Watermelon Hill Fire
The Watermelon Hill Fire was reported on July 19, 2014 in Spokane County, Washington and burned 10,518 acres. It is 60 percent contained.
- Size
- 10,518 acres
- Contained
- 60%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2014
- Personnel
- 257
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.338, -117.815.
The incident
- Size
- 10,518 acres
- Containment
- 60%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2014 at 3:45 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Spokane County
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 257
- Estimated cost to date
- $325,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2014-WAWFS-000508
- IRWIN identifier
- 117B0C30-7F97-4A81-BD87-7DCB26A58F8F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cheney, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cheney, WA15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Medical Lake, WA17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fairchild Air Force Base, WA21 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Airway Heights, WA24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Davenport, WA27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Spokane, WA29 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 21, 2014 at 7:01 PM PDT. Identifier 2014-WAWFS-000508.