Retreat Fire
2024 wildfire in Washington, US
The Retreat Fire or Rimrock Retreat Fire was a wildfire between Rimrock Lake and the town of Tieton in Yakima County, Washington.
The fire began on July 23, 2024 as the result of a house fire. As of August 12, 2024, it had burned over 45,601 acres (18,454 ha), including three residences and two other buildings.
The fire caused the closure of U.S. Route 12 across White Pass, and "evacuate now" orders were issued to residents near Rimrock Lake on July 24. Outdoor city amenities and events were closed in Yakima on July 25 due to poor air quality, which was "unhealthy" or "very unhealthy" for all people at monitoring stations across the Yakima Valley. An emergency across Yakima County was declared by the government on July 26.
A Red Cross shelter for displaced persons was opened on July 26 at the high school in Naches. Residents of Tieton were ordered to prepare to evacuate on July 28.
White Pass was closed from July 23 to August 17 due to the wildfire.
The more than century-old Tieton Main Canal was shut down by managers who were unable to assess damage from the fire.
“Retreat Fire” enters the record as 2024 wildfire in Washington, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Retreat, Fire and wildfire can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Retreat Fire” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Retreat, Fire and wildfire provides the most credible route into that argument.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q128800252. Authority coordinates are 46.671, -120.992. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2024.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Retreat Fire”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Retreat Fire primary sources, Retreat Fire archive and Retreat research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Retreat Fire”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Retreat Fire” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.