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Wildfire in Central Chelan County, Washington

Wildfire September 1, 2022 – September 30, 2022 · Central Chelan County, Washington

$34.0M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The White River and Irving Peak Fires began after a lightning storm passed through the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on August 11 and was active through September. The Irving Peak and White River fires are located approximately 15 miles northwest of Plain, WA. They have burned around 11120 acres of timber.

The wider storm

Lightning started the Irving Peak and White River Fires in the Cascades. Their proximity to each other allowed them to be combined into one incident.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1057742. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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