Lower Sugarloaf Fire
The Lower Sugarloaf Fire was reported on September 1, 2025 in Chelan County, Washington and burned 42,958 acres. It was declared out on December 15, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 42,958 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 82
Map
Perimeter mapped December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM PST, 42,980 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 47.753, -120.550.
The incident
- Size
- 42,958 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM PDT
- Contained
- November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM PST
- Controlled
- November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 Miles NE from LEAVENWORTH, WA
- County
- Chelan County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- PLAIN
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 82
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $84,900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WAOWF-000797
- IRWIN identifier
- 569FB7BD-BA9B-4706-9D42-F05C7C6AC148
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 2, 2025 (861 acres) to December 15, 2025 (42,980 acres). The largest one-day growth was 6,182 acres, mapped September 22, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | 861 | |
| September 3, 2025 | 4,004 | +3,143 |
| September 4, 2025 | 6,223 | +2,219 |
| September 5, 2025 | 7,781 | +1,558 |
| September 6, 2025 | 9,077 | +1,296 |
| September 7, 2025 | 11,252 | +2,175 |
| September 8, 2025 | 12,685 | +1,433 |
| September 9, 2025 | 13,499 | +814 |
| September 10, 2025 | 13,952 | +453 |
| September 11, 2025 | 14,323 | +371 |
| September 12, 2025 | 15,199 | +876 |
| September 13, 2025 | 16,389 | +1,190 |
| September 14, 2025 | 17,298 | +909 |
| September 15, 2025 | 18,062 | +764 |
| September 16, 2025 | 18,360 | +298 |
| September 17, 2025 | 18,884 | +524 |
| September 18, 2025 | 20,098 | +1,214 |
| September 19, 2025 | 22,205 | +2,107 |
| September 22, 2025 | 28,387 | +6,182 |
| September 23, 2025 | 29,955 | +1,568 |
| September 24, 2025 | 30,362 | +407 |
| September 25, 2025 | 31,049 | +687 |
| September 26, 2025 | 34,695 | +3,646 |
| September 27, 2025 | 37,380 | +2,685 |
| September 28, 2025 | 38,459 | +1,079 |
| September 29, 2025 | 39,135 | +676 |
| September 30, 2025 | 39,191 | +56 |
| October 1, 2025 | 39,594 | +403 |
| October 3, 2025 | 39,928 | +334 |
| October 4, 2025 | 40,089 | +161 |
| October 5, 2025 | 40,165 | +76 |
| October 6, 2025 | 41,225 | +1,060 |
| October 7, 2025 | 42,626 | +1,401 |
| October 8, 2025 | 42,921 | +295 |
| October 9, 2025 | 42,943 | +22 |
| October 10, 2025 | 42,956 | +13 |
| October 11, 2025 | 42,945 | -11 |
| October 12, 2025 | 42,954 | +9 |
| October 13, 2025 | 42,980 | +26 |
| October 16, 2025 | 42,980 | 0 |
| October 17, 2025 | 42,980 | 0 |
| December 15, 2025 | 42,980 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Leavenworth, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Leavenworth, WA12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cashmere, WA16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Entiat, WA17 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Granite Falls, WA18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Manson, WA20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Sunnyslope, WA22 miles southeast 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 7, 2026 at 11:53 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-WAOWF-000797.