High Lava Fire
Active
Skamania County, Washington · Discovered July 23, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 2 days ago · Perimeter mapped 2 days ago (NIFC WFIGS)
High Lava Fire
The High Lava Fire fire has burned 2,899 acres in Skamania County, Washington. Crews have reached 85% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 14). 38 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 8, 2026The High Lava Fire is located approximately 10 miles northwest of Stabler, Washington. The fire was turned back to the local unit as a Type 4 incident on September 6, 2026.
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 85%
2 days ago · September 23, 2026Containment rose to 80%
8 days ago · September 17, 2026Containment rose to 63%
21 days ago · September 4, 2026Containment rose to 44%
22 days ago · September 3, 2026New perimeter mapped at 2,894 acres (national perimeter feed)
23 days ago · September 2, 2026Containment rose to 38%
24 days ago · September 1, 2026Containment rose to 30%
27 days ago · August 30, 2026Grew 100 acres in 2 days to 2,871 acres
28 days ago · August 29, 2026Grew 856 acres in 3 days to 2,771 acres
30 days ago · August 26, 2026Containment rose to 25%
33 days ago · August 24, 2026Grew 198 acres in 3 days to 1,915 acres
33 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment rose to 19%
36 days ago · August 21, 2026Grew 155 acres in 23 hours to 1,717 acres
36 days ago · August 21, 2026Grew 203 acres in 2 days to 1,562 acres
37 days ago · August 20, 2026Grew 192 acres in 6 days to 1,359 acres
39 days ago · August 17, 2026Containment rose to 8%
43 days ago · August 14, 2026Fire first reported in official feeds at 1,167 acres
46 days ago · August 11, 2026Official update: WAGPF High Lava
49 days ago · August 8, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/23/2026, 11:44:22 PM | 2,899 acres | 85% |
| 9/17/2026, 6:20:43 PM | 2,899 acres | 80% |
| 9/16/2026, 10:14:05 PM | 2,899 acres | 60% |
| 9/4/2026, 11:18:55 PM | 2,899 acres | 63% |
| 9/3/2026, 10:14:17 PM | 2,894 acres | 44% |
| 9/2/2026, 10:52:53 PM | 2,894 acres | 39% |
| 9/1/2026, 10:18:25 PM | 2,894 acres | 38% |
| 8/30/2026, 12:36:54 AM | 2,894 acres | 30% |
| 8/29/2026, 12:34:08 AM | 2,871 acres | 23% |
| 8/28/2026, 12:25:11 AM | 2,776 acres | 25% |
| 8/26/2026, 11:46:41 PM | 2,771 acres | 25% |
| 8/26/2026, 1:59:50 AM | 1,981 acres | 25% |
| 8/24/2026, 12:45:47 AM | 1,915 acres | 25% |
| 8/21/2026, 12:38:53 AM | 1,717 acres | 19% |
| 8/20/2026, 1:09:17 AM | 1,562 acres | 8% |
| 8/19/2026, 1:05:05 AM | 1,405 acres | 8% |
| 8/17/2026, 11:58:03 PM | 1,359 acres | 8% |
| 8/17/2026, 4:26:42 PM | 1,259 acres | 8% |
| 8/16/2026, 12:16:32 AM | 1,251 acres | 8% |
| 8/15/2026, 12:58:23 AM | 1,214 acres | 8% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
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