Bridge Creek Fire
The Bridge Creek Fire was reported on July 19, 2024 in Ferry County, Washington and burned 3,998 acres. It was declared out on September 16, 2024.
- Size
- 3,998 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2024
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped January 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM PST, 3,998 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.245, -118.681.
The incident
- Size
- 3,998 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2024 at 2:09 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 16, 2024 at 12:15 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- North of Bridge Creek, East of Elbow River
- County
- Ferry County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Keller
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,619,753
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-WANES-240099
- IRWIN identifier
- 6A0EF9C6-AC6C-4185-AAC2-E386A68096B8
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 20, 2024 (1,048 acres) to August 1, 2024 (3,950 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,466 acres, mapped July 24, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2024 | 1,048 | |
| July 21, 2024 | 2,398 | +1,350 |
| July 24, 2024 | 3,864 | +1,466 |
| July 25, 2024 | 3,903 | +39 |
| July 27, 2024 | 3,950 | +47 |
| July 28, 2024 | 3,950 | 0 |
| August 1, 2024 | 3,950 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Coulee Dam, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Coulee Dam, WA24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Grand Coulee, WA26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Electric City, WA27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Republic, WA28 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Kettle Falls, WA38 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Omak, WA41 miles west 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 January 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM PST. Identifier 2024-WANES-240099.