Bearskin Fire
The Bearskin Fire was reported on August 23, 2017 in Valley County, Idaho and burned 30,251 acres. It was declared out on October 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 30,251 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2017
- Personnel
- 25
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.392, -115.513.
The incident
- Size
- 30,251 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2017 at 8:22 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 2, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 11, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 17, 2017 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 21 miles NE of Lowman, ID
- County
- Valley County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,645,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDBOF-000776
- IRWIN identifier
- AD6F800C-3100-4BAC-A8FE-5450249B6167
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cascade, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cascade, ID27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- McCall, ID46 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Spring, ID59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Emmett, ID61 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagle Foothills, ID63 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagle, ID64 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Idaho wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 February 14, 2019 at 10:09 AM MST. Identifier 2017-IDBOF-000776.