Cougar Creek Fire
The Cougar Creek Fire was reported on August 10, 2015 in Yakima County, Washington and burned 53,534 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 53,534 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2015
- Personnel
- 163
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.134, -121.374.
The incident
- Size
- 53,534 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2015 at 9:20 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Lightning Caused Wildfire
- County
- Yakima County
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 163
- Incident management
- Area Command
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $23,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WAYAA-000157
- IRWIN identifier
- E9B3575B-F298-4455-B338-CEC7684B42F7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Trout Lake, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Trout Lake, WA12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- White Salmon, WA29 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Hood River, OR30 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Goldendale, WA34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Carson, WA35 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Chenoweth, OR36 miles south 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 28, 2015 at 9:55 AM PDT. Identifier 2015-WAYAA-000157.