Laidlaw Fire
The Laidlaw Fire was reported on August 17, 2016 in Blaine County, Idaho and burned 39,813 acres. It was declared out on September 2, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 39,813 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2016
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.212, -113.558.
The incident
- Size
- 39,813 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2016 at 5:18 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 18, 2016 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 21, 2016 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 2, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Blaine County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $130,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-IDTFD-000224
- IRWIN identifier
- EEA56D2D-2E87-41F7-A951-1856B84AFEA9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carey, 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 July 18, 2018 at 2:28 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-IDTFD-000224.