These are incomplete lists of the major and minor wildfires in Washington state history, along with total costs of the fires for the years, starting in 2002. Wildfires are infrequent on the western side of the Cascade Crest, but a regular component of Eastern Washington ecology.

Background While the typical "fire season" in Washington varies every year based on weather conditions, most wildfires occur in between July and October. However, hotter, drier conditions can allow wildfires to start outside of these boundaries. Wildfires tend to start at these times of the year after moisture from winter and spring precipitation dries up. Vegetation and overall conditions are the hottest and driest in these periods. The increase of vegetation can make the fires spread easier.

Major Washington wildfires chronologically

This list only includes "major fires" that destroyed over , incurred fatalities or damaged a significant amount of property. 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.Washington State Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessment, Table Eight (pp. 35-37), April 2001

2020s Year Fire name Complex name County Start dateCauseSize(acres)StructureslostDeathsInjuries Notes Image2026 Upriver Spokane June 16Human 14 primary, 4 outbuildings 1 0 In the city of Spokane Little GiantChelan July 15 LightningOngoing Kaiser Canyon Okanogan July 16Lightning ModriteFerryJuly 17 LightningOngoingSinlahekinOkanogan July 26 UndeterminedOngoingOld Trails SpokaneSpokaneAugust 1 Human (arson)≥700Ongoing, hundreds of structures in Spokane have been lost.2025Bear Gulch MasonJuly 6Human000Contained November 12HopeStevensJuly 8Human2 residential20 outbuildings00Contained August 9Western PinesLincolnJuly 9Human4700Contained July 18.BurdoinKlickitatJuly 18Under investigation4401Prompted evacuations for 900 residents in Lyle.Central FerryWhitmanAugust 13Motorhome fire000Closed State Route 127.WildcatYakimaAugust 25Lightning000Actively burning. 5% contained.Crown CreekCrown Creek ComplexStevensAugust 29Lightning000Prompted evacuations near Marble.Lower SugarloafChelanSeptember 1Lightning000Actively burning. 90% contained.RattlesnakeFerrySeptember 1Lightning000Burned west of Seven Bays.Labor MountainKittitasSeptember 1Lightning000Prompting evacuations north of Cle Elum.Lynx MountainFerrySeptember 2Human000Actively burning. 96% contained.2024Pioneer FireChelanJune 8, human caused000Stehekin ordered to evacuate on July 28Beam Road FireYakimaJune 15000Contained June 19 Extinguished June 27Cougar Creek FireAsotin & GarfieldJuly 15, unknown4 destroyed5 damaged00Swawilla FireFerry & OkanoganJuly 17, Lightning2 outbuildings00Temporarily closed State Route 21 and Keller Ferry, evacuations of Keller and the Buffalo Lake area; August 1 a false news story was circulated about 28 homes being burned, Inciweb and NWCC debunked.Big Horn FireKlickitatJuly 22, unknown000Contained July 31Black Canyon FireYakimaJuly 22, unknown000Contained August 1Retreat FireYakimaJuly 23, cause unknown500Also called the Rimrock Retreat Fire, closed US-12, caused evacuations and county-wide declaration of emergency2023Oregon FireSpokane/Pend OreilleAugust 18 Human3841Gray FireSpokaneAugust 18 Sparks from a faulty light10,08525912020Cold Springs Canyon/Pearl Hill FiresLabor Day fires and Inchelium ComplexOkanogan & DouglasSeptember 6 (Cold Springs), September 7 (Pearl Hill) Both causes were undetermined1Whitney Fire LincolnSeptember 7127,430

2010s Year Fire name Complex name County Start dateSize(acres)StructureslostDeathsInjuries Notes Image2019243 Command FireGrantJune 3000Fully contained by June 10Cold Creek FireBentonPipeline FireKittitasPowerline FireGrantWilliams Flats FireOkanoganLargest wildfire of the 2019 season2016Hart FireLincoln18,220390Range 12 FireYakima177,210Snake River FireGarfieldSpokane Complex FireSpokane ComplexSpokane10Formed from the Wellesley and Yale Road firesContained August 122015 Black Canyon FireBlack Canyon at InciWebChelan ComplexChelanAugust 14 6,761Blue Creek FireBlue Creek Fire at InciWebWalla WallaJuly 206,004Carpenter Road FireCarpenter Road Fire at InciWebStevensAugust 1463,97236Chelan ComplexChelan Complex at InciWebChelan ComplexChelanAugust 1488,98544The complex included the Antoine, Black Canyon, Cagle, McFarland Creek, and Reach fires.Cougar Creek FireCougar Creek Fire at InciWebYakimaAugust 1053,52300Douglas County ComplexDouglas County ComplexDouglasJuly 1022,337Douglas County Complex at InciWeb 0 0 0Contained July 15First Creek FireChelanAugust 147,49019Goodell FireUpper Skagit Complex at InciWebUpper Skagit ComplexSkagitAugust 107,111 0 0 Graves Mountain fireColville & KettleFerryAugust 148,557 Largest and main fire of the Colville Complex Fires.After containment of smaller fires, oversight was transferred to the Kettle Complex on Aug 31, 2015.Grizzly Bear ComplexGrizzly Bear Complex at InciWebGrizzly Bear ComplexColumbia / Wallowa, OregonAugust 1380,72533Complex started August 13 via 18 lightning-caused fires. All but the Bear Ridge Fire in the North burned together. Highway 8 FireHighway 8 Fire at InciWebKlickitatAugust 1033,100Lime Belt FireOkanogan ComplexOkanoganAugust 15133,450Newby Lake FireNewby Lake Fire at InciWebOkanoganJuly 45,065North Star FireNorth Star at InciWebFerry / Okanogan218,138Okanogan ComplexOkanogan Complex at InciWebOkanogan ComplexOkanoganAugust 15304,782195Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, Northwest Large Fire Information Summary3Included the Lime Belt, Tunk Block, Twisp River and Nine Mile Fires. The Lime Belt Fire originated as three separate fires that burned together. On August 31, the Tunk Block fire was separated from this complex, as it was about to merge with the North Star Fire, leaving the complex with an area of 133,118 acres.Paradise FireParadise Fire at InciWebJefferson May 152,79600A rare rainforest fire in the Olympic National Parkfinally extinguished in SeptemberRenner FireKettle ComplexFerryAugust 1113,775000Saddle Lakes FireSaddle Lakes at InciWeb GrantJune 2814,357000Sleepy Hollow FireSleepy Hollow at InciWebChelanJune 282,9503304Stickpin FireKettle Complex at InciWebKettle ComplexFerryAugust 1153,82800 0Tower FireTower Fire at InciWebKaniksu ComplexPend OreilleAugust 1124,194Tunk Block FireTunk Block at InciWebOkanogan ComplexOkanoganAugust 15165,918 Twisp River FireOkanogan ComplexOkanoganAugust 1511,2223Wolverine FireWolverine Fire at InciWebChelanAugust 1365,5124 2014Carlton Complex fireCarlton ComplexOkanogan256,1083001Began as four separate lightning strike fires (the Cougar Flat, French Creek, Gold Hike, and Stokes fires). The four merged and continued as one large fire complex.Chiwaukum Creek FireChiwaukum Complex at InciWebChiwaukum ComplexChelanJuly 1413,89500Duncan FireChelanJuly 1412,69500Devil's Elbow ComplexDevil's Elbow ComplexFerryAugust 226,34900Mills Canyon FireChelanJuly 8 22,57100Snag Canyon FireKittitasAugust 212,66700Upper Falls FireOkanoganAugust 28,118002013 Colockum Tarps FireColockum Tarps at InciWebChelan / KittitasJuly 2780,184503Desmarais FireYakimaJune 610,130001Mile Marker 28 FireMile Marker 28 at InciWebKlickitatJuly 2426,092006Wood Gulch FireKlickitat5,4000002012Antoine 2 Fire Chelan / Okanogan6,837000Apache Pass FireLincoln23,324400Barker Canyon Complex Barker Canyon ComplexDouglas81,1551200Buffalo Lake Road Fire Okanogan11,299105Byrd FireWenatchee ComplexChelan14,11900Canyon FireWenatchee ComplexChelan7,55700Cascade Creek Fire Skamania / Yakima20,296002Crane Road FireDouglas12,500700Goat FireOkanogan7,378000Milepost 10Douglas5,445000Peavine Canyon FireWenatchee ComplexChelan / Kittitas19,46700Poison Canyon FireWenatchee ComplexChelan5,91000St Marys Mission Road Fire Okanogan17,0311004Table Mountain FireKittitas42,312502Taylor Bridge FireKittitas23,500272022011Monastery FireKlickitat3,626113010Wishram II FireKlickitat11,0080002010Baird Springs FireGrant7,693000Cowiche Mill FireYakima5,834703Eureka FireWalla Walla21,620200Hubbard FireColumbia11,500000Swakane FireChelan19,291000

2000s Year Fire name Complex name County Start dateSize(acres)StructureslostDeathsInjuries Notes Image2009Dry Creek ComplexDry Creek Complex Benton / Yakima48,902203Oden Road FireOkanogan9,60714032008Badger Mountain Fire Chelan / Douglas15,023005Cold Springs FireKlickitat7,729000 Columbia River Road Fire Okanogan22,115001Smith Lake Fire Douglas12,513000Spokane Valley FireSpokane1,0082101Over 20 buildings lost Swanson Lake Fire Lincoln19,09018012007Domke Lake Fire Okanogan / Wenatchee11,900102Easy Street Fire Chelan5,209101Les Blair FireBenton6,000000Manila Creek Fire Ferry26,805203Overlook FireJanelle Downs, Effects of Fire on Shrub-Steppe Habitats , PNNL Franklin / Grant27,071 Six Prong FireHorse Heaven ComplexKlickitat20,898000South Omak Lake FireOkanogan10,500000Tunk Grade Fire Okanogan15,5401900Wautoma Fire Benton69,000000Wood Gulch FireHorse Heaven ComplexKlickitat7,6770002006Columbia ComplexColumbia ComplexColumbia / Garfield109,40228011Flick Creek FireChelan7,889 004Highlands FireDouglas5,506000Rocky Ford FireGrant5,000000Tatoosh FireTatoosh ComplexOkanogan / British Columbia47,787 000Tinpan FireChelan9,252006Tripod Complex FireTripod ComplexOkanogan175,1842072005McClane FireFranklin6,000200School FireColumbia / Garfield51,892 21501Walker Canyon FireWalla Walla25,000000Wall Lake FireLincoln5,400301West Omak Lake FireOkanogan11,3250002004Deep Harbor FirePot Peak/Sisi Ridge ComplexChelan28,50030Pot Peak FirePot Peak/Sisi Ridge ComplexChelan17,1900062003Fawn Peak ComplexFawn Peak ComplexOkanogan81,343004Hatten Road FireLincoln5,460000Juniper Dunes FireFranklin5,200000McGinnis Flats FireFerry2,245211One reported death Needles FireOkanogan21,300105Rattlesnake Canyon FireFerry10,5601102Togo FireFerry5,8000002002Deer Point FireChelan / Okanogan43,375500Pumphouse FireYakima10,412000Quartz Mountain ComplexQuartz Mountain ComplexOkanogan12,1440002001Gamble Mills FireBrewster & Virginia Lake ComplexOkanogan5,55000Mount Leona Fire Mount Leona Complex firesFerryAugust 136,144One subfire in the complex, the Sleepy Fire/Sleepy 91 FireRex Creek FireRex Creek Complex firesChelan / Okanogan50,000St. Mary's Mission FireVirginia Lake ComplexOkanogan32,98000Thirtymile FireOkanogan9,3240414Virginia Lake FireVirginia Lake ComplexOkanogan36,680901(+)200024 Command FireBenton192,0003600Alderdale FireKlickitat6,18000Buffalo Lake FireOkanogan9,30000 Cayuse FireOkanogan5,46000Goodnoe Hills FireKlickitat6,51010Mule Dry FireBenton, Klickitat & Yakima76,800100Rocky Hull FireOkanogan9,404370

1900–1999