Soap Lake Fire
The Soap Lake Fire was reported on June 11, 2018 in Grant County, Washington and burned 2,063 acres. It was declared out on June 30, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,063 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2018
- Personnel
- 112
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.464, -119.506.
The incident
- Size
- 2,063 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2018 at 7:47 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 14, 2018 at 7:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- June 30, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 5 miles North of Soap Lake, WA
- County
- Grant County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Soap Lake
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Personnel assigned
- 112
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-WASPD-001282
- IRWIN identifier
- EF542500-BA09-425D-A11B-28B3501EB834
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Soap Lake, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Soap Lake, WA5 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ephrata, WA10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Moses Lake North, WA21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Quincy, WA23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cascade Valley, WA24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Moses Lake, WA25 miles southeast 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 October 30, 2018 at 11:12 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-WASPD-001282.