Kewa Fire
The Kewa Fire was reported on August 2, 2016 in Ferry County, Washington and burned 1,889 acres. It was declared out on October 14, 2016.
- Size
- 1,889 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2016
- Personnel
- 139
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.157, -118.265.
The incident
- Size
- 1,889 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2016 at 1:10 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 1, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 14, 2016 at 9:03 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Ferry County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Inchelium
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 139
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,765,376
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WACOA-000082
- IRWIN identifier
- 42AFAEF9-20AA-4015-BA7B-745EE314A7D4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Chewelah, 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 November 30, 2016 at 8:39 AM PST. Identifier 2016-WACOA-000082.