Winona Fire

Perimeter mapped August 18, 2023 at 9:28 PM PDT, 2,526 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 46.946, -117.801.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Saint John

Size

2,525 acres

Containment

90%

Discovered

August 18, 2023 at 4:28 PM PDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

Surrounding the town of Winona and 4 miles west of Endicott, WA

County

Whitman County

State

Washington

Nearest city reported

Winona

Protecting agency

SHP

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

75

Incident management

Type 3 Team

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$300,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2023-WAWFS-001980

IRWIN identifier

30C04ECD-9CFA-4BC6-A54B-4DF26B930482

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 19, 2023 (2,275 acres) to August 20, 2023 (2,526 acres). The largest one-day growth was 251 acres, mapped August 20, 2023.

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Saint John, WA covers the area today.

• Saint John, WA14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Colfax, WA21 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Ritzville, WA30 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Pullman, WA33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Pomeroy, WA34 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Palouse, WA34 miles east of the fire’s origin