South Ward Gap Fire
The South Ward Gap Fire was reported on July 31, 2016 in Benton County, Washington and burned 5,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2016
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.177, -119.775.
The incident
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2016 at 5:13 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Prosser, WA
- County
- Benton County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Prosser
- Protecting agency
- SP
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $575,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WAWFS-000353
- IRWIN identifier
- 76EC46CA-0676-4D14-AB3B-EC14AC062481
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Prosser, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Prosser, WA2 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Grandview, WA8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Mabton, WA11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Benton City, WA15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Sunnyside, WA15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- West Richland, WA22 miles northeast 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 8, 2018 at 11:26 AM PDT. Identifier 2016-WAWFS-000353.