Riparia Fire
The Riparia Fire was reported on August 5, 2022 in Whitman County, Washington and burned 5,680 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 5,680 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2022
- Personnel
- 96
Map
Perimeter mapped August 5, 2022 at 2:46 PM PDT, 5,682 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.640, -117.815.
The incident
- Size
- 5,680 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2022 at 9:46 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Southern Whitman County of Washington State along the breaks of the Snake River
- County
- Whitman County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- LaCrosse
- Protecting agency
- SHP
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 96
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $240,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-WAWFS-020205
- IRWIN identifier
- 58C843F1-025F-4D42-AB4B-DA3CE6F8DE8F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pomeroy, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pomeroy, WA15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Dayton, WA23 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Colfax, WA27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Waitsburg, WA30 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Pullman, WA31 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA39 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 August 7, 2022 at 6:19 AM PDT. Identifier 2022-WAWFS-020205.