Started on Aug 2, 2026.
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Quick facts
- Location
- 19 miles northwest of Davenport, WA
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 27 people
- Complexity
- Type 2 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
- Jurisdiction
- BIA · Federal 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.
Burning across federal timber, grass, and understory land in Stevens County, Washington, the Mitre Rock Fire is located 19 miles northwest of Davenport. The human-caused blaze has been burning for nine days, exhibiting an average daily growth of approximately 502 acres per day. Over the course of its activity, the fire expanded to a total size of 4,518 acres.
Firefighting efforts have successfully brought the Mitre Rock Fire to 100 percent containment, with current fire behavior now characterized as minimal and smoldering. The Bureau of Indian Affairs leads the response, supported by a Complex Incident Management Team overseeing a personnel count of 27 individuals managing this Type 2 Incident. Total costs to suppress the wildfire have reached $1,400,000.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. On a broader scale, 2,799,726 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 49% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Washington for 9 days. In total it burned about 4,518 acres — around 18 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 3,243,965 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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