2026 Yakima County, Washington Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Yakima County
Largest wildfires in Yakima County this season
All 2026 Yakima County Fires · 13 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Yakima County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Yakima County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Yakima County is listed too, at its Yakima County acres, and is not added to the Yakima County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Yakima County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colwash Fire | Aug 22, 2026 | 100% | Active | 31,793 of 39,103 | 46.1514, -119.9884 | 46.2136, -120.1204 |
| 4170 Tule Rd Fire | Jun 14, 2026 | 95% | Inactive | 24,180 | 46.2307, -120.3540 | 46.2760, -120.3144 |
| Moxee Orchard Fire | Jun 4, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 5,918 | 46.5506, -120.0217 | 46.5125, -120.0515 |
| 2908 Mccullough Rd Fire | Aug 2, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 5,000 | 46.5214, -120.5202 | 46.5456, -120.5605 |
| Roza Fire | Jun 17, 2026 | 95% | Inactive | 1,779 of 3,536 | 46.7364, -120.4136 | 46.7468, -120.4505 |
| Signal Peak Fire | Jul 24, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 3,000 | 46.3825, -120.6984 | 46.3623, -120.7322 |
| Ransier Fire | Jul 26, 2026 | 92% | Inactive | 1,302 | 46.3729, -120.7372 | 46.4204, -120.7576 |
| Hwy 97 Mp 43 Fire | Jul 10, 2026 | 20% | Inactive | 462 | 46.1643, -120.5126 | 46.1852, -120.4905 |
| Bel-Tel Fire | Jul 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 145 | 46.7965, -120.5846 | 46.7454, -120.5520 |
| Sheep Company Fire | May 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 25 | 46.7831, -120.5576 | 46.7598, -120.5196 |
| Audubon Fire | Jul 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 23 | 46.8747, -120.7761 | 46.8725, -120.7744 |
| Buck Camp Fire | Aug 12, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 20 | 46.2532, -121.2563 | 46.2553, -121.2621 |
| 73 N. Oldenway Fire | May 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 13 | 46.4220, -120.3719 | 46.4221, -120.3754 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 13 | Active Fires 1 | Acres Burning 31,793 | 2026 Season Acres 73,660 |
Land cover · Yakima County 2026
Burned acres in Yakima County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · Yakima County 2026
Burned forest acres in Yakima County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · Yakima County 2026
Burned acres in Yakima County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.