Lynx Mountain Fire
The Lynx Mountain Fire was reported on September 2, 2025 in Ferry County, Washington and burned 9,226 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 9,226 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeter mapped December 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM PST, 9,222 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.340, -118.341.
The incident
- Size
- 9,226 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 7 Miles NW from Inchelium, WA
- County
- Ferry County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Inchelium
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,120,750
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WACOA-250166
- IRWIN identifier
- C4A97C39-16D0-4633-AAE8-FE02B31FD2C0
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 3, 2025 (320 acres) to December 22, 2025 (9,222 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,029 acres, mapped September 12, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2025 | 320 | |
| September 4, 2025 | 1,329 | +1,009 |
| September 5, 2025 | 2,252 | +923 |
| September 6, 2025 | 2,464 | +212 |
| September 7, 2025 | 3,235 | +771 |
| September 8, 2025 | 3,734 | +499 |
| September 9, 2025 | 4,226 | +492 |
| September 10, 2025 | 4,521 | +295 |
| September 11, 2025 | 5,033 | +512 |
| September 12, 2025 | 7,062 | +2,029 |
| September 13, 2025 | 7,313 | +251 |
| September 14, 2025 | 7,939 | +626 |
| September 16, 2025 | 8,107 | +168 |
| September 17, 2025 | 8,210 | +103 |
| September 18, 2025 | 8,374 | +164 |
| September 19, 2025 | 8,471 | +97 |
| September 22, 2025 | 8,856 | +385 |
| September 23, 2025 | 8,905 | +49 |
| September 24, 2025 | 8,980 | +75 |
| September 25, 2025 | 9,168 | +188 |
| September 26, 2025 | 9,185 | +17 |
| September 27, 2025 | 9,201 | +16 |
| September 28, 2025 | 9,210 | +9 |
| December 22, 2025 | 9,222 | +12 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Kettle Falls, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Kettle Falls, WA23 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Colville, WA25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Republic, WA28 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Chewelah, WA29 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Coulee Dam, WA39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Grand Coulee, WA41 miles southwest 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 December 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM PST. Identifier 2025-WACOA-250166.