Wildfires, Closures & Restrictions
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Fire Season 2025
Washington State’s 2025 fire season has started. Northwest Portal tracks fires that are reported on INCIWEB, the federal interagency fire tracking map, and those that result in closure to recreation areas. In addition, Northwest Portal maps the fires and closure areas, adds this information to our recreation maps and tracks burn bans and other fire restrictions.
Fire activity deteced by the NOAA VIIRS satellites. This provides an approximation of current fire activity, but not all fire activity is detected by these satellites. Fire perimeters are as mapped by the National Inter-agency Fire Center and represent the maximum extent of the fire. These maps are offered under an open license. For a custom map email: contact@northwestportal.com.
2025 Fire Season Summary
Updated 8/7/2025
Major Fires in Washington State in 2025
These fires area large enough to be reported on Inciweb, the interagency all-risk incident information management system run by the USFS
Active Fires (Less than 80% contained)
Pomas Fire: This fire, which was started by a lightning strike on June 13th, 2025, is burning in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. Trails in the fire area have been closed and the closure area was extended on June 25th to include campgrounds and trails southeast of the wilderness and then adjusted again on July 18th. As of August 7th, it is 3,468 acres and 555 personnel are assigned to the fire.
Bear Gulch Fire: This human caused fire, started on July 6th near Mt.Rose trailhead. As of August 7th it’s at 5,136 acres, is 3% contained and has 443 personnel assigned. There is a closure area at the North End of Lake Cushman and a number of trails, campgrounds and facilities are closed.
Kincaid Creek Fire. This fire, North of Nespelem on the Colville Reservation, started on July 31, 2025. As of August 7th, it is 15% contained, has burned 261 acres and has 127 personnel assigned. There are several other smaller fires in the same area.
Castle Rock Fire: This fire near Arden and the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, was started by lightning on July 31, 2025. As of August 7th, it is 58 acres, 30% contained and has 174 personnel assigned.
Fires that are more than 80% contained
Lake Spokane Fire: A wildfire of unknown origin which started on July 19th and is currently. It burned 2,506 acres but is currently 100% contained.
Hope Fire: This fire started July 8th. As of August 4th it is 8,177 acres and 95% contained.
Burdoin Fire: This wildfire which started on the 18th of July, spread to 11,192 acres, is no longer active as of August 3rd, although hot spots remain within the fire footprint and a small closure area remains in effect.
Stud Horse Fire. This fire, started by lightning, was identified on July 31, 2025. As of August 7th, it is 100% contained.
Other Fire Activity
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is reporting that lightning storms on August 1 ignited seven fires on the Methow Ranger District and noted that additional fires started by the storms may not have been detected. Check out the forest Facebook page for updates on current conditions in the forest.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is reporting on the Twin Peaks Fire in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest near Bedal Campground on their Facebook page. started on July 22nd, and was 1/10th of an acre as of August 2nd. Fire fighting activities were visible from the North Cascades Highway.
Fire Maps
Over the course of the fires season, Northwest Portal has been making regular maps of fire activity. You can download any of the maps from our Dropbox portal.
Latest Maps - for fire activity
Maps are not updated if there is no activity within the previous 48 hours.
Fire restrictions:
National Parks:
Mount Rainier National Park: There is a a parkwide fire ban as of 6/10/2025. All campfires and the ignition of wood, briquettes, or any fuel in fire pits, fire pans, and barbeque grills will be prohibited. This ban is in place to reduce the risk of human-caused wildland fire. This includes the developed campgrounds.
North Cascades National Park: Campfires or the ignition of wood, briquettes, or any fuel in fire pits, fire pans and barbeque grills, are banned in all portions of North Cascades National Park Service Complex, which includes North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. This ban includes all National Park Service lands and campgrounds along State Route 20 as well as Hozomeen and the entire Stehekin Valley. Pressurized or bottled liquid fuel stoves, grills, or lanterns are allowed. Devices must have an on/off switch or valve that can immediately extinguish the flame. These restrictions went into effect 7/3/2025.
USFS:
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest: Campfires and stove fires are banned in the forest, including charcoal, and other open flame. The expanded order (which includes campfires in campgrounds) is effective from 7/2-10/15/2025.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Campfires and stoves, including charcoal and pellet fires, are banned in the forest but petroleum-fueled stoves lanterns and heating devices are allowed. This ban is in effect from 7/17-11/30/2025.
Colville National Forest: Campfires are only allowed in campfire rings established by the Forest Service and developed and designated campgrounds. Pressurized or bottled liquid fuel stoves, lanterns, or heating devices are permitted, provided such devices are used in areas that are barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable material within 3 feet of the device. This ban is in effect from 7/11-10/31/2025.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: Campfires are only allowed in campfire rings established by the Forest Service and developed and designated campgrounds. Pressurized or bottled liquid fuel stoves, lanterns, or heating devices are permitted, provided such devices are used in areas that are barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable material within 3 feet of the device. This ban is in effect from 7/17-10/31/2025.
Olympic National Forest: Campfires are allowed in established campgrounds but backcountry and dispersed area campfires, charcoal grills, and other equipment that creates ash will not be allowed. Gas or propane camp stoves with a shut-off valve or lever that extinguishes the flame immediately are permitted.
Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area: Campfires and stove fires are banned in this area, including in developed campgrounds. Petroleum-fueled stoves, lanterns, or heating devices that can be turned off are permitted.
As of 7/23/2025 there are no posted campfire restrictions for Umatilla National Forest and Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Bureau of Land Management: All campfires, or any other type of open fire, including the use of charcoal briquettes, are banned. This ban went into effect 7/4/2025,
State Agencies:
WDFW: Agency lands in eastern Washington are subject to the following restrictions: Campfires are banned, even if in fire rings, but personal camp stoves and lanterns fueled by canisters are allowed. Discharging firearms, including target shooting outside of an official shooting range, smoking outside a car. Parking is only allowed in developed trailheads and campgrounds or within 10’ of a road in areas with no vegetation. These restrictions went into effect 7/1/2025.
WDNR: Campfires are banned east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains on lands that WDNR owns and those private lands that it provides fire protection services. Campfires may be permitted in approved, designated WDNR campgrounds but be sure to check for the latest status. This ban went into effect 7/4/2025.
Counties:
Check your county for latest fire restrictions. As of 7/8/2025 the following counties have county wide campfire bans.
Chelan County: Residential campfires are not allowed. The use of commercial barbecues and camp stoves is allowed. The use of charcoal briquettes is only allowed in a commercially made barbecue grill.
Kittitas County: A burn ban is in effect for all fire districts, no out door burning including campfires. Propane, briquette and pellet appliances are allowed at this time.
Okanogan County: A County Wide Burn Ban prohibiting ALL outdoor burning including campfires will go into effect July 11, 2025
Yakima County: Outdoor open burning, including bonfires and recreational fires, or burning vegetation and waste materials, is not allowed. However, residential outdoor activities such as charcoal barbeques and wood pellet smokers may be used. This ban, which went into effect 6/1/2025 will expire on 9/1/2025.