Active fire incident · Whatcom County, WA
Border 2 Fire
Border 2 Fire listed by WFIGS in Whatcom County at 8,043 acres.
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Current Details
Reported size: 8,043 acres.
Containment: 73%.
Discovered: Jul 16, 2026 6:14 PM PDT.
Updated: Sep 9, 2026 5:02 PM PDT.
Description: 36 Miles NE from Marblemount, WA.
Jurisdiction: NPS.
Protecting agency: NPS.
Dispatch center: WAPSC.
Fire cause: Natural.
Fire behavior: Moderate.
Personnel: 36.
Watch Duty incident updated: Sep 5, 2026 7:07 PM PDT.
Watch Duty reported size: 22,715 acres.
Watch Duty containment: 73%.
Containment: 73%.
Discovered: Jul 16, 2026 6:14 PM PDT.
Updated: Sep 9, 2026 5:02 PM PDT.
Description: 36 Miles NE from Marblemount, WA.
Jurisdiction: NPS.
Protecting agency: NPS.
Dispatch center: WAPSC.
Fire cause: Natural.
Fire behavior: Moderate.
Personnel: 36.
Watch Duty incident updated: Sep 5, 2026 7:07 PM PDT.
Watch Duty reported size: 22,715 acres.
Watch Duty containment: 73%.
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All Available Fire Data71 source fields shown in readable form
- OBJECTID
- 575558
- Source OID
- 43300674
- ADSPermission State
- ICS209
- Created By System
- wildcade
- Incident Size
- 8,043
- Discovery Acres
- 0.10
- Dispatch Center ID
- WAPSC
- Estimated Cost To Date
- 4,573,732
- Fire Behavior General
- Moderate
- Fire Behavior General1
- Backing
- Fire Behavior General2
- Flanking
- Fire Behavior General3
- Creeping
- Fire Cause
- Natural
- Fire Code
- SU5P
- Fire Discovery Date Time
- Jul 16, 2026 6:14 PM PDT
- Fire Strategy Confine Percent
- 0
- Fire Strategy Full Supp Percent
- 100
- Fire Strategy Monitor Percent
- 0
- Fire Strategy Point Zone Percent
- 0
- FSJob Code
- PP
- FSOverride Code
- 1542
- GACC
- NWCC
- ICS209 Report Date Time
- Sep 9, 2026 5:02 PM PDT
- ICS209 Report For Time Period From
- Sep 8, 2026 6:00 PM PDT
- ICS209 Report For Time Period To
- Sep 9, 2026 4:30 PM PDT
- ICS209 Report Status
- U
- Incident Management Organization
- Type 4 IC
- Incident Name
- Border 2
- Incident Short Description
- 36 Miles NE from Marblemount, WA
- Incident Type Category
- WF
- Incident Type Kind
- FI
- Initial Latitude
- 48.998173
- Initial Longitude
- -121.027664
- Irwin ID
- {A60CA689-BD59-4A2D-9BDC-CC551CEAFCA4}
- Is Fire Code Requested
- 0
- Is FSAssisted
- 1
- Is Multi Jurisdictional
- 0
- Is Reimbursable
- 0
- Is Trespass
- 0
- Is Unified Command
- 0
- Local Incident Identifier
- 000266
- Modified By System
- ics209
- Percent Contained
- 73
- Percent Perimeter To Be Contained
- 100
- POOCity
- Marblemount
- POOCounty
- Whatcom
- POODispatch Center ID
- WAPSC
- POOFips
- 53073
- POOJurisdictional Agency
- NPS
- POOJurisdictional Unit
- WARLP
- POOLandowner Category
- NPS
- POOLandowner Kind
- Federal
- POOLegal Desc Principal Meridian
- Willamette
- POOLegal Desc Range
- 14
- POOLegal Desc Section
- 36
- POOLegal Desc Township
- 41
- POOPredictive Service Area ID
- NW01
- POOProtecting Agency
- NPS
- POOProtecting Unit
- WANCP
- POOState
- US-WA
- Primary Fuel Model
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Total Incident Personnel
- 36
- Unique Fire Identifier
- 2026-WANCP-000266
- WFDSSDecision Status
- Pending Decision
- Created On Date Time Dt
- Jul 16, 2026 6:37 PM PDT
- Modified On Date Time Dt
- Sep 9, 2026 5:02 PM PDT
- Active Fire Candidate
- 1
- Is Cpx Child
- 0
- Source Global ID
- {4026D343-5013-4E9F-AD84-E289F1183C3A}
- Global ID
- 133d8406-530a-4a33-b3a4-a28ac29e3783
- Incident Complexity Level
- Type 3 Incident