Wildfire — Lower Columbia Basin, Washington

2019-07-18 to 2019-07-22 · Lower Columbia Basin, Washington

Wider weather episode

During the afternoon of July 18th the Cold Creek Wildfire began just west of the Hanford Site and burned 45000 acres primarily on the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve and Rattlesnake Mountain. This fire was determined to be human caused.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 828223. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.