Highway 8 Fire
The Highway 8 Fire was reported on August 4, 2015 in Klickitat County, Washington and burned 33,100 acres. It was declared out on December 31, 2015. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 33,100 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2015
- Personnel
- 195
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.717, -120.315.
The incident
- Size
- 33,100 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2015 at 5:42 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Klickitat County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Roosevelt
- Personnel assigned
- 195
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WASPD-050595
- IRWIN identifier
- E67E3014-4C8C-4829-9EF0-B2ADEF775928
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arlington, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 May 14, 2023 at 8:02 PM PDT. Identifier 2015-WASPD-050595.