List of Washington wildfires

This is an incomplete list of major wildfires in Washington state history.

Washington wildfires ordered by size

This list only includes "major fires" that destroyed over, incurred fatalities or damaged a significant amount of property. With a lag of 1 to 2 years, more or less complete data is available from 2002 on via the maintained by the National Fire and Aviation Management. Older fires are increasingly underreported. For example, none of the wildfires of 1926-31 and 1943 that together destroyed more than 500,000 acres of the Colville National Forest are included.

Year	Fire Name	Complex Name	County	Size	Structures Lost	Deaths	Injuries
2015	Okanogan Complex	Okanogan Complex	Okanogan	304,782	195	3
2014	Carlton Complex fire	Carlton Complex	Okanogan	256,108	300	1
1902	Yacolt Burn	Yacolt Burn	Clark / Skamania / Cowlitz	238,900	Unknown	65+	Unknown
1929	Dole Valley Fire		Clark / Skamania	227,500
2015	North Star Fire		Ferry / Okanogan	218,138
2000	24 Command Fire		Benton	192,000	36	0	0
1970	Lightning Bust		Chelan / Okanogan	188,000
2006	Tripod Complex Fire	Tripod Complex	Okanogan	175,184	2	0	7
2015	Tunk Block Fire	Okanogan Complex	Okanogan	165,918
1910	Great Fire of 1910		Pend Oreille / Spokane	150,000	Unknown	38	Unknown
1994	Tyee Creek Fire		Chelan	135,000	37
2015	Lime Belt Fire	Okanogan Complex	Okanogan	133,450
2006	Columbia Complex	Columbia Complex	Columbia / Garfield	109,402	28	0	11
2015	Chelan Complex	Chelan Complex	Chelan	88,985	44
2003	Fawn Peak Complex	Fawn Peak Complex	Okanogan	81,343	0	0	4
2012	Barker Canyon Complex	Barker Canyon Complex	Douglas	81,155	12	0	0
2015	Grizzly Bear Complex	Grizzly Bear Complex	Columbia / Wallowa, Oregon	80,725	33
2013	Colockum Tarps Fire		Chelan / Kittitas	80,184	5	0	3
1929	Toats Coulee Fire		Okanogan	80,000
2000	Mule Dry Fire		Benton / Klickitat / Yakima	76,800	1	0	0
2007	Wautoma Fire		Benton	69,000	0	0	0
2015	Wolverine Fire		Chelan	65,512	4
2015	Carpenter Road Fire		Stevens	63,972	36
1985	Barker Mountain Fire		Okanogan	60,000
1996	Cold Creek Fire		Benton / Yakima	57,000
2015	Stickpin Fire	Kettle Complex	Ferry	53,828	0	0	0
2015	Cougar Creek Fire		Yakima	53,523	0	0
2005	School Fire		Columbia / Garfield	51,892	215	0	1
1992	Skookum Fire		Klickitat	51,000
1988	Dinkelman Fire		Chelan	50,000
2001	Rex Creek Fire	Rex Creek Complex	Chelan / Okanogan	50,000
2009	Dry Creek Complex	Dry Creek Complex	Benton / Yakima	48,902	2	0	3
2006	Tatoosh Fire	Tatoosh Complex	Okanogan / British Columbia	47,787	0	0	0
2002	Deer Point Fire		Chelan / Okanogan	43,375	5	0	0
1994	Rat Creek / Hatchery Creek Fire		Chelan	43,000
2012	Table Mountain Fire		Kittitas	42,312	5	0	2
1951	Great Forks Fire		Clallam	38,000		0
2001	Virginia Lake Fire	Virginia Lake Complex	Okanogan	36,680	9	0	1
2015	Highway 8 Fire		Klickitat	33,100
2001	St. Mary’s Mission Fire	Virginia Lake Complex	Okanogan	32,980	0	0
2004	Deep Harbor Fire	Pot Peak/Sisi Ridge Complex	Chelan	28,500	3	0
2007	Overlook Fire		Franklin / Grant	27,071
2007	Manila Creek Fire		Ferry	26,805	2	0	3
1919	Sunset Fire		Clark / Skamania	26,900
2014	Devil's Elbow Complex	Devil's Elbow Complex	Ferry	26,349	0	0
2013	Mile Marker 28 Fire		Klickitat	26,092	0	0	6
2005	Walker Canyon Fire		Walla Walla	25,000	0	0	0
2015	Tower Fire	Kaniksu Complex	Pend Oreille	24,194
2012	Taylor Bridge Fire		Kittitas	23,500	272	0	2
2012	Apache Pass Fire		Lincoln	23,324	4	0	0
2014	Mills Canyon Fire		Chelan	22,571	0	0
2015	Douglas County Complex	Douglas County Complex	Douglas	22,337	0	0	0
2008	Columbia River Road Fire		Okanogan	22,115	0	0	1
2010	Eureka Fire		Walla Walla	21,620	2	0	0
2003	Needles Fire		Okanogan	21,300	1	0	5
2007	Six Prong Fire	Horse Heaven Complex	Klickitat	20,898	0	0	0
2012	Cascade Creek Fire		Skamania / Yakima	20,296	0	0	2
2012	Peavine Canyon Fire	Wenatchee Complex	Chelan / Kittitas	19,467	0	0
2010	Swakane Fire		Chelan	19,291	0	0	0
2008	Swanson Lake Fire		Lincoln	19,090	18	0	1
1998	Cleveland Fire		Klickitat	18,500	11	0
1998	Rattle Snake Ridge Fire		Yakima	18,000
2004	Pot Peak Fire	Pot Peak/Sisi Ridge Complex	Chelan	17,190	0	0	6
2012	St Marys Mission Road Fire		Okanogan	17,031	10	0	4
2007	Tunk Grade Fire		Okanogan	15,540	19	0	0
2008	Badger Mountain Fire		Chelan / Douglas	15,023	0	0	5
2015	Saddle Lakes Fire		Grant	14,357	0	0	0
2012	Byrd Fire	Wenatchee Complex	Chelan	14,119	0	0
1996	Baird Springs Fire		Grant	14,000
2014	Chiwaukum Creek Fire	Chiwaukum Complex	Chelan	13,895	0	0
2015	Renner Fire	Kettle Complex	Ferry	13,775	0	0	0
2014	Snag Canyon Fire		Kittitas	12,667	0	0
2014	Duncan Fire		Chelan	12,695	0	0
2008	Smith Lake Fire		Douglas	12,513	0	0	0
2012	Crane Road Fire		Douglas	12,500	7	0	0
2002	Quartz Mtn. Complex	Quartz Mtn. Complex	Okanogan	12,144	0	0	0
2007	Domke Lake Fire		Okanogan / Wenatchee	11,900	1	0	2
2010	Hubbard Fire		Columbia	11,500	0	0	0
2005	West Omak Lake Fire		Okanogan	11,325	0	0	0
2012	Buffalo Lake Road Fire		Okanogan	11,299	1	0	5
2015	Twisp River Fire	Okanogan Complex	Okanogan	11,222		3
2011	Wishram II Fire		Klickitat	11,008	0	0	0
2003	Rattlesnake Canyon Fire		Ferry	10,560	11	0	2
2007	South Omak Lake Fire		Okanogan	10,500	0	0	0
2002	Pumphouse Fire		Yakima	10,412	0	0	0
2013	Desmarais Fire		Yakima	10,130	0	0	1
2009	Oden Road Fire		Okanogan	9,607	14	0	3
2000	Rocky Hull Fire		Okanogan	9,404	37	0
2001	Thirty Mile Fire		Okanogan	9,324	0	4	14
2000	Buffalo Lake Fire		Okanogan	9,300	0	0
2006	Tinpan Fire		Chelan	9,252	0	0	6
2015	Graves Mountain fire	Kettle Complex	Ferry	8,557
2014	Upper Falls Fire		Okanogan	8,118	0	0
1997	Pow Wah Kee Fire		Asotin	8,000
2006	Flick Creek Fire		Chelan	7,889	0	0	4
2008	Cold Springs Fire		Klickitat	7,729	0	0	0
2010	Baird Springs Fire		Grant	7,693	0	0	0
2007	Wood Gulch Fire	Horse Heaven Complex	Klickitat	7,677	0	0	0
2012	Canyon Fire	Wenatchee Complex	Chelan	7,557	0	0
2015	First Creek Fire		Chelan	7,490	19
2012	Goat Fire		Okanogan	7,378	0	0	0
2015	Goodell Fire	Upper Skagit Complex	Skagit	7,111	0	0
1979	Salmon Creek Fire		Okanogan	7,000
2012	Antoine 2 Fire		Chelan / Okanogan	6,837	0	0	0
2015	Black Canyon Fire	Chelan Complex	Chelan	6,761
2000	Goodnoe Hills Fire		Klickitat	6,510	1	0
2015	Blue Creek Fire		Walla Walla	6,004
2000	Alderdale Fire		Klickitat	6,180	0	0
2005	McClane Fire		Franklin	6,000	2	0	0
2007	Les Blair Fire		Benton	6,000	0	0	0
2012	Poison Canyon Fire	Wenatchee Complex	Chelan	5,910	0	0
2010	Cowiche Mill Fire		Yakima	5,834	7	0	3
2003	Togo Fire		Ferry	5,800	0	0	0
2001	Gamble Mills Fire	Brewster & Virginia Lake Complex	Okanogan	5,550	0	0
2006	Highlands Fire		Douglas	5,506	0	0	0
1997	Olympia Command Fire		Benton	5,500
2000	Cayuse Fire		Okanogan	5,460	0	0
2003	Hatten Road Fire		Lincoln	5,460	0	0	0
2012	Milepost 10		Douglas	5,445	0	0	0
2013	Wood Gulch Fire		Klickitat	5,400	0	0	0
2005	Wall Lake Fire		Lincoln	5,400	3	0	1
2007	Easy Street Fire		Chelan	5,209	1	0	1
2003	Juniper Dunes Fire		Franklin	5,200	0	0	0
2015	Newby Lake Fire		Okanogan	5,065
2006	Rocky Ford Fire		Grant	5,000	0	0	0
2011	Monastery Fire		Klickitat	3,626	113	0	10
1992	Castlerock Fire		Wenatchee	3,500	24
2015	Sleepy Hollow Fire		Chelan	2,950	33	0	4
2015	Paradise Fire		Jefferson	2,796	0	0
2003	McGinnis Flats Fire		Ferry	2,245	2	1	1
1987	Hangman Hills Fire		Spokane	1,500	24	2
2008	Spokane Valley Fire		Spokane	1,008	21	0	1

Year-by-year statistics

Wildfire seasons are defined by Washington state law as lasting from April 15 through October 15 of each year, allowing for burn bans and other restrictions to be imposed on state lands by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources during that time. According to a North American Seasonal Fire Assessment and Outlook report issued in June, 2019, the summer months represent peak fire season.

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