Beet Dump Fire
The Beet Dump Fire was reported on June 26, 2017 in Elmore County, Idaho and burned 4,581 acres. It was declared out on July 1, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,581 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 26, 2017
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.026, -115.806.
The incident
- Size
- 4,581 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 26, 2017 at 8:55 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 27, 2017 at 1:38 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 27, 2017 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 miles SW of Mountain Home, ID
- County
- Elmore County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDBOD-000326
- IRWIN identifier
- 37F6B4CB-51A5-491A-B6AC-7D216DF433FD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mountain Home, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mountain Home, ID9 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Glenns Ferry, ID26 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Kuna, ID45 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Boise, ID45 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Garden City, ID47 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Meridian, ID50 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 13, 2017 at 8:00 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-IDBOD-000326.