Goat Fire (Washington)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 15 Miles N from Ronald, WA
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 117
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Active, Flanking, Isolated Torching, Short-range Spotting
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning across federal timber lands in Kittitas County, Washington, the active Goat Fire has consumed 610 acres after six days of burning, averaging an approximate daily growth of 102 acres. Located 15 miles north of Ronald, the blaze is exhibiting active, flanking, isolated torching, and short-range spotting within litter and understory fuels. Satellites are picking up 28 heat detections nearby in the last 48 hours, highlighting the extent of the spread.
A Type 3 Incident management team consisting of 117 personnel from the USFS is responding to the natural-cause fire, which currently has zero percent containment and has accumulated 22000 dollars in suppression costs. This incident occurs within a regional fire season that typically runs from June to October.
Nationwide, the broader context shows 3,126,257 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 43 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Washington for 6 days. So far it has affected roughly 610 acres — about 2.5 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,126,257 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 43% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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