Power Line Fire
The Power Line Fire was reported on August 10, 2016 in Power County, Idaho and burned 3,102 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2016.
- Size
- 3,102 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2016
- Personnel
- 106
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.710, -112.734.
The incident
- Size
- 3,102 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2016 at 2:39 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 15, 2016 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2016 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Power County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 106
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $375,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-IDFHA-003148
- IRWIN identifier
- 2D19652B-89FB-451F-9800-0AC043F2B4EB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for American Falls, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- American Falls, ID8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Aberdeen, ID17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Pocatello, ID18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Chubbuck, ID20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Tyhee, ID22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fort Hall, ID27 miles northeast 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 July 29, 2020 at 1:27 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-IDFHA-003148.