2024 Washington wildfires


The 2024 Washington wildfire season were a series of wildfires that had been burning throughout the U.S. state of Washington.

Events

Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center in June 2024 included temperatures above normal and precipitation below normal, due to the ENSO transition to a La Niña pattern, resulting in an above normal fire potential for Western Washington in July through September.
On July 10, the Washington [State Department of Natural Resources] announced a burn ban on its lands that would last until at least September 30. The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than.
On October 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced the end of the 2024 fire season. Over 300,000 acres were burned by wildfires in Washington state in 2024.

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than, or produced significant structural damage or casualties.
NameCountyAcresStart dateContainment dateNotesRef
PioneerChelan8 6 20243 10 2024Town of Stehekin ordered to evacuate on the morning of July 28
Nisqually JohnWhitman14 6 2024June
Beam RoadYakima15 6 202418 6 2024
Neff RoadWalla Walla15 6 2024June
Slide Ranch/Mission RoadYakima22 6 20249 7 2024Began on Yakama Reservation, arson
Joe Barker RoadWalla Walla3 7 202414 8 2024
Road 11Ferry4 07 2024
Cougar CreekAsotin, Garfield15.07.202429.08.2024
SwawillaFerry & Okanogan17 7 202415 8 2024Closed State Route 21 and Keller Ferry, evacuations of Keller and the Buffalo Lake area
EasyOkanogan17.07.2024October 1Closed North Cascades Highway
Miners ComplexSnohomish, Skagit19.07.2024October 31
Bridge CreekFerry19 7 2024August 4
Davin RoadFranklin21 7 2024July
Black CanyonYakima22.07.2024August 1
BighornKlickitat22.07.202430.07.2024
RetreatYakima23.07.202423.08.2024Closed US-12, caused evacuations and county-wide declaration of emergency
Lower GraniteGarfield29.07.2024August 2At least one structure destroyed.
Williams MineSkamania County05.08.202401.11.2024People near Trout Lake evacuated; Mount Adams Wilderness and part of the Pacific Crest Trail closed
Calcite CreekOkanogan05.08.202425.08.2024Pyrocumulus cloud generated a few miles away in Manning Provincial Park, Canada; NOAA potential fire alerts less than a mile from the border; Pasayten Wilderness trails closed beginning August 6.
RubyWhatcom09.08.2024October 31
Road 2620Jefferson14.08.202428.08.2024Roads and trails including Mount Jupiter trail closed, homes threatened around Duckabush
StaymanChelan20.08.2024August 24
GoosmusFerry25.09.20244 10 2024
Long HollowWhitman26.09.2024September 27
Jack WellsOkanogan1 10 202421.10.2024Evacuations for parts of Brewster.