Cougar Fire
The Cougar Fire was reported on August 13, 2015 in Valley County, Idaho and burned 1,237 acres. It was declared out on November 5, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,237 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2015
- Personnel
- 29
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.609, -115.729.
The incident
- Size
- 1,237 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2015 at 3:56 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 3, 2015 at 12:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 18, 2015 at 12:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 5, 2015 at 12:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Valley County
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 29
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,750,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-IDBOF-000947
- IRWIN identifier
- E4DBCF62-4151-400E-8D24-FD71587AF165
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cascade, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cascade, ID17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- McCall, ID28 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Emmett, ID64 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Weiser, ID66 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Spring, ID67 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagle Foothills, ID68 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Idaho wildfires today Wildfires of 2015 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 10, 2020 at 8:25 AM MST. Identifier 2015-IDBOF-000947.