Mac Rae Fire
The Mac Rae Fire was reported on August 7, 2016 in Lincoln County, Idaho and burned 6,154 acres. It was declared out on August 26, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,154 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.122, -113.756.
The incident
- Size
- 6,154 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016 at 3:37 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 26, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Richfield
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $625,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-IDTFD-000198
- IRWIN identifier
- 0F321A6E-21EC-4607-8C42-50815FD22A32
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carey, 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 August 26, 2016 at 3:00 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-IDTFD-000198.