Roaring Fire
The Roaring Fire was reported on July 26, 2016 in Lemhi County, Idaho and burned 5,731 acres. It was declared out on October 4, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,731 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2016
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.242, -114.583.
The incident
- Size
- 5,731 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2016 at 6:22 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 4, 2016 at 9:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Lemhi County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Salmon
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $86,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-IDSCF-016203
- IRWIN identifier
- 7B44BD87-CD20-47E9-A08C-1B119B890C8A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Salmon, 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 July 14, 2018 at 2:41 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-IDSCF-016203.