Wash Fire
The Wash Fire was reported on August 15, 2015 in Idaho County, Idaho and burned 36,555 acres. It was declared out on October 30, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 36,555 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2015
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.068, -115.406.
The incident
- Size
- 36,555 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2015 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Contained
- October 30, 2015 at 7:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- October 30, 2015 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- October 30, 2015 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Idaho County
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-IDNCF-000881
- IRWIN identifier
- ED8E4521-96F5-49D1-BF9E-E1AE0DB91B64
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Kooskia, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated August 26, 2016 at 2:05 PM PDT. Identifier 2015-IDNCF-000881.