Hope Fire
The Hope Fire was reported on July 8, 2025 in Stevens County, Washington and burned 8,167 acres. It was declared out on December 2, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 8,167 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2025
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeter mapped December 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM PST, 8,177 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.824, -117.988.
The incident
- Size
- 8,167 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 15 Miles N from KETTLE FALLS, WA
- County
- Stevens County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Kettle Falls
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $29,593,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WANES-001650
- IRWIN identifier
- 67BC6BFD-D156-499B-B5E6-E68957919629
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 8, 2025 (2,190 acres) to December 11, 2025 (8,177 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,582 acres, mapped July 9, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2025 | 2,190 | |
| July 9, 2025 | 6,772 | +4,582 |
| July 10, 2025 | 5,634 | -1,138 |
| July 11, 2025 | 6,058 | +424 |
| July 12, 2025 | 6,410 | +352 |
| July 13, 2025 | 6,526 | +116 |
| July 14, 2025 | 7,110 | +584 |
| July 15, 2025 | 7,238 | +128 |
| July 16, 2025 | 7,414 | +176 |
| July 17, 2025 | 7,415 | +1 |
| July 18, 2025 | 7,730 | +315 |
| July 19, 2025 | 7,889 | +159 |
| July 20, 2025 | 7,886 | -3 |
| July 21, 2025 | 7,885 | -1 |
| July 22, 2025 | 7,883 | -2 |
| July 23, 2025 | 7,888 | +5 |
| July 25, 2025 | 7,888 | 0 |
| July 26, 2025 | 8,127 | +239 |
| July 27, 2025 | 8,170 | +43 |
| July 28, 2025 | 8,175 | +5 |
| July 29, 2025 | 8,177 | +2 |
| December 11, 2025 | 8,177 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Kettle Falls, 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 April 20, 2026 at 10:19 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-WANES-001650.