Crater Creek Fire
The Crater Creek Fire was reported on August 18, 2023 in Okanogan County, Washington and burned 5,145 acres. It was declared out on October 17, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,145 acres
- Contained
- 6%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2023
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped November 16, 2023 at 2:33 PM PST, 5,134 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 49.000, -119.880.
The incident
- Size
- 5,145 acres
- Containment
- 6%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2023 at 10:38 AM PDT
- Contained
- September 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 17, 2023 at 3:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 17, 2023 at 3:30 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- North end of Pasayten Wilderness and Loomis DNR
- County
- Okanogan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Tonasket
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,346,406
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-WANES-001972
- IRWIN identifier
- 89D8AC68-D8F3-41AF-9D30-0982C7DBA62B
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 19, 2023 (8,103 acres) to August 29, 2023 (5,134 acres). The largest one-day growth was 113 acres, mapped August 23, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2023 | 8,103 | |
| August 20, 2023 | 4,875 | -3,228 |
| August 21, 2023 | 4,942 | +67 |
| August 23, 2023 | 5,055 | +113 |
| August 25, 2023 | 5,096 | +41 |
| August 29, 2023 | 5,134 | +38 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oroville, 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 October 17, 2023 at 3:41 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-WANES-001972.