Goat Fire
Active
Kittitas County, Washington · Discovered August 22, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 17 hours ago
Goat Fire
The Goat Fire fire has burned 815 acres in Kittitas County, Washington. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 38). 23 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 24, 2026THIS INFORMATION IS NOT BEING UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2026. Updates will be posted on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Website if conditions change. Please call the Cle Elum District Ranger Office for information at (509) 852-1100, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed for lunch from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Closed Tuesdays, weekends and federal holidays. The Goat Fire is located on the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest,15 Miles N of Ronald, WA, in Kittitas County. As of 9/28/26, it is 100% contained. Some areas of heat might continue to smolder and creep in heavy dead fuels and deep duff.THERE…
Read the full update on InciWebPosted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Containment rose to 100%
9 days ago · September 27, 2026Fire reported 100% contained
9 days ago · September 27, 2026Containment rose to 85%
13 days ago · September 24, 2026Firefighting aircraft on scene (N565E)
13 days ago · September 23, 2026Containment rose to 80%
16 days ago · September 21, 2026Containment rose to 70%
18 days ago · September 19, 2026Containment rose to 64%
19 days ago · September 18, 2026Containment rose to 41%
20 days ago · September 17, 2026New perimeter mapped at 816 acres (national perimeter feed)
22 days ago · September 14, 2026Containment rose to 22%
25 days ago · September 12, 2026Grew 102 acres in 7 days to 809 acres
30 days ago · September 7, 2026Grew 97 acres in 3 days to 707 acres
37 days ago · August 31, 2026Grew 432 acres in 2 days to 610 acres
40 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 161 acres in 8 hours to 178 acres
42 days ago · August 26, 2026Mapped size revised down to 17 acres (from 71)
42 days ago · August 25, 2026Grew 21 acres in 24 hours to 71 acres
43 days ago · August 25, 2026Official incident page published on InciWeb: Goat Fire
44 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 80%)
44 days ago · August 24, 2026Grew 40 acres in 26 hours to 50 acres
44 days ago · August 24, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 10 acres
45 days ago · August 23, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/27/2026, 10:46:24 PM | 815 acres | 100% |
| 9/24/2026, 12:55:37 AM | 815 acres | 85% |
| 9/21/2026, 12:10:06 AM | 815 acres | 80% |
| 9/19/2026, 2:39:23 AM | 815 acres | 70% |
| 9/18/2026, 1:54:37 AM | 815 acres | 64% |
| 9/17/2026, 3:01:47 AM | 815 acres | 41% |
| 9/16/2026, 2:16:17 AM | 815 acres | 22% |
| 9/12/2026, 2:22:25 AM | 816 acres | 22% |
| 9/10/2026, 2:11:28 AM | 813 acres | 3% |
| 9/8/2026, 10:26:27 PM | 810 acres | 3% |
| 9/7/2026, 1:30:54 AM | 809 acres | 3% |
| 9/6/2026, 1:45:40 AM | 794 acres | 3% |
| 9/3/2026, 12:44:53 AM | 794 acres | 0% |
| 9/2/2026, 1:18:02 AM | 790 acres | 0% |
| 9/1/2026, 1:50:28 AM | 736 acres | 0% |
| 8/31/2026, 1:59:00 AM | 707 acres | 0% |
| 8/30/2026, 3:08:07 AM | 687 acres | 0% |
| 8/29/2026, 2:41:02 AM | 668 acres | 0% |
| 8/28/2026, 2:55:49 AM | 610 acres | 0% |
| 8/26/2026, 2:09:42 AM | 178 acres | 0% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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