Whitney Fire
The Whitney Fire was reported on September 7, 2020 in Lincoln County, Washington and burned 127,430 acres. It was declared out on October 23, 2020.
- Size
- 127,430 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2020
- Personnel
- 173
Map
Perimeter mapped September 8, 2020 at 1:00 AM PDT, 127,431 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.707, -118.260.
The incident
- Size
- 127,430 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2020 at 10:26 AM PDT
- Contained
- September 28, 2020 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- October 23, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown, Utilities
- Location
- 6 Miles NW of Davenport
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 173
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-WANES-002144
- IRWIN identifier
- 22EE3313-37C1-435F-B2F0-1A5DA3DF4F2B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Davenport, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Davenport, WA6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Medical Lake, WA28 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fairchild Air Force Base, WA29 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Airway Heights, WA31 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Cheney, WA35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Coulee Dam, WA38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 December 7, 2020 at 1:40 PM PST. Identifier 2020-WANES-002144.