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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 ...
The 2021 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2021. By late April, all of Eastern Washington had been classified by the United States Drought Monitor as "abnormally dry" with moderate to severe drought conditions. [2] The state had more than 630 wildfires by the first week of July, on par with the state's record 2015 wildfire ...
It has been found that throughout the United States, 84% of wildfires are started by humans. [ 26] A study conducted in 2019 found that from 1972 to 2018, California saw a fivefold increase in the area burned in any given year, and an eightfold increase in the area burned by summer fires. [ 22]
The Bolt Creek Fire, a human-caused [8] wildfire on the western slopes of the Cascades September 10–11, [6] caused the closure of U.S. Highway 2 for over a week in September, and the evacuation of Skykomish, Washington. [9] [10] By early October the fire was 36 percent contained and continuing to spread northwards into the Wild Sky Wilderness ...
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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] Some experts anticipated a later peak, possibly into November, for the Pacific Northwest due to El Niño effects.
The Newell Road Fire was a wildfire in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. [1] The fire began near Roosevelt at about 3:20 pm Pacific Time on July 21, 2023 and burned 60,551 acres (24,504 ha). It was 100% contained on July 29, 2023. The cause of the fire is still unknown and under an active investigation.
In the summer of 2016, numerous large wildfires threatened to spread across the Hanford Reservation. Most concerning was the Range 12 fire that spread from Grant and Yakima Counties into Benton County, where the sprawling nuclear site is located. The fire threatened to summit Rattlesnake Mountain and spread into the Hanford Nuclear Site itself.