Boulder Mountain Fire
The Boulder Mountain Fire was reported on August 31, 2022 in Pend Oreille County, Washington and burned 2,310 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,310 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 31, 2022
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeter mapped December 19, 2022 at 2:05 PM PST, 2,233 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.468, -117.493.
The incident
- Size
- 2,310 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 31, 2022 at 5:58 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 6, 2022 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 1, 2022 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Boulder Mountain, 9 miles northwest of Cusick.
- County
- Pend Oreille County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Cusick
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $16,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-WANES-001858
- IRWIN identifier
- 49761111-97C1-4BC3-90AA-0881C6BB21E8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Chewelah, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Chewelah, WA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Colville, WA20 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Kettle Falls, WA28 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Newport, WA29 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Priest River, ID33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Deer Park, WA36 miles south 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 November 30, 2022 at 12:18 PM PST. Identifier 2022-WANES-001858.