Whitehall Fire
The Whitehall Fire was reported on September 30, 2017 in Douglas County, Washington and burned 4,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 30, 2017
- Personnel
- 124
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.507, -119.575.
The incident
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 30, 2017 at 12:47 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 15 miles SW of Coulee City, WA
- County
- Douglas County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Coulee City
- Protecting agency
- SP
- Personnel assigned
- 124
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $319,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-WAWFS-000525
- IRWIN identifier
- 41CFFAF0-DDF2-4479-BDBD-0ACEE0E26B64
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Soap Lake, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Soap Lake, WA9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ephrata, WA13 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Quincy, WA23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Moses Lake North, WA25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Waterville, WA25 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Cascade Valley, WA28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
Washington wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 February 27, 2020 at 7:40 AM PST. Identifier 2017-WAWFS-000525.