2026 Yakima County, Washington Wildfires

1 Active Fires

31,793 Acres Burning About the size of San Francisco

13 2026 Season Fires ▲ +5 (+63%) vs same period last year

73,660 2026 Season Acres ▼ -3,104 (-4%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Yakima County

Aug 22 Started 39,103 acres Slightly smaller than Washington D.C. 2.7x the size of Manhattan Colwash Fire

Aug 12 Started 20 acres 15 football fields Buck Camp Fire

Aug 2 Started 5,000 acres About the size of JFK Airport 5.9x the size of Central Park 2908 Mccullough Rd Fire

Jul 26 Started 1,302 acres About the size of Lincoln Park Ransier Fire

Jul 24 Started 3,000 acres 58% the size of JFK Airport 3.6x the size of Central Park Signal Peak Fire

Jul 20 Started 145 acres 112 football fields Bel-Tel Fire

Largest wildfires in Yakima County this season

39,103 Acres Slightly smaller than Washington D.C. 2.7x the size of Manhattan Colwash Fire Mabton

24,180 Acres About the size of Galveston Island 20.0x the size of Lincoln Park 4170 Tule Rd Fire Toppenish

5,918 Acres 7.0x the size of Central Park Slightly larger than JFK Airport Moxee Orchard Fire Desert Aire

5,000 Acres About the size of JFK Airport 5.9x the size of Central Park 2908 Mccullough Rd Fire Union Gap

3,536 Acres 2.9x the size of Lincoln Park 68% the size of JFK Airport Roza Fire Terrace Heights

3,000 Acres 58% the size of JFK Airport 3.6x the size of Central Park Signal Peak Fire White Swan

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.

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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.

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Acres by cover type	Acres in Yakima County	% of burned	% of Yakima County
Forest	935	1.3%	38.8%
Range (shrubland)	31,646	43.4%	23.5%
Grassland	35,393	48.5%	23.9%
Other	4,934	6.8%	13.7%
Measured acres in Yakima County	72,909	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Yakima County	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Colwash Fire	39,103	31,800 (of 39,108)	4	11,570	16,732	3,493
4170 Tule Rd Fire	24,180	24,082	435	14,342	8,408	897
Moxee Orchard Fire	5,918	5,920	4	348	5,564	4
2908 Mccullough Rd Fire	5,000	4,282	50	2,243	1,960	29
Signal Peak Fire	3,000	3,048	290	1,577	861	320
Roza Fire	3,536	1,785 (of 3,536)	0	1,255	447	83
Ransier Fire	1,302	1,273	99	245	854	75
Hwy 97 Mp 43 Fire	462	464	0	23	413	28
Bel-Tel Fire	145	142	0	12	129	0
Buck Camp Fire	20	53	48	0	0	5
Sheep Company Fire	25	24	0	0	23	0
Audubon Fire	23	23	1	22	0	0
73 N. Oldenway Fire	13	13	4	7	2	0

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	13	82,727
Offered to measurement	13	82,727
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	13	82,727
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	0	0
Every cell outside Yakima County	0	0
Measured acres in Yakima County	13	72,909
Measured acres outside Yakima County	—	9,059
Whole perimeter acres	—	81,968
Reported minus measured	—	759
Burned in from another county	0	0

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.

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Burned forest by owner	Forest acres in Yakima County	% of burned forest	% of Yakima County's forestland
Public	0	0.0%	50.2%
Federal	0	0.0%	39.0%
State	0	0.0%	11.2%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	377	40.3%	45.4%
Tribal	377	40.3%	45.4%
Private	1	0.1%	4.4%
Family	1	0.1%	3.6%
Corporate	0	0.0%	0.7%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.1%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.0%
Ownership not modeled	558	59.7%	—
Burned forest in Yakima County	935	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Yakima County	Tribal	Private	Not modeled
4170 Tule Rd Fire	435	203	0	231
Signal Peak Fire	290	93	0	198
Ransier Fire	99	17	0	82
2908 Mccullough Rd Fire	50	16	0	34
Buck Camp Fire	48	47	0	1
73 N. Oldenway Fire	4	0	0	4
Moxee Orchard Fire	4	0	1	3
Colwash Fire	4	0	0	4
Audubon Fire	1	0	0	1