Tunk Block Fire
The Tunk Block Fire was reported on August 14, 2015 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 165,885 acres. It was declared out on December 31, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 165,885 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2015
- Personnel
- 44
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.526, -119.465.
The incident
- Size
- 165,885 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2015 at 2:03 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 31, 2015 at 8:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Omak
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 44
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WANES-001219
- IRWIN identifier
- B44E8838-7881-482A-B134-14B35EC78AC7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for North Omak, WA 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 April 25, 2017 at 1:49 PM PDT. Identifier 2015-WANES-001219.