2015 Washington wildfires
List of fires
Table:
Name

Location

Area burned[n 1]

Dates

Cause

Notes

Acres

Hectares

Began/Reported

Ended[n 2]

231 fire

Spokane Indian Reservation and Stevens County

1,138

461

July 3, 2015

July 12, 2015

Under investigation

Alder Lake fire

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

253

102

July 26, 2015

Active (10% contained)

Lightning

Blankenship fire

Okanogan and Wenatchee national forests

180

73

July 14, 2015

Active

Blue Creek fire

Walla Walla County

6,004

2,430

July 20, 2015

Active (95% contained)

Under investigation

Carpenter Road fire

Spokane Indian Reservation and Stevens County

46,691

18,895

August 12, 2015

Active (25% contained)

Unknown

Chelan Complex

Chelan County

90,210

36,510

August 14, 2015

Active (52% contained)

Complex of 5 fires

Colville Complex

Ferry and Stevens counties

9,879

3,998

August 14, 2015

Active (48% contained)

Complex of 3 fires

Cougar Creek

Yakama Indian Reservation and Gifford Pinchot National Forest

49,200

19,900

August 10, 2015

Active (25% contained)

Lightning

Douglas County Complex

Douglas County

22,337

9,039

July 10, 2015

July 15, 2015

Lightning

Complex of 2 fires

Grizzly Bear Complex

Umatilla National Forest

72,421

29,308

August 13, 2015

Active (10% contained)

Lightning

Complex of 17 fires; includes portion in Oregon

Highway 8 fire

Klickitat County

33,100

13,400

August 4, 2015

Active (95% contained)

Unknown

Kaniksu Complex

Colville National Forest and Pend Oreille County

16,335

6,611

August 11, 2015

Active (10% contained)

Lightning

Complex of 7 fires

Kettle Complex

Ferry County

62,292

25,209

August 11, 2015

Active (16% contained)

Lightning

Complex of 3 fires

Marble Valley

Stevens County

3,087

1,249

August 14, 2015

Active (85% contained)

Unknown

Mount Adams Complex

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

405

164

July 10, 2015

Active (78% contained)

Unknown

Complex of 4 fires

Newby Lake fire

Okanogan and Wenatchee national forests

5,065

2,050

July 2, 2015

Active (95% contained)

Lightning

Includes portion in British Columbia

North Boulder 2

Ferry County

233

94

July 20, 2015

Active (80% contained)

Lightning

North Star

Colville Indian Reservation, Colville National Forest,
and Okanogan and Ferry counties

192,900

78,100

August 13, 2015

Active (22% contained)

Human

Okanogan Complex

Okanogan County

302,224

122,306

August 15, 2015

Active (12% contained)

Lightning

Complex of 5 fires; second-largest in Washington state history[26]
Includes portion in British Columbia

Paradise Fire

Olympic National Park

2,796

1,132

May 15, 2015

Active (40% contained)

Lightning

PC Complex

Clark and Cowlitz counties

129

52

July 16, 2015

July 24, 2015

Human

Complex of 5 fires

Saddle Lakes fire

Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge

14,357

5,810

June 28, 2015

July 16, 2015

Lightning

Sleepy Hollow fire

Chelan County

2,950

1,190

June 28, 2015

July 6, 2015

Human[53]

Thunder Creek

North Cascades National Park

103

42

May 30, 2015

Active (60% contained)

Lightning

Twenty-One Mile Grade

Colville Indian Reservation

2,250

910

July 1, 2015

July 10, 2015

Human

Upper Skagit Complex

North Cascades National Park

7,878

3,188

August 10, 2015

Active (37% contained)

Lightning

Complex of 8 fires

Williams fire

Stevens County

332

134

July 3, 2015

July 10, 2015

Under investigation

Wolverine fire

Wenatchee National Forest

62,167

25,158

June 29, 2015

Active (28% contained)

Lightning

Part of Chelan Complex

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