Miners Fire

Perimeter mapped September 20, 2026 at 8:54 AM PDT, 150 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 48.212, -121.063.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Darrington

Size

149 acres

Containment

0%

Discovered

August 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

35 Miles W from Darrington, WA

County

Snohomish County

State

Washington

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

2

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$525,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-WAMSF-000439

IRWIN identifier

FA1A7D4E-1165-4585-8D30-E88A978B2C75

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 17, 2026 (15 acres) to September 20, 2026 (150 acres). The largest one-day growth was 102 acres, mapped September 9, 2026.

• Wind up to 10 mph from the west-northwest
• Relative humidity as low as 65%
• High of 61°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Darrington, WA

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Mon, 5:00 AM PDT to Mon, 8:00 AM PDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 1.8 µg/m³ around Tue, 11:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Darrington, WA25 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Gold Bar, WA38 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Sultan, WA42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Granite Falls, WA43 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Woods Creek, WA45 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Granite Falls, WA45 miles southeast of the fire’s origin