Tule #6 Fire
The Tule #6 Fire was reported on August 21, 2016 in Yakima County, Washington and burned 6,200 acres. It was declared out on September 1, 2016.
- Size
- 6,200 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 21, 2016
- Personnel
- 34
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.278, -120.357.
The incident
- Size
- 6,200 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 21, 2016 at 5:04 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 28, 2016 at 9:30 AM PDT
- Controlled
- August 28, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Yakima County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- TOPPENISH
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 34
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WAYAA-000147
- IRWIN identifier
- 7EB13BFC-2046-4488-AFD4-1B3C6EF6DE3C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Toppenish, 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 September 1, 2016 at 2:17 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-WAYAA-000147.