Fire Season 2025

Fire season 2025 has started with the Pomas Fire. Northwest Portal will be updating our maps weekly to keep up on the

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 6/26/2025

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.

Pomas Fire: This fire, which was started by a lightning strike on June 13, 2025, is burning in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. Trails in the fire area have been closed and the closure area was extended on 6/25 to include campgrounds and trails southeast of the wilderness. As of June 26th, it is 1,509 acres.

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: There are several long term closures from fires in previous years but, as of 6/10/2025, there are no new restrictions.

USFS:

• Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest: In addition to the Pomas Fire Closures, campfires are only allowed in a metal campfire ring in a developed and designated campground.

State Agencies:

• WDFW: The following activities will be restricted on WDFW-managed lands in Eastern Washington starting July 1: 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.