Air quality worsened overnight — modeled AQI climbed to 168 (Unhealthy) and PM2.5 nearly doubled to 97.6 µg/m³ — but the fire itself had a quiet night: the GIS perimeter actually declined slightly to 128,085 acres while containment rose to 7%, no zone was redrawn near Plain since last night's report, and yesterday's Red Flag Warning for thunderstorm outflow expired without renewal. The house remains outside every zone, with distances and the wind regime both stable and still favorable for Plain.
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 size128,085 ac−219 since last report
Contained7%+2 pts since last report
Nearest fire edge8.1 miN of the house · as of Aug 14, 6:02 AM PDT
Satellite heat, 24 h7.5 minearest detection, N of the house · 257 in the surrounding ~50 mi
Air quality168 AQIUnhealthy · 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 14, 6:02 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
The GIS perimeter now reads 128,085 acres, 7% contained as of 6:02 AM
PDT today — a 219-acre pullback from yesterday afternoon's 128,304-acre
reading, alongside containment climbing from 5% to 7%.
InciWeb's Aug 13 update
(posted 9:22 AM, carrying the prior 127,771-acre/5% figures) describes fire
activity moderating overnight with increasing RH — "creeping, backing and
persistent heat in heavy fuels" — with sustained surface spread and
localized higher-intensity behavior in Division S, a section of the fire
that doesn't face Plain. The small acreage decline most likely reflects a
mapping refinement rather than any actual loss of burned ground; the
tracker has no visibility into which.
No zone was edited anywhere on the perimeter since last night's run. The
two Plain-side zones redrawn yesterday afternoon — Level 3 "Go Now" at 5.1
mi N and Level 2 "Get Set" holding at 4.9 mi N — are unchanged today and
were already covered in last night's brief. Wenatchee World,
published yesterday, has since detailed that redraw for the first time: a
small addition to the south end of the Level 3 zone "clos[ing] the gap
between the Lake Wenatchee and Entiat evacuation zones," with no structures
in the newly added area. Chelan County's own evacuation-zone page
(last updated 11:01 AM yesterday) still hasn't caught up — it continues to
describe the pre-redraw Trinity boundaries (Level 3 to Twin Creek Road,
Level 2 to Meadow Creek, Level 1 to south of Fish Lake). Level 1 "Get
Ready," 2 mi NNE, remains the single closest zone overall and is unchanged
since July 31. The house stays outside every zone.
VIIRS shows the same persistent near-Plain heat cluster at 7.7–7.8 mi
N/NNW seen in recent briefs — nominal-confidence detections, individually
modest FRP (under 10 in the latest pass) — consistent with continued
fire-edge activity rather than a new start. Nothing in today's sweep
(InciWeb, Lake Chelan Now, Washington Smoke Blog) reports a new ignition
near Plain. (lakewenatcheeinfo.com did not return usable content this
cycle.)
Fire weather
Favorable, and the overnight risk has eased: yesterday's Red Flag Warning
for thunderstorm outflow has expired and was not renewed. Today brings
SW winds 0–6 mph with an 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms, high
near 80; tonight NW ~3 mph with just a 20% storm chance. NW/W winds
continue through Monday at 1–9 mph — no north or northeast component (the
Chiwawa/White River drainage-toward-Plain signal) anywhere in the
seven-day window.
Air quality
Worse: modeled AQI is 168 (Unhealthy), up from 145 last night;
PM2.5 is 97.6 µg/m³, up from 60.1. Four stacked NWS Spokane Air
Quality Alerts remain in effect, the latest running through 4:00 PM today.
Roads: no new road blocks logged. The Chumstick Hwy pilot-car paving delay
is scheduled to end today, Aug 14.
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 Giantchanged <24 h
Level 2
4.9 mi N (355°)
Aug 13, 1:27 PM PDT
Little Giantchanged <24 h
Level 3
5.1 mi N (10°)
Aug 13, 1:30 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 Chelanchanged <24 h
Level 3
15.1 mi NE (53°)
Aug 13, 2:24 PM PDT
LG Chelanchanged <24 h
Level 2
16 mi ENE (76°)
Aug 13, 2:24 PM PDT
LG Chelanchanged <24 h
Level 1
17.2 mi E (85°)
Aug 13, 1:33 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 14, 4:00 PM PDT
Air Quality Alert — in effect until Aug 14, 12:00 PM PDT
Air Quality Alert — in effect until Aug 14, 12:00 PM PDT
Air Quality Alert — in effect until Aug 14, 12:00 PM PDT
TodaySW 0 to 6 mphShowers And Thunderstorms · 80°F
TonightNW 3 mphSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy · 52°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.