South Wenas Fire
The South Wenas Fire was reported on June 27, 2017 in Yakima County, Washington and burned 2,846 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,846 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2017
- Personnel
- 123
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.692, -120.600.
The incident
- Size
- 2,846 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2017 at 11:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 3 miles NW of Selah
- County
- Yakima County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Selah
- Protecting agency
- SP
- Personnel assigned
- 123
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $504,420
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-WAWFS-000720
- IRWIN identifier
- BA0B8D73-2F61-4565-8F80-89F18DB13BC9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gleed, 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 June 30, 2017 at 5:07 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-WAWFS-000720.