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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 Eagle Bluff Fire was an active wildfire that burned in the United States and Canada near Oroville, Washington, United States and Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada. The fire began near Oroville, Washington, at about 2:00 pm PT on July 29, 2023. [ 1][ 2] As of August 8, 2023 the fire burned a total of 34,049 acres (13,779 ha) between Canadian ...
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 ...
One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles (12 square kilometers) of grass ...
The fire started around 1 p.m. July 8. Located 10 miles southwest of Stehekin. 649 personnel. The Cougar Creek Fire. Washington's third-largest fire. 24,100 acres. The fire began around 8 p.m ...
Nov. 20—Washington has had its fair share of natural disasters. The Yacolt Burn of 1902 swept across 239,000 acres in the state's southwestern corner and killed more than three dozen people ...
The 2022 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2022. As of August 4, 2022, there have been four large wildfires that have burned 30,800 acres (12,500 ha) across the US state of Washington. This season started quieter than normal due to unusually colder weather that kept Eastern and Southeastern Washington burning index's largely ...
The Oregon Road Fire and the Gray Fire have burned more than 20,000 acres in Spokane County, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The wildfires broke out on 19 August ...