Buck Creek Fire
The Buck Creek Fire was reported on July 22, 2016 in Chelan County, Washington and burned 3,880 acres. It was declared out on November 25, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,880 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2016
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.112, -120.894.
The incident
- Size
- 3,880 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2016 at 5:01 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 20, 2016 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 25, 2016 at 10:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Chelan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Leavenworth
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $670,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WAOWF-000295
- IRWIN identifier
- F3FF34FB-D55F-41CE-9AE6-ECE430BCB669
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Darrington, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Darrington, WA34 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Granite Falls, WA35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Leavenworth, WA37 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Manson, WA37 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Gold Bar, WA41 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Entiat, WA44 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
Washington wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 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 June 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-WAOWF-000295.