Big Horn Fire
The Big Horn Fire was reported on July 22, 2024 in Klickitat County, Washington and burned 51,569 acres. It was declared out on October 16, 2024.
- Size
- 51,569 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2024
- Personnel
- 103
Map
Perimeter mapped December 11, 2024 at 1:24 PM PST, 51,569 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 45.904, -120.239.
The incident
- Size
- 51,569 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 miles SE of Bickleton Washington, and 7 miles N of Roosevelt, WA.
- County
- Klickitat County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- SHP
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 103
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-WAWFS-000470
- IRWIN identifier
- 0BC186A7-2256-4DC3-A953-D1AC71D379B9
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 23, 2024 (14,099 acres) to July 29, 2024 (51,569 acres). The largest one-day growth was 18,787 acres, mapped July 24, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2024 | 14,099 | |
| July 24, 2024 | 32,886 | +18,787 |
| July 25, 2024 | 49,063 | +16,177 |
| July 26, 2024 | 49,585 | +522 |
| July 27, 2024 | 50,061 | +476 |
| July 29, 2024 | 51,569 | +1,508 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arlington, OR 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 December 11, 2024 at 1:24 PM PST. Identifier 2024-WAWFS-000470.