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Although the fire's namesake is for the town of Yacolt, Washington, that town suffered little damage from the fires. [1] The loss of all property was assessed at a 1902 value of US$12,767,100 (equivalent to $449,598,337 in 2023). [4] The property damage in Multnomah County, Oregon was estimated at more than one million dollars. [6]
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter: Retreat Fire [9] [10] Yakima July 23, cause unknown 44,588 acres (18,044 ha) 5 0 0 Also called the Rimrock Retreat Fire, Closed US-12, caused evacuations and county-wide declaration of emergency 7-27-24 map of fire perimeter: Swawilla Fire [11] [12] Ferry & Okanogan July 17, Lightning 53,462 acres (21,635 ha) 2 ...
Some of the fires were sparked by downed power lines. More than 330,000 acres (130,000 ha) burned across the state of Washington, a one-day total greater than any of the last 12 entire fire seasons, according to the governor's office, [1] and larger than the state's largest single fire, the Carlton Complex Fire of 2014.
Larch Mountain, elevation 3,480 feet (1,060 m), is the highest free-standing peak in Clark County, Washington. (The andesite plugs Pyramid Rock and Sturgeon Rock are higher but are outcroppings on ridges of Silver Star Mountain.) It is laced by a network of gravel roads as part of the Yacolt Burn State Forest. The eastern flank of the mountain ...
Fires included the Nakia Creek Fire in Southwest Washington and one on private timberland near Loch Katrine in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness 30 miles east of Seattle. [18] [19] Flames from the Loch Katrine fire could be seen from Seattle. [20] On October 18 and 19, due to wildfire smoke, Seattle had the worst air quality of any major city in the ...
The Vancouver Fire Department (VFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Vancouver and, by contract to Clark County Fire District 5, in Washington, United States. The VFD's response area is 89.2 square miles (231 km 2 ) with a population of over 297,400. [ 5 ]
Clark County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census , the population was 503,311, [ 1 ] making it Washington's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat and largest city is Vancouver . [ 2 ]
The fire was reported fully contained on July 12, with a revised burned area of 14,100 acres (5,700 ha). [20] The governor declared a state of emergency on July 6. [1] The 300+ acre Andrus Road fire in the Spokane suburbs drew firefighters from as far away as Thurston and Lewis County in Western Washington, hundreds of miles away. [21]