Buck Fire
The Buck Fire was reported on July 3, 2016 in Valley County, Idaho and burned 1,255 acres. It was declared out on September 1, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,255 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2016
- Personnel
- 107
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.375, -115.515.
The incident
- Size
- 1,255 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2016 at 11:16 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 14, 2016 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 12, 2016 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 1, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Valley County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 107
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,550,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-IDBOF-000431
- IRWIN identifier
- B7D6E5DC-1C4D-4BF3-8588-325F34281F1E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cascade, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cascade, ID28 miles west of the fire’s origin
- McCall, ID47 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Spring, ID58 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Emmett, ID60 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagle Foothills, ID62 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Boise, ID63 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Idaho wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 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 September 3, 2016 at 12:09 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-IDBOF-000431.