| 2024 Washington wildfires | |
| Date: | March 2024 – present |
| Is Season: | yes |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Season Name: | Washington wildfires |
The 2024 Washington wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Washington.
Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center in June 2024 included temperatures above normal and precipitation below normal, due to the ENSO transition to a La Niña pattern, resulting in an above normal fire potential for Western Washington in July through September.[1]
On July 10, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced a burn ban on its lands that would last until at least September 30. The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than 12000acres.[2]
The following is a list of fires that burned more than, or produced significant structural damage or casualties.
| Name | County < | -- of origin--> | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer | Chelan | Town of Stehekin ordered to evacuate (by boat) on the morning of July 28[3] | [4] | ||||
| Nisqually John | Whitman | June | [5] | ||||
| Beam Road | Yakima | ||||||
| Neff Road | Walla Walla | June | |||||
| Slide Ranch/Mission Road | Yakima |