Paterson Fire
The Paterson Fire was reported on September 7, 2020 in Benton County, Washington and burned 1,000 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2020.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2020
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped September 12, 2020 at 5:06 AM PDT, 1,462 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.927, -119.625.
The incident
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2020 at 1:34 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 12, 2020 at 12:06 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 1, 2020 at 12:22 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2020 at 12:22 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Whitcomb Island outside of Paterson, WA
- County
- Benton County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Paterson
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-WAMCR-000599
- IRWIN identifier
- 4319D869-FBB5-41BF-92BD-7038D0FBBF67
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Irrigon, OR 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 1, 2020 at 12:23 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-WAMCR-000599.