Palmer Fire
The Palmer Fire was reported on August 18, 2020 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 17,988 acres. It was declared out on November 9, 2020.
- Size
- 17,988 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped August 19, 2020 at 8:56 PM PDT, 17,988 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.840, -119.576.
The incident
- Size
- 17,988 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020 at 2:56 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 3, 2020 at 11:59 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 9, 2020 at 3:13 PM PST
- Cause
- Unknown, Other Human Cause, Other, Unknown
- Location
- East of Palmer Lake and Northeast of Loomis, WA. West of Hwy 97
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-WASPD-001947
- IRWIN identifier
- 8D8881BC-406C-4465-BC82-49460E1D7F8E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oroville, 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 10, 2020 at 9:24 AM PST. Identifier 2020-WASPD-001947.