Contained 🇺🇸 Washington

Bolt Creek Fire

Discovered Sep 10, 2022 · Northwest

🕐 Started …

Acres Burned

14,820

Containment

100%

Location

Washington

Discovered

Sep 10, 2022

Structures

—

Casualties

—

Containment progress100%

🔥 Fire Summary

Steep terrain and high winds made this fire difficult to contain. Hazards from the fire may persist in the area for months ahead.

Timeline

Coverage

Sep 10, 2022

Fire ignites — Bolt Creek discovered.

Final

100% contained at 14,820 acres. Recovery operations begin.

HeraldNet.com

Snohomish County adopts its first Community Wildfire Protection Plan - HeraldNet.com

Nov 16, 2025

High Country News

‘We have fire all around us and we can’t get out’ - High Country News

Aug 1, 2023

Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB

Washington’s 2022 fire season has been the mildest in a decade - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB

Oct 9, 2022

Department of Ecology - State of Washington (.gov)

We've seen fire, and we've seen rain... - Department of Ecology - State of Washington (.gov)

Nov 11, 2022

seattletimes.com

Inside the Bolt Creek fire — and the newly burning forests of the western Cascades - seattletimes.com

Oct 19, 2022

KUOW

Why haven't firefighters 'put out' the Bolt Creek fire? - KUOW

Oct 19, 2022

KOMO

'Don't set the state on fire': Washington state DNR gives wildfire outlook, warning - KOMO

May 24, 2024

krem.com

Washington state's fire season lightest in a decade - krem.com

Oct 9, 2022

Yakima Herald-Republic

Air quality in Yakima Valley deemed unhealthy amid wildfire smoke - Yakima Herald-Republic

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