Prairie Mountain Fire
The Prairie Mountain Fire was reported on August 7, 2026 in Skagit County, Washington and burned 141 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 141 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2026
- Personnel
- 102
Map
Perimeter mapped August 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM PDT, 139 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.307, -121.444.
The incident
- Size
- 141 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 7 Miles NE from Darrington, WA
- County
- Skagit County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- DARRINGTON
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 102
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Heavy Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $350,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-WANWS-000125
- IRWIN identifier
- 318A20CA-3335-4F7B-A6FF-FEE177BCAAFA
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 7, 2026 (123 acres) to August 19, 2026 (139 acres). The largest one-day growth was 33 acres, mapped August 8, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2026 | 123 | |
| August 8, 2026 | 156 | +33 |
| August 10, 2026 | 151 | -5 |
| August 11, 2026 | 136 | -15 |
| August 13, 2026 | 137 | +1 |
| August 18, 2026 | 150 | +13 |
| August 19, 2026 | 139 | -11 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Darrington, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Darrington, WA8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Granite Falls, WA29 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arlington Heights, WA29 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Arlington, WA32 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lochsloy, WA32 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sisco Heights, WA33 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 August 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-WANWS-000125.