Buffalo Fire
The Buffalo Fire was reported on June 2, 2018 in Yakima County, Washington and burned 1,780 acres. It was declared out on June 11, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,780 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 2, 2018
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.719, -120.502.
The incident
- Size
- 1,780 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 2, 2018 at 4:24 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 4, 2018 at 5:48 PM PDT
- Declared out
- June 11, 2018 at 4:18 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 10 Miles N of Yakima, 3 M NNE of Selah
- County
- Yakima County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Selah
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-WASES-000130
- IRWIN identifier
- 4ECE64B3-BDC4-4044-8FF0-8478344DE7F5
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 June 13, 2018 at 9:52 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-WASES-000130.