North Star Fire
The North Star Fire was reported on August 13, 2015 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 218,138 acres. It was declared out on November 30, 2015. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 218,138 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2015
- Personnel
- 155
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.338, -119.002.
The incident
- Size
- 218,138 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2015 at 3:28 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 8, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 30, 2015 at 4:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Extended Attack
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Nespelem
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 155
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $45,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WACOA-000157
- IRWIN identifier
- B7B187BC-2988-4B57-AA68-EB7A905E7BAB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for North Omak, WA covers the area today.
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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 December 14, 2015 at 2:30 PM PST. Identifier 2015-WACOA-000157.