Blue Creek Fire
The Blue Creek Fire was reported on July 20, 2015 in Walla Walla County, Washington and burned 5,992 acres. It was fully contained on August 10, 2015.
- Size
- 5,992 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2015
- Personnel
- 55
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.067, -118.118.
The incident
- Size
- 5,992 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2015 at 12:39 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 10, 2015 at 7:57 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Walla Walla County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Walla Walla
- Personnel assigned
- 55
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WASES-000653
- IRWIN identifier
- 5AD7019F-671D-4D1C-BEC8-6A7898FB77EE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Walla Walla East, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Walla Walla East, WA9 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Walla Walla, WA11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- College Place, WA13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Garrett, WA14 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Waitsburg, WA14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Milton-Freewater, OR16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Washington wildfires today Wildfires of 2015 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 31, 2019 at 9:08 AM PDT. Identifier 2015-WASES-000653.