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Wildfire in Western Okanogan County, Washington

Wildfire September 5, 2022 – September 29, 2022 · Western Okanogan County, Washington

$190K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning started several wildfires around the Parks Wildfire and formed the NW Pasayten Wilderness complex. It was east of Ross Lake. The complex burned 17,998 acres of rugged timber. Individual fires were Parks (12,163 acres), Kid (3,797 acres), Skagit (445 acres), Three Fools (1,112 acres), Shull Creek (426 acres).

The wider storm

Lightning started several wildfires in the Northwest Pasayten Wilderness, east of Ross Lake on September 5.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1057828. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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