Saddle Mountain Fire
The Saddle Mountain Fire was reported on August 2, 2018 in Franklin County, Washington and burned 1,851 acres. It was declared out on September 19, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,851 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2018
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.737, -119.340.
The incident
- Size
- 1,851 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2018 at 3:02 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 3, 2018 at 7:27 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 4, 2018 at 6:20 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 25 miles East of Mattawa
- County
- Franklin County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $55,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-WASPD-000468
- IRWIN identifier
- 00F33640-99A0-4828-9616-FC6D68B79CD8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Othello, 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 September 19, 2018 at 2:41 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-WASPD-000468.