Wildfire in Washington, October 1 to 31, 2022

Name: Wildfire in Washington, October 1 to 31, 2022
Start: 2022-10-01T00:00
End: 2022-10-31T23:59
Location: Washington

October 1 to 31, 2022 · NWS OTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Lightning started the Irving Peak and White River Fires in the Cascades. Their proximity to each other allowed them to be combined into one incident.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $34 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.

Lightning started the Irving Peak and White River Fires in the Cascades. Their proximity to each other allowed them to be combined into one incident.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Central Chelan County

When: October 1, 12:00 AM PST to October 31, 11:59 PM PST
Where: Central Chelan County forecast zone
Property damage: $34 million
Reported by: Park/Forest Service
Coordinates: 47.869, -120.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The White River and Irving Peak Fires began after a lightning storm passed through the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on August 11 and was active through October. The Irving Peak and White River fires are located approximately 15 miles northwest of Plain, WA. They have burned around 11120 acres of timber.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1060424.