Tower Fire
The Tower Fire was reported on August 12, 2015 in Pend Oreille County, Washington and burned 24,685 acres. It was declared out on December 3, 2015.
- Size
- 24,685 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2015
- Personnel
- 39
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.424, -117.139.
The incident
- Size
- 24,685 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2015 at 1:07 AM PDT
- Contained
- November 4, 2015 at 12:00 AM PST
- Declared out
- December 3, 2015 at 11:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Pend Oreille County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Newport
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 39
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,261,412
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WACOF-001120
- IRWIN identifier
- 83BA5AE3-E28A-48C3-93D8-ECFB96A7A94E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Newport, 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 April 15, 2021 at 4:47 PM PDT. Identifier 2015-WACOF-001120.