Whetstone Rd Fire
The Whetstone Rd Fire was reported on August 5, 2017 in Columbia County, Washington and burned 1,350 acres. It is 99 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,350 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2017
- Personnel
- 103
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.303, -118.185.
The incident
- Size
- 1,350 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2017 at 11:45 AM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 6 Miles Northwest of Waitsburg, WA.
- County
- Columbia County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- SP
- Personnel assigned
- 103
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-WAWFS-000021
- IRWIN identifier
- 23000A80-0CBE-4C03-830F-C27385B6D5F7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Waitsburg, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Waitsburg, WA3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Dayton, WA10 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Walla Walla, WA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Walla Walla East, WA18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- College Place, WA20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Garrett, WA20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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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 August 7, 2017 at 10:08 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-WAWFS-000021.