Bear Gulch Fire
The Bear Gulch Fire was reported on July 6, 2025 in Mason County, Washington and burned 20,233 acres. It is 50 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 20,233 acres
- Contained
- 50%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped July 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM PDT, 20,233 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 47.496, -123.302.
The incident
- Size
- 20,233 acres
- Containment
- 50%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 10 Miles NW from Hoodsport, WA
- County
- Mason County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Hoodsport
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $43,776,941
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WAOLF-000178
- IRWIN identifier
- 0EC37DB6-8E0E-4844-A310-F737E7456029
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 8, 2025 (328 acres) to July 4, 2026 (20,233 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,793 acres, mapped September 17, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2025 | 328 | |
| July 9, 2025 | 352 | +24 |
| July 10, 2025 | 415 | +63 |
| July 12, 2025 | 443 | +28 |
| July 13, 2025 | 444 | +1 |
| July 14, 2025 | 445 | +1 |
| July 16, 2025 | 445 | 0 |
| July 17, 2025 | 498 | +53 |
| July 18, 2025 | 562 | +64 |
| July 19, 2025 | 633 | +71 |
| July 20, 2025 | 652 | +19 |
| July 21, 2025 | 684 | +32 |
| July 22, 2025 | 762 | +78 |
| July 23, 2025 | 799 | +37 |
| July 24, 2025 | 869 | +70 |
| July 25, 2025 | 923 | +54 |
| July 26, 2025 | 957 | +34 |
| July 27, 2025 | 1,005 | +48 |
| July 28, 2025 | 1,094 | +89 |
| July 29, 2025 | 1,275 | +181 |
| July 30, 2025 | 1,989 | +714 |
| July 31, 2025 | 3,055 | +1,066 |
| August 1, 2025 | 3,922 | +867 |
| August 2, 2025 | 4,500 | +578 |
| August 3, 2025 | 4,760 | +260 |
| August 4, 2025 | 4,936 | +176 |
| August 5, 2025 | 5,136 | +200 |
| August 7, 2025 | 5,578 | +442 |
| August 8, 2025 | 5,515 | -63 |
| August 9, 2025 | 5,556 | +41 |
| August 10, 2025 | 5,590 | +34 |
| August 11, 2025 | 5,777 | +187 |
| August 12, 2025 | 6,196 | +419 |
| August 13, 2025 | 8,257 | +2,061 |
| August 16, 2025 | 8,368 | +111 |
| August 18, 2025 | 8,373 | +5 |
| August 20, 2025 | 8,466 | +93 |
| August 21, 2025 | 8,504 | +38 |
| August 22, 2025 | 8,505 | +1 |
| August 23, 2025 | 8,594 | +89 |
| August 24, 2025 | 8,702 | +108 |
| August 25, 2025 | 8,826 | +124 |
| August 26, 2025 | 8,949 | +123 |
| August 27, 2025 | 9,076 | +127 |
| August 29, 2025 | 9,232 | +156 |
| August 30, 2025 | 9,302 | +70 |
| August 31, 2025 | 9,342 | +40 |
| September 1, 2025 | 9,388 | +46 |
| September 2, 2025 | 9,406 | +18 |
| September 3, 2025 | 9,658 | +252 |
| September 4, 2025 | 10,129 | +471 |
| September 5, 2025 | 10,275 | +146 |
| September 9, 2025 | 10,629 | +354 |
| September 14, 2025 | 10,959 | +330 |
| September 17, 2025 | 15,752 | +4,793 |
| September 18, 2025 | 18,728 | +2,976 |
| September 19, 2025 | 18,831 | +103 |
| September 22, 2025 | 19,216 | +385 |
| September 23, 2025 | 19,823 | +607 |
| September 24, 2025 | 19,981 | +158 |
| September 25, 2025 | 20,000 | +19 |
| September 26, 2025 | 20,070 | +70 |
| September 27, 2025 | 20,087 | +17 |
| September 28, 2025 | 20,185 | +98 |
| October 5, 2025 | 20,218 | +33 |
| July 4, 2026 | 20,233 | +15 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Skokomish, 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 July 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-WAOLF-000178.