Dollar Mountain Fire | |
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Date(s) | August 4, 1929 – "Late Fall" |
Location | Kettle River Range Ferry County, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 48°36.4′N 118°28.8′W / 48.6067°N 118.4800°W |
Statistics | |
Burned area | 98,000–142,000 acres (400–570 km2) |
Land use | National Forest |
Ignition | |
Cause | Careless campers or cigarette |
Map | |
The Dollar Mountain Fire was one of the earliest large scale wildfires in Ferry County, Washington, United States. Starting on August 4, 1929, and burning an estimated 98,000–142,000 acres (400–570 km2) of Colville National Forest land in the Kettle River Range, east of Republic, Washington, the conflagration was contained by mid-September, but only finally extinguished due to weather changes late in the year. Fire crews came from across the region, including Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and Spokane, Washington, and across British Columbia.