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.
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 of fire activity
Maps are not updated if there is no activity within the previous 48 hours.
You can maps from the full season from our Dropbox portal.
2025 Fire Details
Updated 9/28/2025
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 on Inciweb (Less than 70% contained or not updated in over a week)
Labor Mountain Fire: This lightning sparked fire in Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest north of the Teanaway Community Forest started on 10/12/2025. As of 9/28, it is 42,631 acres, 20% contained.
Wildcat Fire: This fire in the William O’Douglas Wilderness in Yakima County was started by lightning strike on 8/25/2025. As of 10/10 it is 15,592 acres, 5% contained and has 409 personnel assigned. Find more information on this fire at Wildcat Fire 2025 official Facebook page managed by the National Forest.
Bear Gulch Fire: This human caused fire, started on 7/6/2025 near Mt.Rose trailhead. As of 10/11, it’s at 20,233 acres, 5% contained and has 72 personnel assigned. There is a closure area at the North End of Lake Cushman including USFS with some closed facilities and trails.
Other Fire Activity
Lightning storms in late August and early September have sparked numerous fires. Many of these have not yet been reported on InciWeb Watch Duty, a non-profit, tracks all reported fires and provides information on firefighting efforts in real time.
The following fires have closures but are not on Inci Web:
The Tunnel Creek Fire in Olympic National Forest started on September 6th. This fire is northwest of Bear Gulch.
Several Trails have been closed due to the Red Mountain Fire in Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest.
Fire restrictions:
Campfires allowed as of 9/28/2025:
National Forests: Olympic National Forest, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Colville National Forest, Umatilla National Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, Gifford Pinchot 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,
Campfire bans still in place as of 9/28/2025:
National Forest:
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest: Campfires and stove fires are banned in the forest, including charcoal, and other open flame. The order is in effect from 7/2-10/15/2025.
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. These restrictions went into effect 7/3/2025.
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 in many areas east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains on lands that WDNR owns and those private lands that it provides fire protection services, but campfires are again allowed in some fire district regions. Check the WDNR burn rules map for the latest conditions.
Counties:
Check your county for latest fire restrictions. As of 9/28/2025 the following counties have county wide campfire bans, but bans may be in place in other counties.
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 went into effect July 11, 2025