Josie Fire
The Josie Fire was reported on September 29, 2016 in Owyhee County, Idaho and burned 1,559 acres. It was declared out on November 23, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,559 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 29, 2016
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.736, -116.661.
The incident
- Size
- 1,559 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 29, 2016 at 3:20 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 5, 2016 at 5:03 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 23, 2016 at 9:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- November 23, 2016 at 9:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Owyhee County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Heavy Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $475,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-IDBOD-001053
- IRWIN identifier
- E9C063ED-B979-46A6-8E0A-F01F5E42994C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Murphy, ID covers the area today.
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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 January 10, 2017 at 3:34 PM MST. Identifier 2016-IDBOD-001053.