Elmer City Fire
The Elmer City Fire was reported on September 11, 2016 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 5,237 acres. It was declared out on October 28, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,237 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 11, 2016
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.009, -118.946.
The incident
- Size
- 5,237 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 11, 2016 at 2:47 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 16, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 18, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 28, 2016 at 10:06 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Elmer City
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $512,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WACOA-000129
- IRWIN identifier
- 37EACBF0-FCBF-407E-8A67-7B3F13B8A412
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Coulee Dam, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Coulee Dam, WA3 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Grand Coulee, WA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Electric City, WA7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bridgeport, WA34 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Okanogan, WA38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Omak, WA39 miles northwest 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 November 30, 2016 at 8:42 AM PST. Identifier 2016-WACOA-000129.