Cougar Creek Fire
The Cougar Creek Fire was reported on July 28, 2018 in Chelan County, Washington and burned 42,712 acres. It was declared out on February 7, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 42,712 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.851, -120.549.
The incident
- Size
- 42,712 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018 at 7:21 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- February 7, 2019 at 9:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 miles NW of Ardenvoir, 7 1/2 miles NE of Plain, 20 miles NW of Entiat.
- County
- Chelan County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $42,160,159
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-WAOWF-000419
- IRWIN identifier
- B9198717-3BB9-427D-825B-2C6A86A73308
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Granite Falls, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 September 20, 2019 at 4:20 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-WAOWF-000419.