Gray Fire
The Gray Fire was reported on August 18, 2023 in Spokane County, Washington and burned 10,064 acres. It was declared out on December 12, 2023. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 10,064 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2023
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeter mapped December 28, 2023 at 1:34 PM PST, 200 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 47.538, -117.744.
The incident
- Size
- 10,064 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2023 at 12:27 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 12, 2023 at 6:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- September 15, 2023 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 12, 2023 at 10:20 AM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 3.5 miles northwest of Cheney, WA
- County
- Spokane County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Cheney
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,371,969
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-WANES-001974
- IRWIN identifier
- E2315128-D646-4BAF-BCEC-BE97E8859A39
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Medical Lake, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Medical Lake, WA4 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fairchild Air Force Base, WA7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Cheney, WA9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Airway Heights, WA10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Spokane, WA17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Town and Country, WA20 miles northeast 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 13, 2023 at 1:24 PM PST. Identifier 2023-WANES-001974.