Crescent Mountain Fire
The Crescent Mountain Fire was reported on July 29, 2018 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 56,609 acres. It was declared out on February 8, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 56,609 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2018
- Personnel
- 24
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.451, -120.579.
The incident
- Size
- 56,609 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2018 at 9:56 AM PDT
- Contained
- February 8, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- February 8, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Headwaters of the Twisp River Valley
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Winthrop
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 24
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,705,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-WAOWF-000428
- IRWIN identifier
- E5D5F4DC-C2AB-425E-8DAF-D93B78D046BF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Twisp, 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 March 15, 2021 at 8:54 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-WAOWF-000428.