Statewide Fire Update

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Statewide Fire Update

July 28, 2023

Statewide Fire Update

This report is published weekly during fire season and covers the fire situation on land protected by the Idaho Department of Lands, Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association (CPTPA), or the Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association (SITPA), current fire statistics, the status of major fires and fire restrictions.

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IDL Fire Situation
IDL Fire Suppression Expenses
Statewide Acres Burned by Ownership
Status of Major Fires on IDL Protection
IDL Incident Management Team Fires to Date
Status of Major Fires Outside IDL Protection
Statewide Fire Map
Fire Restriction Information
IDL's Fire Information News Feed
Fire Outlook

IDL Fire Situation

IDL Protection Only as of July 28

Total Acres Burned, Year to Date*	1,596 Acres
Total Number of Fires, Year to Date	158 Fires
Total Human-Caused Fires, Year to Date	74 Human-Caused 51 Undetermined 33 Natural

*Acres reflect what has burned within the IDL protection area and do not reflect ownership.

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IDL Fire Suppression Expenses

As of Monday, July 24, 2023, IDL has spent a total of approximately $7.5 million on fire suppression activities. Approximately $145,000 of that is reimbursable to IDL for assisting other agencies on their fires, leaving a total estimated net obligation to the General Fund of $7.3 million so far this year.

The total obligation above includes the 2023 contracted aircraft costs and prepositioned contract engines to assist with resource scarcity. These engines are assigned across the state to boost initial attack resources.

Information on estimated fire suppression expenses incurred by U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other agencies in Idaho may not be available until after the fire season.

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Statewide Acres Burned by Ownership

Current as of July 28, 2023

SURFACE OWNER	ACRES
Idaho Department of Lands	392
Other State Lands	0
Private	1,908
Bureau of Land Management	6,609
Forest Service	17,728
Other Federal	61
Tribe	24
Undetermined	2
Total Acres	26,725

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Status of Major Fires on IDL Protection

Tyson Fire

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Date of Origin: Tuesday July 21, 2023 approx. 4:30 PM PT

Location: 5 miles west of Fernwood, Idaho

Estimated Size: 155 acres

Containment: 50%

Cause: Under Investigation

With the help of an unmanned aircraft equipped with thermal camera technology, crews have been locating and extinguishing hotspots. Firefighters have now completed mopping up a swath 50 feet wide from the fire’s edge toward its interior.

Several resources working on this incident were reassigned yesterday to help suppress the Greer Fire.

Greer Fire

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Date of Origin: Thursday July 27, 2023 approx. 2 PM PT

Location: 1/2 mile northeast of Greer, Idaho

Estimated Size: 60 acres

Containment: 0%

Cause: Under Investigation

Resources: 2 initial attack modules, 3 Type 2 1A crews (total of 100 personnel), 5 engines, 1 bulldozer, 1 Type 3 helicopter, a whole fleet of aircraft and 1 water tender

The fire is burning off Highway 11 near mile marker 5.5. Fire crews are hitting the blaze from both the air and the ground and were successful in keeping the fire from growing overnight.

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IDL Incident Management Team Fires to Date

Goldrun Fire

Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) Southwest Forest Protective District (FPD) transferred management to a Great Basin Regional Management Type 3 Incident Management Team (Julia Lauch I.C.) on July 20. Management was returned to the district on July 26. The fire was 100% contained at 799 acres.

Tyson Fire

IDL West St. Joe (FPD) transferred management to a local IDL Type 3 Incident Management Team on July 21. Management is scheduled to transfer back to the district on Sunday, July 23.

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Status of Major Fires Outside IDL Protection

Hayden Fire

Agency/Management:	Salmon-Challis National Forest
General Location:	33 miles south of Salmon, 20 miles northwest of Leadore
Acres Burned:	14,745 acres
Cause:	Undetermined
Containment:	0%
Personnel:	689
Inciweb:	https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/idscf-hayden-fire

Elkhorn Fire

Agency/Management:	Payette National Forests
General Location:	40 air miles east of Riggins
Acres Burned:	1,652 acres
Cause:	Under Investigation
Containment:	0%
Personnel:	not available
Inciweb:	https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/idpaf-elkhorn-fire

Midnight Fire

Agency/Management:	Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
General Location:	10 miles southeast of Clearwater
Acres Burned:	179 acres
Cause:	Lightning
Containment:	25%
Personnel:	190
Inciweb:	https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/idncf-midnight-fire

Little Bear Fire

Agency/Management:	Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
General Location:	10 miles southwest of Powell
Acres Burned:	771 acres
Cause:	Lightning
Containment:	15%
Personnel:	14
Inciweb:	https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/idncf-little-bear-fire

Sawtooth Fire

Agency/Management:	Panhandle National Forests
General Location:	Between Sawtooth Creek and Sawtooth Peak
Acres Burned:	50 acres
Cause:	Lightning
Containment:	0%
Personnel:	not available
Inciweb:	https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/idipf-sawtooth-fire

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Statewide Fire Map

This GIS-enabled Statewide Fire Map uses data from the Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) system. Unlike other online fire information webpages or databases, such as Inciweb, which may only report on incidents that threaten structures or cover large acreages, this fire map displays information about all reported wildfires in Idaho.

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Fire Restriction Information

IDL's Fire Restriction Finder webpage includes a GIS-enabled map that highlights fire restrictions announced by the responsible jurisdictions. It also includes helpful definitions of Stage 1 and 2 restrictions, along with answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Visit the Fire Restriction Finder Webpage

Fire Restrictions Currently in Place

Idaho has been divided into eight Fire Restriction Areas with zones established within. Each area corresponds with the fire dispatch area boundaries. Interagency coordination between fire management agencies with the areas are used to
initiate restrictions. This helps provide consistency among the land management partners, while defining the restriction boundaries so they are easily distinguishable to the public.

The purpose of fire restrictions is to reduce the risk of human-caused fires during unusually high fire danger and/or burning conditions, and when other prevention efforts have been exhausted.

Central Idaho Fire Restrictions Area is currently in Stage 1 fire restrictions to include all lands managed by or are under the fire protection of Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, or other tribal or federal agencies.

Stage 1 restrictions prohibit:

Building, maintaining, attending to, or using a fire, campfire, charcoal grill or stove fire, except within a designated recreation site, and only within a fire structure provided by the administrative agency or landowner.
Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, building or designated recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials.

Online Fire Restriction Resources

Visit IDL's Fire Restriction Finder webpage
Download the 2023 Idaho Fire Restrictions Plan (PDF, 143 pages)

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Fire Information News Feed

The Fire Information Newsfeed webpage displays the latest information about active wildfires within the more than 9 million acres protected by IDL, CPTPA and SITPA. The Fire Information News Feed automatically checks for updates published by IDL and the incident management teams managing fires on our protection every 60 seconds.

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Fire Outlook

Northern Rockies Coordination Center Outlooks (North Idaho):

https://gacc.nifc.gov/nrcc/predictive/weather/weather.htm

Great Basin Coordination Center Outlooks (Southern Idaho):

https://gacc.nifc.gov/gbcc/outlooks.php

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