A high-significance wildfire began in Stevens, Washington, on July 25, 2026. Homes in the affected area face fire damage risk.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 4,417 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Human
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Stevens, Washington), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Stevens, Washington · ≈ 6.9 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-08-13 01:03 UTC · ≈ 6.9 sq mi · snapshot 17 of 17
View the timeline — how the reported area changed
Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 4,417 acres ±0 100% contained
- 4,417 acres ±0 96% contained
- 4,417 acres ±0 96% contained
- 4,417 acres ±0 94% contained
- 4,417 acres ±0 92% contained
- 4,417 acres −2 92% contained
- 4,419 acres ±0 74% contained
- 4,419 acres ±0 74% contained
Show 27 earlier observations
- 4,419 acres −5 74% contained
- 4,424 acres ±0 76% contained
- 4,424 acres ±0 76% contained
- 4,424 acres ±0 76% contained
- 4,424 acres ±0 76% contained
- 4,424 acres ±0 76% contained
- 4,424 acres ±0 76% contained
- 4,424 acres +6 79% contained
- 4,418 acres +51 44% contained
- 4,367 acres ±0 42% contained
- 4,367 acres ±0 42% contained
- 4,367 acres +42 42% contained
- 4,325 acres +25 7% contained
- 4,300 acres +88 7% contained
- 4,212 acres +32 7% contained
- 4,180 acres ±0 7% contained
- 4,180 acres ±0 7% contained
- 4,180 acres +12 7% contained
- 4,168 acres +73 7% contained
- 4,095 acres ±0 0% contained
- 4,095 acres +254 0% contained
- 3,841 acres ±0 0% contained
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- 3,841 acres +293 0% contained
- 3,548 acres ±0 0% contained
- 3,548 acres +953 0% contained
- 2,595 acres 0% contained
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Forecast discussion NWS OTX
Area Forecast Discussion
Highs reaching the 90s Tuesday and Wednesday with breezy winds and elevated fire weather conditions Wednesday into Thursday.
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000 FXUS66 KOTX 241117 AFDOTX
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 417 AM PDT Mon Aug 24 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Warming and drying trend Monday and Tuesday
- Minor to moderate heatrisk Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the 90s.
- Breezy winds Wednesday into Thursday with elevated fire weather conditions.
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.SYNOPSIS... Temperatures warm Monday into Tuesday with afternoon highs in the 90s by Tuesday. The heat begins to break down Wednesday into Thursday with an increasing risk for breezy winds and mountain thunderstorms.
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.DISCUSSION... Today through Wednesday: A ridge will build into the region along the Continental Divide while a trough digs in off the coast. A similar pattern will be setting up from this past weekend. The ridge will be in place for a couple of days leading to dry, warm pattern. Highs will climb back into the 90s. Moderate HeatRisk will return for most lowland locations on Tuesday and Wednesday. As the trough begins to press into the region, a weak band of instability will slide through the Lower Idaho Panhandle and bring a less than 10% chance for showers and isolated thunderstorm on Tuesday night.
Late Wednesday and Thursd…
- News Columbia Basin Herald
Washington’s three largest wildfires continue to influence air quality across Grant and Adams counties
- News khq.com
Bradeen Hill Fire in Stevens County grows to more than 4 , 000 acres , containment reaches 76 %
- News heraldnet.com
How Snohomish County prepares for wildfire season
Show 8 earlier updates
- chewelahindependent.com News
- Lynnwood Times News
Snohomish County firefighters deploy to Eastern WA to assist in combatting devastating fires
- The Spokesman-Review News
As Spokane Complex Fires burn, other blazes continue spreading throughout Washington
- KNDU News
Emergency declaration expands wildfire help across Eastern Washington | News | nbcrightnow.com
- newschannel9.com News
Federal government grants Washington emergency declaration for wildfire response
- okcfox.com News
Federal government grants Washington emergency declaration for wildfire response
- Baltimore Sun News
Federal government grants Washington emergency declaration for wildfire response
- InciWeb Incident update
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.