Labor Mountain Fire
The Labor Mountain Fire was reported on September 1, 2025 in Kittitas County, Washington and burned 42,967 acres. It was declared out on December 17, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 42,967 acres
- Contained
- 97%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeter mapped December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM PST, 42,968 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 47.383, -120.820.
The incident
- Size
- 42,967 acres
- Containment
- 97%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM PDT
- Contained
- December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles N from Cle Elum, WA
- County
- Kittitas County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Cle Elum
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $68,086,063
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WAOWF-000795
- IRWIN identifier
- 348293DC-93BF-4330-A563-5A9B0EBEDA94
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 1, 2025 (18 acres) to December 18, 2025 (42,968 acres). The largest one-day growth was 8,146 acres, mapped September 26, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2025 | 18 | |
| September 3, 2025 | 81 | +63 |
| September 4, 2025 | 302 | +221 |
| September 5, 2025 | 1,089 | +787 |
| September 6, 2025 | 1,984 | +895 |
| September 8, 2025 | 3,063 | +1,079 |
| September 9, 2025 | 3,208 | +145 |
| September 10, 2025 | 3,511 | +303 |
| September 11, 2025 | 4,159 | +648 |
| September 12, 2025 | 4,159 | 0 |
| September 13, 2025 | 4,662 | +503 |
| September 14, 2025 | 4,797 | +135 |
| September 15, 2025 | 4,955 | +158 |
| September 16, 2025 | 5,085 | +130 |
| September 17, 2025 | 5,643 | +558 |
| September 18, 2025 | 5,978 | +335 |
| September 19, 2025 | 6,053 | +75 |
| September 22, 2025 | 11,679 | +5,626 |
| September 23, 2025 | 13,354 | +1,675 |
| September 24, 2025 | 14,723 | +1,369 |
| September 25, 2025 | 17,181 | +2,458 |
| September 26, 2025 | 25,327 | +8,146 |
| September 27, 2025 | 29,583 | +4,256 |
| September 28, 2025 | 33,318 | +3,735 |
| September 29, 2025 | 35,362 | +2,044 |
| September 30, 2025 | 36,508 | +1,146 |
| October 1, 2025 | 37,239 | +731 |
| October 2, 2025 | 37,239 | 0 |
| October 3, 2025 | 37,843 | +604 |
| October 4, 2025 | 38,253 | +410 |
| October 5, 2025 | 39,232 | +979 |
| October 6, 2025 | 39,583 | +351 |
| October 7, 2025 | 39,980 | +397 |
| October 8, 2025 | 40,586 | +606 |
| October 9, 2025 | 41,167 | +581 |
| October 10, 2025 | 41,665 | +498 |
| October 11, 2025 | 41,887 | +222 |
| October 12, 2025 | 42,631 | +744 |
| October 13, 2025 | 42,721 | +90 |
| October 14, 2025 | 42,809 | +88 |
| October 15, 2025 | 42,845 | +36 |
| October 16, 2025 | 42,857 | +12 |
| October 17, 2025 | 42,937 | +80 |
| October 18, 2025 | 42,967 | +30 |
| October 21, 2025 | 42,968 | +1 |
| December 18, 2025 | 42,968 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Roslyn, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Roslyn, WA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cle Elum, WA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Leavenworth, WA16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Cashmere, WA19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- West Wenatchee, WA22 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Sunnyslope, WA23 miles east 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 May 5, 2026 at 8:26 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-WAOWF-000795.