Sheep Fire
The Sheep Fire was reported on July 23, 2017 in Yakima County, Washington and burned 1,771 acres. It was declared out on August 1, 2017.
- Size
- 1,771 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2017
- Personnel
- 79
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.760, -120.541.
The incident
- Size
- 1,771 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2017 at 11:47 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 27, 2017 at 5:45 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 27, 2017 at 5:46 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 1, 2017 at 6:54 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Three miles north of Selah, WA.
- County
- Yakima County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Personnel assigned
- 79
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $203,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-WASES-000274
- IRWIN identifier
- 80CA6516-006C-4569-BC47-C19E2E0838F4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Selah, 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 October 12, 2017 at 2:46 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-WASES-000274.