Steptoe Canyon Fire
The Steptoe Canyon Fire was reported on July 22, 2021 in Whitman County, Washington and burned 2,700 acres. It was fully contained on July 25, 2021.
- Size
- 2,700 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2021
- Personnel
- 60
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped July 22, 2021 at 12:23 PM PDT, 2,608 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.490, -117.200.
The incident
- Size
- 2,700 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2021 at 7:23 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2021 at 9:30 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined, Origin and/or cause not identified
- Location
- 5 miles SW of Colton WA, along the Snake River
- County
- Whitman County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Colton
- Protecting agency
- SP
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 60
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-WAWFS-002129
- IRWIN identifier
- E34E42E3-4F4C-4634-A37B-986191EE9F77
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for West Clarkston-Highland, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- West Clarkston-Highland, WA9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clarkston, WA9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lewiston, ID10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Asotin, WA13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lewiston Orchards, ID13 miles southeast 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 30, 2021 at 1:10 PM PST. Identifier 2021-WAWFS-002129.