Started on Aug 8, 2026.
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Active fires nearby3 · 100 km
Quick facts
- Location
- 18 miles north of DAYTON, WA
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 26 people
- Complexity
- Type 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- How it's behaving
- Minimal, Short-range SpottingFlanking — Grows along the sides, not head-on.
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Spreading at an average rate of approximately 2,841 acres per day over three days of burning, the human-caused Little Goose Fire has reached 8,524 acres in Columbia County, Washington, located 18 miles north of Dayton. Burning through tall grass reaching 2.5 feet on private land, the incident was managed by a Type 3 Incident Command structure involving 26 personnel and incurring costs of $500,000.
Fire behavior on the incident included minimal activity, short-range spotting, and flanking as crews worked toward suppression. These efforts resulted in the Little Goose Fire achieving 100 percent containment and reaching a fully contained status.
This event unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. On a broader scale, the national context indicates that 2,799,726 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 49 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Washington for 3 days. In total it burned about 8,524 acres — around 34 km².
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 3,273,976 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 40% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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