The fire held flat through the day — same 122,401 acres, same 2% containment, same 8.6 mi NNW distance to the nearest edge — and no zone has moved in the last 24 hours. Air quality kept improving. The one thing to watch is tomorrow's Red Flag Warning (11 AM–11 PM Wednesday) for thunderstorms with erratic outflow winds, just ahead of Wednesday's rain.
Evacuation status
The Bennetts' house is outside every evacuation zone.
Nearest zone boundary: Little Giant Level 1 (get ready), 2 mi NNE of the house — boundary last moved Jul 31, 11:17 AM PDT.
Fire size122,401 acGIS perimeter of Aug 11, 7:59 AM PDT
Contained2%of the perimeter, per NIFC
Nearest fire edge8.6 miNNW of the house · as of Aug 11, 7:59 AM PDT
Satellite heat, 24 h8.9 minearest detection, N of the house · 2121 in the surrounding ~50 mi
Air quality96 AQIModerate · modeled at the house
County road blocksnonelogged by the county · construction delays are in Roads, below
Level 3 — Go now
Level 2 — Get set
Level 1 — Get ready
Fire perimeter
Satellite heat, 24 h (brighter = fresher)
The Bennetts' house
Evacuation zones from the Chelan County Sheriff's live layer; fire perimeter from NIFC as of Aug 11, 7:59 AM PDT. Base geography is hand-plotted and approximate. Rings mark straight-line miles from the house. Containment lines are not mapped — no public GIS source carries them; the brief describes where they are.
The last 24 hours
No change since this morning's report. The GIS perimeter, still mapped at 7:59 AM PDT, holds at 122,401 acres, 2% contained. The day's growth had already happened before that snapshot — InciWeb's Aug 11 update (posted ~2:52 PM PT) describes a sustained overnight run down the Entiat River Canyon with "extreme, crowning, long-range spotting, uphill runs," which is the activity already reflected in this morning's acreage jump. No zone has been edited in the past 24 hours, on either the Plain or Entiat side. Every Plain-side line — Level 1, 2, and 3 — remains frozen since July 25–31. InciWeb's own figure still lags at 111,429 acres; per the standing rule here, the GIS number is the working-current one.
Fire weather
Regime unchanged and still favorable: west/northwest flow, gusting to 20 mph today and tonight, keeps growth pushing away from Plain. That changes briefly Wednesday — NWS Spokane has a Red Flag Warning in effect 11 AM–11 PM PDT Wednesday for the approaching thunderstorm system, with erratic outflow winds reported up to 40 mph and a lightning risk for new starts elsewhere in the zone. That's a real wildcard for wind direction regardless of the prevailing westerly pattern, right in the window before Wednesday's rain (chance now 60%, up from 50% this morning).
Air quality
Continuing to improve. Modeled AQI at the house is 96 (PM2.5 40.4 µg/m³), down from 112 this morning and 154 yesterday. NWS has extended the Air Quality Alert through Wednesday, 4 PM.
Roads: no new road blocks logged today; the Chumstick Hwy pilot-car paving delay (through Aug 14) remains the only known route impact.
The plan, decided in advance
›If a Level 1 zone reaches the house: confirm go-bags, documents, and medications are staged; keep both vehicles above half a tank; recheck this page and Watch Duty morning and evening.
›If Level 2 reaches the house: load the cars, position them facing out, and leave early if anyone is home alone or mobility-limited. Do not wait for Level 3 to decide.
›If Level 3 reaches the house — leave immediately: primary route Beaver Valley Rd → SR 207 → US 2; alternate Chumstick Hwy to Leavenworth (mind the pilot-car delays); US 2 west over Stevens Pass if east is compromised.
Default plan drafted from Ready-Set-Go guidance — worth a family walk-through while things are calm. Authorities' instructions override it.
Evacuation zones, measured from the house
Zone
Level
From the house
Boundary last edited
Little Giant
Level 1
2 mi NNE (19°)
Jul 31, 11:17 AM PDT
Little Giant
Level 2
4.9 mi N (355°)
Jul 31, 11:42 AM PDT
Little Giant
Level 3
7.3 mi NNW (341°)
Jul 25, 4:34 PM PDT
LG Entiat
Level 3
8.4 mi ENE (58°)
Aug 10, 9:31 AM PDT
LG Entiat
Level 2
10.8 mi ESE (104°)
Aug 8, 6:15 PM PDT
LG Entiat
Level 1
12.3 mi ESE (115°)
Aug 8, 5:51 PM PDT
LG Chelan
Level 3
15.1 mi NE (53°)
Aug 4, 12:07 PM PDT
LG Chelan
Level 2
15.5 mi ENE (65°)
Aug 7, 11:08 PM PDT
LG Chelan
Level 1
16 mi ENE (76°)
Aug 2, 1:24 PM PDT
LG Manson
Level 3
23 mi NNE (33°)
Aug 1, 8:16 PM PDT
LG Manson
Level 2
23.9 mi NE (42°)
Aug 1, 8:12 PM PDT
LG Manson
Level 1
25.4 mi ENE (59°)
Aug 2, 1:25 PM PDT
Zone geometry comes only from the Sheriff's GIS layer — news descriptions of boundaries have run 10+ days behind the actual polygon edits. Distances are straight-line to the zone boundary.
Wind and weather, next four days
Air Quality Alert — in effect until Aug 12, 4:00 PM PDT
Air Quality Alert — in effect until Aug 12, 4:00 PM PDT
Red Flag Warning — in effect until Aug 12, 11:00 PM PDT
Air Quality Alert — in effect until Aug 11, 5:15 PM PDT
This AfternoonW 10 mphHaze · 83°F
TonightNW 6 to 10 mphHaze · 50°F
WednesdayNW 2 to 7 mphHaze then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms · 81°F
Wednesday NightNW 3 to 7 mphShowers And Thunderstorms Likely · 50°F
ThursdayNW 0 to 3 mphChance Rain Showers · 80°F
Thursday NightNW 3 mphSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy · 52°F
FridayW 2 mphChance Showers And Thunderstorms · 82°F
This page is an automated, unofficial synthesis and can be wrong or stale. It is not a substitute for official alerts. For live evacuation status use Watch Duty, Chelan County Emergency Management, and Everbridge alerts. In an emergency, follow instructions from local authorities.