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Siouxon and Sunset Fires

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Unit Information

1501 E. Evergreen Blvd. 
Vancouver, 
98682 
1501 E. Evergreen Blvd. 
Vancouver, 
98682 

Incident Contacts

  • Siouxon and Sunset Fire Information Office
    Email:
    2022.siouxon@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    360-370-4168
    Hours:
    M-F, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

News

Incident Overview - October 3
Updated On: 10/03/2022
A fire was reported on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the Siouxon drainage on September 22, 2022, at around 6:30pm. Fire resources were dispatched to a site above the reported fire location and did not see or smell smoke. It was dark and an inversion had set in. 
Currently the Siouxon fire is 306 acres in size and burning primarily in the Siouxon Creek drainage in the southwest corner of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The fire is burning in a remote hard to reach area which was previously impacted by the 2020 Big Hollow Fire.
Currently the Siouxon Fire is burning in steep, remote terrain, surrounded to the west, north and east by the 2020 Big Hollow burn scar, in the southwest corner of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Fire staff were not able to fly today so there is no official updated acreage, but it is estimated to be at about 200 acres. The fire is burning in heavy timber and light slash.
Currently the Siouxon fire is 179 acres in size and burning primarily in the Siouxon Creek drainage in the southwest corner of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The fire is burning in a remote hard to reach area which was previously impacted by the 2020 Big Hollow Fire. The Siouxon Fire is surrounded to the west, north and east by burn scars from the Big Hollow Fire.