Buck Fire
The Buck Fire was reported on August 7, 2017 in Shoshone County, Idaho and burned 2,386 acres. It was declared out on November 9, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,386 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2017
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.082, -115.531.
The incident
- Size
- 2,386 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2017 at 6:41 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 28, 2017 at 9:19 AM PDT
- Controlled
- October 10, 2017 at 10:30 AM PDT
- Declared out
- November 9, 2017 at 9:05 AM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 16 Miles SE of Avery, ID
- County
- Shoshone County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Avery
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDIPF-000439
- IRWIN identifier
- D14CC9A7-F772-4D96-9BEB-4CCE72E01C2C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mullan, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mullan, ID30 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Thompson Falls, MT37 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Osburn, ID37 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Plains, MT40 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Kellogg, ID42 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pinehurst, ID46 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 November 13, 2017 at 8:27 AM PST. Identifier 2017-IDIPF-000439.