Cold Creek Fire
The Cold Creek Fire was reported on July 18, 2019 in Benton County, Washington and burned 41,920 acres. It was declared out on August 19, 2019.
- Size
- 41,920 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2019
- Personnel
- 42
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.570, -119.758.
The incident
- Size
- 41,920 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2019 at 2:05 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 31, 2019 at 9:30 AM PDT
- Controlled
- August 8, 2019 at 11:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 19, 2019 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 20 miles nw of Richland
- County
- Benton County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Richland
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 42
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-WAMCR-000282
- IRWIN identifier
- 3994C204-80FA-4B25-A154-FF68AD88E74B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Desert Aire, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Desert Aire, WA11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Mattawa, WA14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sunnyside, WA21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Grandview, WA23 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Royal City, WA24 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Benton City, WA25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
Washington wildfires today Wildfires of 2019 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 August 19, 2019 at 2:12 PM PDT. Identifier 2019-WAMCR-000282.