Retreat Fire
202444,668 acresWashington
The Retreat Fire burned 44,668 acres, about 70 square miles, across Yakima County. It began on July 23, 2024.
Watch how it happenedRetreat Fire · 2024
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 11% | 4,729 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 24% | 10,856 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 57% | 25,333 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.4% | 3,749 |
11% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 4,729 acres; 35% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Yakima County | WA | 44,682 |
Other large fires in Washington in 2024
- Swawilla I Fire53,784 acres
- Big Horn Fire51,042 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.