Fire in Douglas County near East Wenatchee ( 47°24′32″N 120°10′34″W / 47.409°N 120.176°W / 47.409; -120.176 [ 17 ] ) began on Independence ...
Mack Lake fire: 1980 May 5: Mio: 25,000: 101: 44 homes: 1 [7] Meridian Boundary Fire 2010 May Crawford County: 8,586 34.7 12 homes, 39 structures 0 Caused by a man burning leaves, the man had a permit to burn. Duck Lake fire: 2012 May–June: Luce County: 21,000: 85: 136 structures: 0: Sleeper Lake Fire: 2007 August: Luce County: 18,000: 73: 0: ...
This season started quieter than normal due to unusually colder weather that kept Eastern and Southeastern Washington burning index's largely below normal into July. [1] As of October 2022, a total of 140,000 acres (57,000 ha) of land in the state was burned – the fewest number of acres burned since 2012.