Walker Creek Fire
The Walker Creek Fire was reported on August 3, 2021 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 23,733 acres. It was declared out on December 26, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 23,733 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2021
- Personnel
- 94
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Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 23,728 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.778, -119.034.
The incident
- Size
- 23,733 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2021 at 3:22 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 15, 2021 at 4:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 19, 2021 at 11:00 AM PST
- Declared out
- December 26, 2021 at 9:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined, Origin and/or cause not identified
- Location
- Bonaparte Lake and Wauconda, Washington
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Wauconda
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 94
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $26,171,346
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-WANES-002245
- IRWIN identifier
- ECFEA2C6-E734-40F6-9D8B-6B7A3196353B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Republic, 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 January 5, 2022 at 11:48 AM PST. Identifier 2021-WANES-002245.