Matson Fire
The Matson Fire was reported on October 7, 2019 in Franklin County, Washington and burned 8,743 acres. It was declared out on November 4, 2019.
- Size
- 8,743 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- October 7, 2019
- Personnel
- 25
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.569, -118.996.
The incident
- Size
- 8,743 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- October 7, 2019 at 2:07 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 15, 2019 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 18, 2019 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 4, 2019 at 11:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Connell
- County
- Franklin County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $170,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-WASPD-000625
- IRWIN identifier
- BD27D846-7490-4F88-B86C-A63E274894CC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Basin City, 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 November 4, 2019 at 11:28 AM PST. Identifier 2019-WASPD-000625.