Desert Canyon Fire
The Desert Canyon Fire was reported on July 23, 2019 in Douglas County, Washington and burned 1,456 acres. It was declared out on October 3, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,456 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2019
- Personnel
- 100
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.707, -120.166.
The incident
- Size
- 1,456 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2019 at 9:23 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 27, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 3, 2019 at 11:20 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approximately 8 miles northwest of Orondo and 2 miles east of Daroga State Park
- County
- Douglas County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Orondo
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Personnel assigned
- 100
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $909,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-WASES-000334
- IRWIN identifier
- 413D34FE-E552-4A45-9E1B-9E0545C94AE3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Entiat, 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 October 3, 2019 at 11:22 AM PDT. Identifier 2019-WASES-000334.