Whitmore Fire
The Whitmore Fire was reported on August 3, 2021 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 58,234 acres. It was declared out on November 17, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 58,234 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2021
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped August 13, 2021 at 9:40 PM PDT, 58,279 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.150, -119.300.
The incident
- Size
- 58,234 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2021 at 8:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 6, 2021 at 5:11 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 1, 2021 at 10:48 AM PDT
- Declared out
- November 17, 2021 at 3:36 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- The fire is 7 miles west of Nespelem.
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Omak
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-WACOA-200106
- IRWIN identifier
- 74A59AAC-6299-4C25-9FDF-AFE423C6FE3E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Electric City, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Electric City, WA19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Okanogan, WA20 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Coulee Dam, WA20 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bridgeport, WA20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Grand Coulee, WA20 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Omak, WA21 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 15, 2021 at 11:23 AM PST. Identifier 2021-WACOA-200106.