Buckshot Fire
The Buckshot Fire was reported on July 19, 2018 in Grant County, Washington and burned 1,000 acres. It is 10 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Contained
- 10%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2018
- Personnel
- 51
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.700, -119.940.
The incident
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Containment
- 10%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2018 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Near Desert Aire, 2 miles SW of Mattawa in Grant County
- County
- Grant County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Mattawa
- Protecting agency
- SP
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Personnel assigned
- 51
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-WAWFS-000907
- IRWIN identifier
- 7C0C8445-162B-4B94-8C73-0A5E60987A08
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Desert Aire, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Desert Aire, WA2 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mattawa, WA3 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Royal City, WA20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Terrace Heights, WA25 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Zillah, WA26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sunnyside, WA26 miles south of the fire’s origin
Washington wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 July 20, 2018 at 8:40 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-WAWFS-000907.